Zion, City of Our God
Contributors: Richard S. Hess (Editor); Gordon J. Wenham (Editor)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
Published: June 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780802844262
Subjects: Christian theology; Religion - Biblical Studies; Jerusalem in the Bible; Old Testament Commentary; Religion; O.T; Biblical Studies - Topical; Bible - Study - Old Testament; Biblical Studies - Old Testament; Bible; Bible.; History of Biblical events; O.T.
Description: Zion, city of our God gathers studies by an international team of scholars that help portray the full significance of Jerusalem in the First Temple period of the Old Testament. John M. Monson explores Jerusalem's temple of Solomon in its original ancient Near Eastern context. Richard S. Hess looks at one of the most important events in the Bible's record of pre-exilic Jerusalem - Sennacherib's attack on the city. Martin J. Selman and Gary N.

Knoppers outline the theological significance of Jerusalem in the books of Chronicles, providing as well a summary statement on the key role of the city in the entire Old Testament. Thomas Renz examines the Zion tradition as it underwent its greatest challenge, the fall of Jerusalem. Philip E. Satterthwaite and Knut M. Heim describe Jerusalem's place in the poetry of the Hebrew Bible, giving special attention, respectively, to the Songs of Ascents and Lamentations.

Lastly, Rebecca Doyle discusses what Ugaritic, Old Testament, and other texts tell us about the cult of Molek and the worship of this god in Jerusalem.