Enabling Fidelity to God

by Jason A. Whitlark

Book Overview

The primary focus of this book is to demonstrate how Hebrews represents, in view of its historical and religious context, human fidelity to God. Thus, the basic thesis is twofold. First, with regard to the divine-human relationship in the ancient Mediterranean world, the belief in the reciprocity rationale was one primary dynamic for establishing fidelity to a relationship and has been applied by some scholars, such as David deSilva, to Hebrews as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606084771
• ISBN13: 9781606084779
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"