In this careful and provocative study, Chad Thornhill considers how Second Temple understandings of election influenced key Pauline texts with sensitivity to social, historical and literary factors. While Paul is able to move beyond ancient categories of a collective view of election, Thornhill shows how he also follows these patterns.
First of the Chosen People novels (Chosen People, Promised Land) Christian fiction set in the USA and in Israel Full-length novel (over 120,000 words)
. . Eisen has given the American Jewish community a new understanding of itself.” —American Jewish Archives “One of the most significant books on American Jewish thought written in recent years.” —Choice
This text argues that sacred belief remains central to national identity, even in an increasingly secular, globalized modern world.
“'God hath opened'”: alexander whitaker, “Good News from virginia” (1613), smith2.sewanee.edu/courses/391/docsearlySouth/1613=alex whitaker.html (accessed april 23, 2009). “Genesis 1:28”: delbanco, Puritan Ordeal, pp. 90–91.
Named Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE Winnter of the Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association Winner of the Byron Caldwell Smith Book Prize Winner of the 2014 Albert J. Raboteau Book Prize for the Best Book in Africana ...
For there was no fundamental opposition — the god-names originally meant the same. This second edition features a new introduction by James M. Donovan.
With this book, Yaakov Ariel offers the first comprehensive history of Protestant evangelization of Jews in America to the present day.
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Faith in Yahweh was required. This book traces these elective understandings through the intertestamental literature, identifying continuities and shifts. The bulk of the study, and the heart of the argument, focus on the New Testament.
"To understand how and why the concept of chosenness became so important in religion, Reuven Firestone examines the emergence of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and explores how chosenness became the authoritative marker of authenticity for ...