1 & 2 Kings (Biblia.com)

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In this commentary, Walter Brueggemann considers the artistry of 1 & 2 Kings as it mediates between history and faith. He develops a theme around how the Old Testament provides peculiarly powerful ways of thinking and seeing God’s reality. He also points to issues of power in ancient texts that is still prevalent today. In this narrative treatment of the text, a special focus is placed upon...

And after the earthquake fire Not in the fire was Yahweh And after the fire— A sound of gentle silence.1 The great wind that split mountains and broke rocks is like the time of Moses. The earthquake is replicated from Moses. The fire belongs to the tradition of Moses. These are all the characteristic features of theophany, God’s coming marked by cataclysmic disruption of natural phenomena. The tradition of theophany strives to voice in effective ways the sheer power of Yahweh’s irresistible coming.

Pages 236–237

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