The Messiah Comes to Middle-Earth: Images of Christ's Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings

by Philip Graham Ryken

How can we grasp the significance of what Jesus Christ did for us? Might literature help us as we seek to understand the Christian faith?

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings has generated much discussion about the relationship between Christianity and literature. It is well known that Tolkien disliked allegory. Yet he acknowledged that his work is imbued with Christian symbolism and meaning.

Based on the inaugural Hansen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830853723
• ISBN13: 9780830853724
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"