ePub feed of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

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The Divine Handclasp in the Hebrew Bible and in Near Eastern Iconography

May 03, 2021

Abstract: David Calabro explores what he describes as the “divine handclasp” in the Hebrew Bible. The term refers to a handclasp between God and his human servant that had a place in ancient Israelite temple worship.