LEADER 02744oam 2200625I 450 001 9910456473903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-71107-9 010 $a1-322-50974-3 010 $a1-317-49085-1 010 $a1-84553-734-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315711072 035 $a(CKB)2550000000011853 035 $a(EBL)1900173 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000398753 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12170583 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000398753 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10363147 035 $a(PQKB)10143458 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1900173 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1900173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386859 035 $a(OCoLC)898770803 035 $a(OCoLC)958109280 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000011853 100 $a20180706e20142009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe city in biblical perspective /$fJ.W. Rogerson and John Vincent 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (131 p.) 225 1 $aBiblical challenges in the contemporary world 300 $aFirst published 2009 by Equinox. 311 $a1-84553-289-9 311 $a1-84553-290-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 109]-122) and indexes. 327 $aThe Israelite city : history and archaeology -- The Israelite city : biblical perspectives -- Making connections -- Introduction : the political situation -- The city and the world of jesus -- The city and the first Christians -- Perspectives for our cities. 330 $aThe city is an ambiguous symbol in the Bible. The founder of the first city is the murderer, Cain. The city of Jerusalem is the place chosen by God, yet is also a place of wrong-doing and injustice. Jesus seems to have largely avoided cities except Jerusalem, where he was crucified. 'The City in Biblical Perspective' examines the archaeological and social background of the urban biblical world and explores the implications of the deliberate ambiguities in the biblical text. The book aims to deepen our understanding of both the biblical and the contemporary city by asking how the Bible's comple 410 0$aBiblical challenges in the contemporary world. 606 $aCities and towns$xBiblical teaching 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCities and towns$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a220.8/30776 700 $aRogerson$b J. W$g(John William),$f1935-,$0778798 701 $aVincent$b John J$0937947 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456473903321 996 $aThe city in biblical perspective$92112932 997 $aUNINA