Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage: A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal
Overview
In this very readable sequel to his popular book Our Father Abraham—which has sold more than 70,000 copies—Marvin Wilson illuminates theological, spiritual, and ethical themes of the Hebrew Scriptures that directly affect Christian understanding and experience. Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage draws from both Christian and Jewish commentary in discussing such topics as thinking theologically about Abraham, understanding the God of Israel and his reputation in the world, and what it means for humans to be created in God’s image. Wilson calls for the church to restore, renew, and protect its foundations by studying and appreciating its origins in Judaism. Designed to serve as an academic classroom text or for use in personal or group study, the book includes hundreds of questions for review and discussion.
Top Highlights
“The Bible is not primarily the story of man’s search for and discovery of God; rather it is God, in his grace, disclosing himself to man.” (Page 22)
“There are several important hallmarks or features of Hebraic theology. First, throughout Scripture, theology is often deeply embedded in historical context. This is especially true of the Hebrew Bible. The God of Israel is a God of history; he reveals himself in visible ways through events and concrete, this-worldly circumstances.” (Page 22)
“A third hallmark of Hebraic theology is its God-centeredness. God is not simply an impersonal concept for investigation, or an object of theological inquiry. Rather, God is subject, a living Being, One who has an intimate relation to the world.” (Page 24)
“Order, logic, organization, system, and symmetry are often more characteristic of a Greek mindset than of a Hebrew one. The ancient Greeks had tidy minds. Everything was reasoned out and had its place.” (Pages 4–5)
“Today’s Christian often lacks a deep and intellectually informed faith; he or she too easily settles for an emotional Christianity, lacking seriousness about discipleship within the body of Christ.” (Page 21)
- Title: Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage: A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal
- Author: Marvin R. Wilson
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christianity › Origin; Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Judaism (Christian theology) › History
- ISBNs: 9780802871459, 0802871453
- Resource ID: LLS:XPLRNGRHRTSRNWL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:31:13Z