Richard E. Averbeck

The Old Testament Law for the Life of the Church

Reading the Torah in the Light of Christ

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Produktbeschreibung

How does the Old Testament Law fits into the arc of the Bible, and how it relevant to the church today? Exploring how God intended the Law to work in its original context as well as the New Testament perspective on the Law, Richard Averbeck argues that the whole Law applies to Christians-our task is to discern how it applies in the light of Christ.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: IVP Academic
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780830841004
• ISBN-10: 0830841008
• Artikelnr.: 62508698

Autorenporträt

Richard E. Averbeck (PhD, Annenberg Research Institute, Dropsie College) is professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the coeditor of "An Excellent Fortress for His Armies, a Refuge for the People" and the author of many articles in journals and reference works.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: Covenant and Context
1. Covenants in the Old Testament
2. The Nature and Progression of the Redemptive Covenants
Part 2: The Old Testament Law in Context
3. The Mosaic Law Collections and the Redemptive Setting of the Law
4. The Sinai Narrative and the Ten Commandments
5. The Book of the Covenant and Parallel Collections of Law in the Torah
6. Israel as a Kingdom of Priests and the Presence of God
7. Offerings and Sacrifices, Holiness and Purity
Part 3: The Old Testament Law in the New Testament
8. Jesus and the Mosaic Law
9. The Mosaic Law in Acts and the Earliest Church
10. The Goodness and the Weakness of the Law
11. The Unity of the Law
Conclusion
Appendix: Jewish Messianic Believers and the Torah
Bibliography
Subject Index
Scripture Index