A Knot Worth Unloosing: The Interpretation of the New Heavens and Earth in Seventeenth-Century England

by John H Duff

In the study of Christian eschatological thought, virtually no attention has been given to past interpretations of the biblical phrase the new heavens and earth. John Duff uncovers the interpretations of this phrase that were extant in seventeenth-century England. These interpretations fall into two basic camps-those that understood the phrase metaphorically and those that understood the phrase literally.Some English divines believed the new heavens...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3525570619
• ISBN13: 9783525570616
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.