Temple Theology
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A01=Margaret Barker
atonement
Author_Margaret Barker
Bible
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Category=QRJ
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Christian
Christian theology
christianity
covenant
creation
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faith
god
Greek
Greek philosophy
History
ideology
Jewish
Jewish Temple ideology
Jewish Theology
Judaism
old testament
philosophy
preaching
Religious
Religious History of Judaism
study
study the Bible
theology
wisdom
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- ISBN 9780281056347
- Weight: 167g
- Dimensions: 138 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2004
- Publisher: SPCK Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Margaret Barker believes that Christianity developed so quickly because it was a return to far older faith - far older than the Greek culture that is long-held to have influenced Christianity.
Temple Theology explains that the preaching of the gospel and the early Christian faith grew out of the centuries' old Hebrew longing for God's original Temple. These longings form the basis of the Old Testament exile theology and cause us reassess the relationship between Christianity and the Hebrew tradition. This is no fundamentalist work harking back to the idea that 'the oldest is the purest' Rather it is recognition that the Old Testament has a complex heritage and that those who shared this heritage did not share the same beliefs or scriptures - amongst these people were the first Christians.
In her exploration of temple theology, Margaret Barker finds clear references and beliefs in fundamental Christian concepts such as atonement, creation and covenant. This is a thorough and fascinating exploration of the theology of the original Jewish Temple.
Margaret Barker is an independent biblical scholar and former President of the Society for Old Testament Study and a member of the Ecumenical Patriarch's Symposium on Religion, Science and the Environment; and a Methodist local preacher.
