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xxvi, 219 p. ; 21 cm. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Chap. 1 Fathers among God's people -- Acts 16 : A prison official becomes a good father in his house -- Fathers find salvation for others -- Believing fathers of a faithless world -- Tobit : a believing father alone in a hostile world -- Fathers as hosts -- Fathers celebrate with their families -- In retrospect : fathers, not patriarchs -- Chap. 2 Fathers in their political responsibility -- 1 Samuel 22 : Saul's massacre of the priestly clan -- A strong paternal house : hope for Israel -- Tensions between fathers and sons endanger Israel -- Responsibility for the solidarity of the father's house -- The heritage of the fathers entrusted to the sons -- Men without fathers -- A king like his father David -- Prophets are signs of admonition for a people proud of its families -- In retrospect : fathers need sons -- The disciples of Jesus : a family in which there is no father. Chap. 3 The father in his house -- A new paternal house arises -- Fathers give away their daughters -- Paternal authority -- Fathers teach their sons -- How fathers love their sons -- How fathers love their daughters -- Abraham binds his son (Genesis 22) -- Fathers without power -- In retrospect : fatherhood and fatherliness -- Chap. 4 Our father in heaven -- Jeremiah's message of the fatherhood of God -- The biblical message about God the father within the framework of the history of religion -- The will of the father : the law of God -- The lord's prayer : testimony to Jesus's message about the father -- God, a father with daughters -- God, the father of Jesus -- Fragmentary images of the father. Annemarie Ohler ; translated by Omar Kaste. Includes bibliographical references and index. Fathers in the Bible God Biblical teaching Fatherhood Fatherhood (Christian theology) Biblical teaching BS 579 .F3 O3713 1999 220.8/3068742 081462541X (pbk. : alk. paper) 98022835 DLC 980417 20160309201731.0 1198277