From Abraham to Paul: A Biblical Chronology - Hardcover

Steinmann, Andrew

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9780758627995: From Abraham to Paul: A Biblical Chronology
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ISBN 10: 0758627998 ISBN 13: 9780758627995
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House, 2011

Synopsis

Enter Andrew E. Steinmann's From Abraham to Paul. It is a book which should have been written decades ago. Here's why. Steinmann not only assumes-quite rightly-that history matters, but he also shows two things about biblical history. First, he shows that in many cases with a little scholarly spadework we can have a pretty good idea as to when key events took place, events like the life of Abraham, the Conquest of the Promised Land, the birth of Jesus, or Paul's Second Missionary Journey. These events are not the yarn of legend: on the contrary, there is every good intellectually-compelling reason to accept them as history, history that really happened in time and space. . . . The second thing Steinmann shows about history-and this is no less important-is its complexity. Some of the questions which the book takes up are thorny questions indeed, having provoked lots of black ink and fiery debate along the way. The author's approach is never polemical, but always clear; the positions taken are not necessarily always the standard positions, but they are always defended from the evidence. Indeed, it is precisely this quality that makes the book such a delight to read. . . .

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About the Author

Dr. Andrew E. Steinmann is Distinguished Professor of Theology and Hebrew at Concordia University, Chicago, IL. He has over 25 years of experience guiding students into a deeper understanding of biblical history. Among his numerous scholarly and practical publications are the following from Concordia Publishing House: The Oracles of God: The Old Testament Canon (1999), Is God Listening? Making Prayer a Part of Your Life (2004), and Concordia Commentary Series volumes on Ezra/Nehemiah, Proverbs, and Daniel.

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Publisher
Concordia Publishing House
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0758627998
ISBN 13 
9780758627995
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
466
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