Jesus and the Holy City
Subtitle: New Testament perspectives on Jerusalem
By: Peter W.L. Walker.
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans Pub.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Views on Jerusalem.; Bible. N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jerusalem in the Bible.; Jerusalem in Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Jerusalem -- History -- Religious aspects.
Description: The book surveys the various landscapes portrayed by the different New Testament authors and draws these together into an overall biblical theology of Jerusalem, which impinges directly on the way Christians are to understand Jerusalem today. At the center of this theology stands the figure of Jesus, whose life and death in Jerusalem had significant repercussions for the city and for the subsequent New Testament understanding of Jerusalem.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-350) and indexes.