The Good Life in the Old Testament

by Roger Norman Whybray

Book Overview

Can we know how the ancient Israelites conceived of "the good life?" In this his last work, Norman Whybray brings his considerable learning to this question, in a social and theological study of the Hebrew Bible. He discovers that, far from giving a faint or undifferentiated picture of "the good life," the books of the Old Testament each yield a distinct impression of what this life entails, underpinned by divine guidance and protection.Comprehensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567087212
• ISBN13: 9780567087218
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"