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The Sources of the Old Testament: A Guide to the Religious Thought of the Old Testament in Context (Understanding the Bible and Its World) - Softcover

Atwell, James

 
9780567084637: The Sources of the Old Testament: A Guide to the Religious Thought of the Old Testament in Context (Understanding the Bible and Its World)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0567084639 ISBN 13: 9780567084637
Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2004

Synopsis

This book is a short introduction to the Old Testament for undergraduates, students on diocesan ministry courses, study groups and the general reader. James Atwell explains the main ideas to be found in the Old Testament in their own context, interpreting them in the light of the religion and culture of the Ancient Near East from which they emerged. One of the aspects in this world of ideas, which he draws out, and which is of particular contemporary interest, is the significance of creation and the Creator. It was this same interest that formed the broad horizon of biblical theology, which raised so many of the big questions that are grappled with in the Old Testament. These include nature and the environment, respect for creation, the distinction between Creator and creature, and human destiny. Each section ends with a number of questions to link the ideas to be found in the Old Testament to modern concerns.

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About the Author

The Very Revd James E. Atwell studied at Oxford and Harvard, and is presently Dean of St Edmundsbury Suffolk

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Publisher
Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0567084639
ISBN 13 
9780567084637
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
144