TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rogerson,J.W.
AU  - Vincent,John J.
TI  - The city in biblical perspective
T2  - Biblical challenges in the contemporary world
SN  - 9781315711072
AV  - BR115.C45 R64 2014
U1  - 270.091732 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - fast
N1  - Originally published 2009 by Equinox; Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and indexes; pt. 1. The city in the Old Testament / J.W. Rogerson -- pt. 2. The city in the New Testament / John Vincent
N2  - 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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