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The interpretation of certain key texts in the Bible by two Dominican Friars: the celebrated author Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe and Biblical scholar Lukasz Popko.
Many today may see the relationship between God and humanity as one of passive submission and thus unquestioning. Two outstanding Dominicans, Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe and Lukasz Popko suggest otherwise.
Questioning God explores Biblical conversations with God and there is no genuine conversation without true questions. Our God question us, from the first conversation of God and humanity in the Bible, where God asks Adam, 'Where are you?', to the Risen Lord's questioning Peter on the beach: 'Do you love me more than these others?' But humanity questions God too, as in the audacious questioning of Jesus by the Samaritan woman at the well. In this process of mutual questioning, humanity is drawn ever deeper into the life of God, the eternal conversation of the Trinity. Insights into these transformative conversations are helpful as the Church questions how to be faithful to God in this uncertain time.
Fr Popko offers a fresh translation and insights of Biblical scholarship, and Cardinal Radcliffe extends his rich experience as a preacher, theologian, and an inspiring commentator.
Contents
Prologue: 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening' (1 Sam. 3.9)
1 'Where are you?' (Gen. 3.8-20)
2 'Where is Abel, your brother?' (Gen. 4.1-16)
3 'Where is Sarah, your wife?' Welcoming the strangers (Gen. 18.1-16)
Three absences
4 'What is your name?' (Gen. 32.23-33)
5 'And if they ask "What is His name?", what shall I say?' (Exod. 3.1-14)
What name?
6 'What is it for you here, Elijah?' (1 Kgs 19.8-18)
7 'I am young. I do not know how to speak' (Jer. 1.4-10)
8 'Is it good for you to be angry?' (Jon. 4.1-13)
Four Prophets
9 'Have you not seen him whom my heart loves?' (Song 1.12-2.7)
We see his face
10 'How will this happen?' (Lk. 1.26-38)
11 'Child, why have you treated us like this?' (Lk. 2.41-52)
12 'How can you, being a Jew, ask from me "to drink", while I am a Samaritan woman?' (Jn. 4.4-42)
13 'Who do you say that I am?' (Mt. 16.13-28)
Who is he? Who am I?
14 'Whose wife will she be?' (Mk. 12.18-28)
15 'What is truth?' (Jn. 18.28-19.16)
Questioning Him
16 'What are these words that you are hurling at each other while walking?' (Lk. 24.13-35)
17 'Do you love me more than these?' (Jn. 21.1-22)
18 'I opposed him to his face' (Gal. 2.1-14)
Epilogue: 'For our conversation is in heaven' (Phil. 3.20)
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