God's Holy People A Theme in Biblical Theology

by Bailey Wells, Jo

• ISBN13: 9781841270968
• ISBN10: 1841270962
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

God calls his people to be holy. What does this mean? Holiness means belonging to God and being stamped with his character. This belonging is expressed for ancient Israel in the story of the foundational events on Mount Sinai. The idea is then developed, refined and transformed through the establishment of the priesthood, the gift of the Law, the challenge of the prophets and, in the New Testament, through the life of Christ. This book sets out these perspectives alongside each other, and considers their interplay within the canon of scripture as a whole. The result is both a biblical theology of holiness and a promising model for reinterpreting one text in the light on another.

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Table of Contents

Preface	7	(9)
Abbreviations	9	(4)
Introduction	13	(1)
Overview	13	(3)
Methods and Assumptions	16	(8)
Aims and Purposes	24	(3)
`A Priestly Kingdom and a Holy Nation': Examination of Exodus 19.5-6	27	(31)
Introduction	27	(1)
The Presentation of Holiness in the Book of Exodus	28	(3)
The Context of Exodus 19	31	(4)
The Structure and Form of Exodus 19.1-8	35	(10)
Further Comments on Individual Verses	45	(2)
Analysis of Key Terms in Exodus 19.5-6	47	(8)
Summary: The Call to Holiness	55	(3)
`You shall be Holy as I am Holy': The Context of the Torah	58	(40)
Introduction	58	(1)
The Development of Exodus 19.6 in the Pentateuch	59	(12)
Holiness in the Pentateuch	71	(23)
Summary	94	(4)
`Holy to Yhwh': Priesthood According to the Torah	98	(32)
Preliminary Considerations: Historical and Theological issues	98	(4)
Priesthood in the Pentateuch	102	(22)
Epilogue: Priesthood Elsewhere in the Hebrew Canon	124	(3)
Summary	127	(3)
`The Holy One of Israel': The Context of Isaiah	130	(30)
Shape and Theme in the Book of Isaiah	130	(14)
Examination and Development of Key Texts	144	(11)
Isaiah in Canonical Perspective	155	(5)
`For the Sake of My Holy Name': The Context of Ezekiel	160	(25)
Visions of Glory	160	(4)
The `Radical Theocentricity' of Ezekiel	164	(14)
Ezekiel as a Parallel Typology	178	(3)
Ezekiel in Canonical Perspective	181	(4)
`Blessing to all the Families of the Earth': Abram as Prototype of Israel	185	(23)
Blessing to All	186	(7)
Exegesis of Genesis 12.1-4	193	(12)
Genesis 12.1-4 in a Canonical Context	205	(3)
`Belonging to God': 1 Peter and the New Testament Context	208	(33)
The First Letter of Peter	209	(3)
Election: 1 Peter 2.4-10	212	(4)
Implications: 1 Peter 2.5	216	(5)
Holiness: 1 Peter 2.9-10	221	(10)
The New Testament Context	231	(8)
Summary	239	(2)
Conclusion	241	(6)
Holiness Re-examined	241	(3)
Exodus 19.6 Re-used	244	(3)
Bibliography	247	(29)
Index of References	276	(18)
Index of Authors	294