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In this volume Meredith Kline develops the underlying concept of the theophanic Glory-cloud as the image of God. Prominent Old Testament scholar Kline identifies the major symbolic models employed in Scripture to expound the nature of the divine image in humanity—the priestly and the prophetic.

glory to be a prominent aspect of the image idea throughout the Bible. In checking this out, it will be useful to have before us a brief analytical review of the composition of the complex Glory theophany. Nuclear to the divine Glory is its official-functional aspect: it is the glory of royal-judicial office. In the Glory, God sits as King. This official royal glory comes to formal-physical expression in theophanic radiance; in the Glory, God is enthroned in majestic robes of light. There is also
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