God's Unfaithful Wife
Subtitle: A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Adultery
Series: New studies in biblical theology ; v. 2
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: March 2003
Place of publication: Downers Grove, IL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780830826148
Subjects: Inspirational - General; Religion - Theology - Biblical; Religion; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Christian Theology - General; Christianity - Theology - General; Inspirational
First sentence: Like an untrained soldier thrown into the chaos of a battle already well advanced, the young nation of Israel was born into a world long violent with sin but unable to find the ways of peace.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning : human marriage as "one flesh"; title: Playing the harlot; title: Commiting great harlotry; title: Under every green tree; title: In every public square; title: The ultimate marriage as "one spirit"; title: Concluding reflections; title: Appendix : The harlot metaphor and feminist interpretation