Exploring the Evolving View of God: From Ancient Israel to the Risen JesusJohn 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. |
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... Israel's Henotheistic Faith during the First Half of the Monarchy Chapter Four Israel's Henotheistic Faith during the Last Half of the Monarchy 123 Chapter Five Israel's Discovery of Monotheism during the Exile 149 Chapter Six The ...
... Israel's Henotheistic Faith during the First Half of the Monarchy Chapter Four Israel's Henotheistic Faith during the Last Half of the Monarchy 123 Chapter Five Israel's Discovery of Monotheism during the Exile 149 Chapter Six The ...
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From Ancient Israel to the Risen Jesus John M. Perry. Introduction 1 . Contemporary scholarship informs us that the ... Israel's history spoke of God in a manner noticeably less theologically advanced than those who wrote later . The ...
From Ancient Israel to the Risen Jesus John M. Perry. Introduction 1 . Contemporary scholarship informs us that the ... Israel's history spoke of God in a manner noticeably less theologically advanced than those who wrote later . The ...
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... Israel . It will also enable us to understand the world view of the nations with whom ancient Israel interacted . Whenever appropriate , the possibly unfamiliar ideas in the first chapter will be related to the concrete history of Israel ...
... Israel . It will also enable us to understand the world view of the nations with whom ancient Israel interacted . Whenever appropriate , the possibly unfamiliar ideas in the first chapter will be related to the concrete history of Israel ...
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Contents
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 |
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