God: A Biography
What metaphors are used in God: A Biography by Jack Miles?
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"Fatherhood as a metaphor extends God's language about himself and enables him to escape from the dilemma in which his covenant with Israel has placed him. He cannot do otherwise than inflict the punishments he has sworn to inflict. But then what? Fatherhood is the beginning of an answer to that question. God cannot change the covenant, but he can change himself."
God: A Biography, Chapter Five