An understanding of the role of the Temple (and its predecessor, the Tabernacle) in biblical history provides a remarkable insight into the redemptive purposes of God. From the Garden of Eden in Genesis to the new creation in Revelation, biblical literature abounds with references and allusions to the Temple, all of which underline its significance as an institution and concept. Heaven on Earth not only makes an important contribution to the study of the Temple in various biblical texts but also to the project of a unified Biblical Theology and its implications for Systematic Theology.
The Temple stood at the very heart of Israelite religion and casts its shadow across Christian faith and spirituality. The Temple is the biblical symbol par excellence of the glory of God's presence with his people. Any Christian theology that attempts to grapple with God's indwelling of creation, with heaven on earth, must come to grips with the meaning of the Temple and its fulfillment in Christ and his body, the church.
Praise for the Print Edition
This book is to be commended not just because of the intrinsic interest of the subject but above all because it deals with a highly relevant issue for Christians today… It will greatly help in promoting a sane, biblical understanding of the theology of the temple.
—I. Howard Marshall, Honorary Research Professor, University of Aberdeen
The amount of material on Second Temple Jerusalem in the last two decades has been staggering and phenomenal in its scope… yet one more aspect has needed to be explored, the actual place of this background in biblical narrative. Now this gap has begun to be filled with this fascinating collection of essays… will stand for years as a major contribution to NT understanding.
—Grant Osborne, Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Additional Information
- Title: Heaven on Earth: The Temple in Biblical Theology
- Editors: T. Desmond Alexander and Simon Gathercole
- 283 pages
- Paternoster Press, 2004
About the Editors
T. Desmond Alexander is Director of the Magee Institute at Union Theological College, Belfast. He has written From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch and co-edited Dictionary of the Old Testament.
Simon Gathercole lectures in New Testament at the University of Aberdeen and is author of Where is Boasting? Early Jewish Soteriology and Paul’s response in Romans 1-5.
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