Moving Beyond Symbol and Myth: Understanding the Kingship of God of the Hebrew Bible Through Metaphor

by Anne Moore

For hundreds of years, scholars have debated the meaning of Jesus' central theological term, the 'kingdom of God'. Most of the argument has focused on its assumed eschatological connotations and Jesus' adherence or deviation from these ideas. Within the North American context, the debate is dominated by the work of Norman Perrin, whose classification of the kingdom of God as a myth-evoking symbol remains one of the fundamental assumptions of scholarship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820486612
• ISBN13: 9780820486611
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"