Author : Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
Release : 2002
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 798/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Biblical Theology of Exile by : Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
Download or read book A Biblical Theology of Exile written by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian church continues to seek ethical and spiritual models from the period of Israel's monarchy and has avoided the gravity of the Babylonian exile. Against this tradition, the author argues that the period of focus for the canonical construction of biblical thought is precisely the exile. Here the voices of dissent arose and articulated words of truth in the context of failed power.