%0 Journal Article
%T Reading Joshua with Augustine and Sommer: Two frameworks for interpreting theophany narratives
%A Nathan Chambers
%J Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
%@ 1476-6728
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0309089218772571
%X In this article, Joshua 5.13-6.5 is used as a test case for looking at possible models for understanding theophany narratives. First, I argue that Benjamin Sommer¡¯s historical model of divine fluidity draws attention to the prominence of the theme of divine embodiment in the Hebrew Bible but raises unresolved questions about the nature of God. Second, I argue that Augustine¡¯s interpretation of the theophany narratives from within the framework of his trinitarian theology resolves some of these questions while avoiding Christianizing the Hebrew Bible. I conclude by briefly returning to the Joshua narrative, looking at the difference that these models make in reading the text
%K Augustine
%K Joshua
%K Joshua 5.13-6.5
%K theological interpretation
%K theology
%K theophany
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0309089218772571