| Description |
| |
- The only comprehensive study of the biblical testimony about God’s ‘other peoples’
- Will enable and illuminate interfaith dialogue, a pressing and immensely important project today
- Draws on the best biblical scholarship available, while avoiding the tedious jargon that has come to dominate much Christian writing about world religions
|
| This book examines in depth and at length what the Old Testament and the New Testament hold about the salvation of God’s ‘other peoples’. The Bible repeatedly witnesses to the universal scope of the divine love for all human beings and the chances of salvation that are available to them. Since the Israelites experienced for many centuries, both at home and abroad, the religion and culture of numerous other peoples, the Old Testament texts have much to say, both positively and negatively, about the religious prospects and destiny of these peoples. In its second half this book scrutinizes what Jesus, the evangelists, Paul and the Letter to the Hebrews indicate about God’s loving designs for all human beings. At the end, the book breaks new ground by developing the universal presence of the risen Jesus (along with the Holy Spirit) and his role as universal Wisdom, and the full teaching of the Letter to the Hebrews on the possibility of faith for all people. |
Readership: Scholars and students of theology, biblical studies, and religious studies; general readers interested in Christianity, Judaism, and interfaith relations.
| Contents |
| 1. From Adam and Eve to Abraham and Sarah
2. Exodus, Deuteronomy, Ruth, and Naaman
3. Balaam, Amos, and Jonah
4. Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Malachi
5. Wisdom and the `Others’
6. Provisional Conclusions from the Old Testament
7. Jesus and the `Outsiders’
8. Dying and Rising for All?
9. The Apostle of the Gentiles
10. Luke on Jesus and Salvation
11. Jesus, the Church, and Israel
12. The Universal Benevolence of God
13. Holy `Outsiders’
14. The Universal Presence of Christ and the Spirit
15. Universal Wisdom
16. Faith and `Outsiders’ |
| Authors, editors, and contributors |
| Gerald O’Collins, SJ, Research Professor of Theology, St Mary’s University College, Twickenham |
Все още няма коментари.
