Written and edited versions of presentations at a February 2012 conference at Yeshiva University explore the trope of the divine courtroom in Abrahamic religions, Greece, and Mesopotamia. Among the topics are a textual and contextual comparison between the divine courtroom scenes in Daniel 7 and the Qumran Book of Giants, a holistic approach to the divine courtroom motif in the Hebrew Bible, the skeptical Greek view of divine judges, a life of Jesus as testimony in the divine courtroom and the Gospel of John, the social use of eschatology in Muslim courts, and lawsuits against God in rabbinic literature. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
In The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective, scholars from a range of disciplines treat the various historical contexts and thematic significance of one of the most pervasive religious metaphors, the divine courtroom.
