God's holy people [[electronic resource] ] : a theme in biblical theology / / Jo Bailey Wells
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| Autore: |
Wells Jo Bailey
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| Titolo: |
God's holy people [[electronic resource] ] : a theme in biblical theology / / Jo Bailey Wells
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| Pubblicazione: | Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 234.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Holiness - Biblical teaching |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-275) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 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 |
| Index of Authors | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | God 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | God's holy people |
| ISBN: | 1-281-84157-9 |
| 9786611841577 | |
| 0-567-33953-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453897803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies