Including the Stranger
Subtitle: foreigners in the former prophets
By: David G. Firth ; series editor, D. A. Carson
Series: New studies in Biblical theology ; v. 50
Publisher: Apollos; IVP Academic, an imprint of Intervarsity Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Downers Grove, IL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780830829194; 9780830841950
Copyright date: 2019
Description: "The Old Testament, particularly the Former Prophets, has been regarded as having a negative attitude towards foreigners. In this NSBT volume, David Firth argues that the Former Prophets subvert the exclusivist approach in order to show that the people of God are not defined by ethnicity but rather by their willingness to commit themselves to the purposes of Yahweh"--
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0830829199 (pbk.)
9780830841950 (e-book)
0830841954 (e-book)
Table of contents: title: Series preface; title: Author's preface; title: Concerning foreigners and the Former Prophets; title: The book of Joshua: the identity of the people of God; title: The book of Judges: the people through whom Yahweh works; title: The books of Samuel: foreigners as the means of assessing Israel; title: The books of Kings: foreigners beyond the borders of Israel; title: Foreigners and the people of God; title: Bibliography