Adam as Israel: Genesis 1u3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh

Adam as Israel: Genesis 1u3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh
ISBN-10
0227900235
ISBN-13
9780227900239
Category
Religion
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2012-04-26
Publisher
ISD LLC
Author
Seth D Postell

Description

Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israel's failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their consequent exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader to a future work of God. Postell highlights numerous intentional links between the story of Adam and the story of Israel and, in the process, explains numerous otherwise perplexing features of the Eden story. Postell employs a wealth of theologies to support his argument including those of Nicholas of Lyra, John Calvin, Wellhausen, Johannes Coccejus and Matthew Poole; successfully breathing new life into the wealth of exegeses.

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