From land to lands, from Eden to the renewed earth
Subtitle: a Christ-centred biblical theology of the Promised Land
By: Munther Isaac
Publisher: Langham Monographs
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Carlisle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9781783680771; 9781783680924; 9781783680931; 9781783680948
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Geography; Eden; Kingdom of God; Critique, interprétation; Géographie; Éden; Royaume de Dieu; Paradise (doctrinal concept); Bible
Description: The land is an important theme in the Bible. It is a theme through which the whole biblical history found in the Old and New Testaments can be studied and analyzed. Looking at the land in the Bible, from its beginnings in the Garden of Eden, this publication approaches the theme from three distinct perspectives - holiness, the covenant, and the kingdom. Through careful analysis, the author recognizes that the land has been universalized in Christ, as anticipated in the Old Testament, and as a result promotes a missional theology of the land that underlines the social and territorial dimensions of redemption.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407).
Table of contents: title: The theology of the land in the garden of Eden; title: The land and holiness; title: The covenanted land; title: Kingship, vicegerency and universal dominion; title: The land in the new history; title: The theology of the land in the Old Testament; title: The Jesus-event and the land; title: Jesus and holy space; title: Jesus and the covenanted land; title: Jesus and the kingdom of God on earth; title: The land as Eden restored; title: Conclusions: towards a missional theology of the land