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The city in biblical perspective /
The city is an ambiguous symbol in the Bible. The founder of the first city is the murderer, Cain. The city of Jerusalem is the place chosen by God, yet is also a place of wrong-doing and injustice. Jesus seems to have largely avoided cities except Jerusalem, where he was crucified. 'The City i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Colección: | Biblical challenges in the contemporary world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The city is an ambiguous symbol in the Bible. The founder of the first city is the murderer, Cain. The city of Jerusalem is the place chosen by God, yet is also a place of wrong-doing and injustice. Jesus seems to have largely avoided cities except Jerusalem, where he was crucified. 'The City in Biblical Perspective' examines the archaeological and social background of the urban biblical world and explores the implications of the deliberate ambiguities in the biblical text. The book aims to deepen our understanding of both the biblical and the contemporary city by asking how the Bible's comple. |
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| Notas: | Originally published 2009 by Equinox. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 122 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781315711072 1315711079 1322509743 9781322509747 1317490851 9781317490852 1845537343 9781845537340 |