Friendship

by Laurie Brink

Publisher:

New City Press

, 2019

Overview

Friendship with God is a gift of Holy Wisdom (Wis 7:27). God speaks to Moses face to face as one speaks to a friend (Exod 33:11). And most striking of all these biblical examples, Jesus calls his own disciples, “friends” (John 15:15). Tracing the theme of friendship in the Scriptures, we will explore our own relationships with our family and friends to see how they have helped to pave the way for our becoming friends of God.

Product Details

• Title: Friendship
• Author: Laurie Brink
• Series: What Does the Bible Say about …?
• Publisher: New City Press
• Print Publication Date: 2019
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 123
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Friendship › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781565486935, 9781565486942, 9781565486973, 1565486935, 1565486943, 1565486978
• Resource ID: LLS:WHTDSBSYFRNDSHP
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:07:53Z

About Laurie Brink

Laurie Brink investigates the ancient social, religious, and cultural world out of which early Christianity emerged. Her current work engages audience-oriented analysis to evaluate the characterization and function of the soldiers and centurions in Luke-Acts. Recently she directed an interdisciplinary project in which scholars of Roman history, archaeology, Early Christianity, and Jewish Studies investigated ancient burial practices and the emergence of identifiable Christian practices. She and Deborah Green edited the monograph, Commemorating the Dead: Texts and Artifacts in Context (DeGruyter, 2008), which resulted from the two-year study. Having worked as a senior staff member for the Combined Caesarea Expeditions, Brink attempts to integrate archaeological research and biblical exegesis. Along with former Israel Study Program Director, Marianne Race, C.S.J., Brink co-authored In This Place: Reflections on the Land of the Gospels for the Liturgical Cycles (reprint Wipf & Stock, 2008). “A General’s Exhortation to His Troops: Paul’s Military Rhetoric in 2 Cor 10:1-11” appeared in Biblische Zeitschrift in 2005 and 2006. Her other articles include “A Marginal Life: Pursing Holiness in the 21st Century” Horizon 33 (2008), “Pursing a dream, finding a vocation” Vision (2007), and “Can we allow a new generation to shape religious life?†Horizons 32 (2007). Brink is a member of American Schools of Oriental Research, Catholic Biblical Association, Chicago Society of Biblical Research, and Society of Biblical Literature. Ancient and out of which emerged