The opening chapters of Genesis - important at any time - have been the focal point of controversy for more than a century. Few topics have been so hotly debated by theologians, philosophers and scientists alike. Henri Blocher argues that our primary task is to discover what these key chapters of the Bible originally meant. Only then will we be able to unravel the knotty issues surrounding huma…
In a wide-ranging study, Professor Robert Gordon leads the readers from the Garden of Eden to Jerusalem, from Genesis through the Psalms and the gospels to Revelation, and onwards through the patristic period, the Middle Ages, and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapters one to four concentrate on Old Testament texts and themes relating to the 'holy land, holy city'. History, as well as…
A Survey of Old Testament Introduction has been an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and laypeople who want to understand the conservative position on the Old Testament and are not afraid to examine critical views. In this revised volume, Gleason Archer approaches the study of the Old Testament from both the general and the specific point of view. Dealing first with issues over whi…