Fifty Key Christian Thinkers

✍ Scribed by John C. H. Laughlin

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Series: Routledge Key Guides
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Fifty Key Christian Thinkers provides both valuable information and stimulating debate on the lives and work of fifty of the most important Christian theologians. Divided into five sections, it covers: Christian Beginnings, Middle Ages, Reformation and its Aftermath, Modern Theology and the Twentieth Century. It provides an overview of Christian theology from the emergence of the faith 2000 years ago to the present day. Among the figures included in this accessible guide are Paul, Aquinas, Ockham, Luther, Kierkegaard and Bonhoeffer.

✦ Table of Contents

Half Title: Fifty Major Cities of the Bible......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyrights......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
Illustration Credits......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Fifty major Citiesof The Bible......Page 26
Acco City with a View......Page 28
Achziv the City of Cemeteries......Page 33
Ai (Et-Tell)If Et-Tell Is “Ai”,The Conquest Of Joshua Isn’t......Page 35
Aphek (Ras El-Ain)The City Of Palaces......Page 39
Arad From Ancient Canaanite City To Judean “Temple”......Page 44
Aroer (in Judah) where did David really go?......Page 49
Ashdod Home of the “Ashdoda”......Page 52
Ashkelon Home Of The Middle Bronze Age Silver Calf And A Persian Dog Cemetery......Page 56
Azekah where The Fire Went Out......Page 62
Beersheba an Iron Age II Judean Town “Museum”......Page 65
Bethel (Tell Beitin) No Golden Calf: Yet......Page 71
Bethlehem Was Jesus Really Born Here?......Page 74
Bethsaida From The Lost And Found Department: An Iron Age City Reappears......Page 78
Beth-Shean Why Is There A“Cigar-Shaped” Coffin In This Place?......Page 81
Beth-Shemesh Of Mice And (Philistine) Men......Page 87
Beth-Zur A Forgotten Outpost Of Judah?......Page 92
Caesarea Maritima Herod’s City By The Sea......Page 95
Caesarea Philippi (Banias) The Magnificent Palace Of Agrippa II......Page 100
Capernaum Of Fishermen And Gold Coins......Page 107
Chorazin did the Curse Really Work?......Page 115
Damascus A Very Old City Where Paul Almost Got Himself Killed......Page 118
Dan (Tel) Massebot And “High Places”: The Gods Of Dan......Page 122
Ekron/Tel Miqne Philistine Capital Of The Olive Oil Industry......Page 130
Far Ah, Tell El- (North) – Biblical Tirzah?......Page 135
Far Ah, Tell El- (South) An Important City, But Probably Not Sharuhen......Page 139
Gath (Tell Es-Safi) “Tell It Not In Gath”......Page 142
Gezer Did Solomon Build A City Gate Here?......Page 146
Gibeah (Tell El-Ful?) Concubines beware!......Page 151
Gibeon (El-Jib) A Huge Water Well And A Deadly “Game”......Page 154
Halif, Tell (Rimmon?) Where Exactly are we?......Page 158
Hazor The Mightiest Canaanite City Of Them All......Page 161
Hebron Of Myths And Legends: Who’s Buried Here?......Page 166
Herodian Jericho Why Did Herod The Great Have To Show Off So Much?......Page 169
Heshbon (Tell Hesban) A “Lover’s Eyes”......Page 172
Jericho (Tell Essultan)......Page 175
Jerusalem Whatever Happened To “David”And “Solomon”?......Page 182
Jezreel (Tel) Was Omri Just Boasting?......Page 191
Lachish At Least The Assyrians Were Impressed......Page 195
Megiddo Front-Row Seat For Watching The End Of The World......Page 201
Mizpah (Tell En-Nasbeh?) What’s an “Ebenezer”?......Page 207
Nazareth A Peasant Village: Hometown Of Jesus......Page 211
Ramat Rachel (Bethhaccherem)......Page 214
Samaria The Pride Of The Omrides......Page 217
Shechem What Do All These Trees And Stones Mean?......Page 222
Shiloh The Place Of Priests......Page 229
Ta Anach Home Of The Cultic Prize......Page 233
Tell Beit Mirsim......Page 238
Tiberias The Jewel Beside The Sea Of Galilee......Page 242
Timnah (Tel Batash) A Lion, A Wife,And A Riddle......Page 245
Yokne Am (Tell Qeimum)......Page 250
Appendix A......Page 254
Appendix B......Page 262
Untitled......Page 264