Author : John G. Gammie
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597520330
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)
Book Synopsis Holiness in Israel by : John G. Gammie
Download or read book Holiness in Israel written by John G. Gammie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gammie's careful study represents an important theological resource for our own work. The holiness of God is clearly not simply an antiquarian concern. Our uneasiness with such a theological emphasis is surely reflective of the urgency of that very assertion. God's holiness marked by majesty for God's self and by passion for the justice of the world takes on power and urgency in the face of our own life issues. The holiness of God is urgent in the face of profanation, which empties life of larger passion and dignity. The holiness of God is urgent in the face of pervasive brutality, which trivializes God's purpose and abuses God's world. The holiness of God is urgent in the face of the growing authority of technique, which diminishes mystery that keeps life open. Israel struggles to speak aright about God. From the Editor's Foreword by Walter Brueggemann