The Christian church continues to seek ethical and spiritual models from the period of Israel's monarchy and has avoided the gravity of the Babylonian exile. Against this tradition, the author argues that the period of focus for the canonical construction of biblical thought is precisely the exile.
Battered Love (Overtures to Biblical Theology)
โ Scribed by Renita Weems
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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