LEADER 02977nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910782265303321 005 20230422045420.0 010 $a1-281-84157-9 010 $a9786611841577 010 $a0-567-33953-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542243 035 $a(EBL)436213 035 $a(OCoLC)276360184 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000164186 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153313 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164186 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10120491 035 $a(PQKB)10097713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436213 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436213 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250928 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL184157 035 $a(OCoLC)893333947 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542243 100 $a20000522d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGod's holy people$b[electronic resource] $ea theme in biblical theology /$fJo Bailey Wells 210 $aSheffield, Eng. $cSheffield Academic Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v305 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84127-096-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-275) and indexes. 327 $aContents; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 'A PRIESTLY KINGDOM AND A HOLY NATION': EXAMINATION OF EXODUS 19.5-6; Chapter 2 'YOU SHALL BE HOLY AS I AM HOLY': THE CONTEXT OF THE TORAH; Chapter 3 'HOLY TO YHWH': PRIESTHOOD ACCORDING TO THE TORAH; Chapter 4 'THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL': THE CONTEXT OF ISAIAH; Chapter 5 'FOR THE SAKE OF MY HOLY NAME': THE CONTEXT OF EZEKIEL; Chapter 6 'BLESSING TO ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH': ABRAM AS PROTOTYPE OF ISRAEL; Chapter 7 'BELONGING TO GOD': 1 PETER AND THE NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXT; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References 327 $aIndex of Authors 330 $aGod calls his people to be holy. What does this mean? Holiness means belonging to God and being stamped with his character. This belonging is expressed for ancient Israel in the story of the foundational events on Mount Sinai. The idea is then developed, refined and transformed through the establishment of the priesthood, the gift of the Law, the challenge of the prophets and, in the New Testament, through the life of Christ. This book sets out these perspectives alongside each other, and considers their interplay within the canon of scripture as a whole. The result is both a biblical theology 410 4$aThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 606 $aHoliness$xBiblical teaching 615 0$aHoliness$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a234.8 700 $aWells$b Jo Bailey$01469490 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782265303321 996 $aGod's holy people$93680979 997 $aUNINA