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The city in biblical perspective / J.W. Rogerson and John Vincent.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Biblical challenges in the contemporary worldPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 122 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781315711072
  • 1315711079
  • 1322509743
  • 9781322509747
  • 1317490851
  • 9781317490852
  • 1845537343
  • 9781845537340
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 270.091732 R731
  • 270.091732 R731
LOC classification:
  • BR115.C45 R64 2014
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. The city in the Old Testament / J.W. Rogerson -- pt. 2. The city in the New Testament / John Vincent.
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)929388

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.

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.

English.