'Egypt My People . and Israel My Inheritance': The Non-Israelite Nations In The Latter Prophets (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

Daniel C. Timmer; Unknown Author

ISBN 10: 1789745780 / ISBN 13: 9781789745788

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In English.

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• Titre: 'Egypt My People . and Israel My Inheritance': The Non-Israelite Nations In The Latter Prophets (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1789745780
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781789745788
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Few parts of the Old Testament are more challenging to read than the prophets. Not only are so-called messianic passages relatively rare, but apart from Jonah, these books seem to present a message that is particularly negative, if not xenophobic, when it comes to the 'nations.' Daniel Timmer contends that this impression is not only mistaken but diametrically opposed to the books' message. Following the direction established by God's foundational promise to Abram in Genesis 12, Timmer examines the presentation of the nations in the Latter Prophets in their original contexts, through the New Testament and into the church's contemporary mission. He explains how the prophets' negative presentations of the nations fit into God's purpose to redeem people from every tribe and tongue, he explores the radical significance of the prophets' frequent predictions that non-Israelites will become integral members of God's chosen people. This study also deals with practical issues, including the place of ethnicity and nationality in Christian identity and the church's fraught relationships with secular and political power structures. This is a volume in the New Studies in Biblical Theology. The NSBT is a series of monographs that address key issues in the discipline of biblical theology.

À propos de l?auteur

Professor of Biblical Studies for the PhD program at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. Previously he taught at at Farel Reformed Theological Seminary, Montreal, Canada, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, and the University of Sudbury, Ontario. Author of Creation, Tabernacle, and Sabbath and A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, salvation and spirituality in the book of Jonah (NSBT).