Exploring the Evolving View of God: From Ancient Israel to the Risen JesusRowman & Littlefield, 1999 - 292 pages John Michael Perry considers how God was experienced in the Old and New Testaments. In the context of the Ancient Near East, Exploring the Evolving View of God chronicles Israel's development to monotheism, as well as the apostles' evolving understanding of Jesus as the fulfillment of Hebrew prophecy. Exploring the Evolving View of God outlines cultural and historical limitations that continue to shape our language and ideas about God. It relates abstract thinking about God to the concrete history of ancient Israel and draws parallels between Israel's history and the New Testament confession of Jesus as Messiah. With Scripture passages, discussion questions and written in an accessible style, Exploring the Evolving View of God is a suitable companion for individual or group study. |
Table des matières
A Brief Overview of Efforts to Visualize the Sacred | xi |
The Origin of the Twelve Tribes and their Henotheism | 21 |
Israels Henotheistic Faith during the First Half of the Monarchy | 61 |
Israels Henotheistic Faith during the Last Half of the Monarchy | 89 |
Israels Discovery of Monotheism during the Exile | 119 |
The Evolution of Philosophical Monotheism | 145 |
Prophetic Universalism Versus PostExilic Legalism | 179 |
Israels Discovery of Eschatological Hope | 197 |
The Risen Jesus as Gods Endorsement of Israels Eschatological Hope | 217 |
Remaining Questions | 253 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Abraham accept already ancient answer appeared arrived asherah assumed Assyria Author Baal Babylon become began believed Bible blessed Book brought bull called cause chapter Christian coming concluded continued covenant created creation creative Daniel David death descendants disciples divine early earth encouraged essentially eternal Exile experience explained faith father finally given God's gods hand heaven holy hope humans ideas images indicates interpretation Isaiah Israel Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judah Judg king kingdom land later learned Levitical living meaning Messiah Messianic Secret Moses mysterious nature offering original philosophers practice present priest-historians Priestly priests probably promised prophets reality reason reform reign religious resurrection Risen Jesus sacred sanctuary saying Scriptures Second seems serve Spirit story symbols teaching theological thought traditional transcendent tribes truly twelve understand understood worship Yahweh