Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Abraham, Israel and the Nations : The Patriarchal Promise and its Covenantal Development in Genesis - Paul R. Williamson

Abraham, Israel and the Nations

The Patriarchal Promise and its Covenantal Development in Genesis

By: Paul R. Williamson

Hardcover | 1 March 2001 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover


RRP $390.00

$334.75

14%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $83.69 with

 or 

Ships in 3 to 5 business days

The divine promises to Abraham have long been recognized as a key to the book of Genesis as a whole. But their variety, often noted, also raises literary and theological problems. Why do they differ each time, and how are they related to each other and to the story of Abraham? Williamson focuses on the promises in Genesis 15 and 17, and concludes that they are concerned with two distinct but related issues. Genesis 15 guarantees God's promise to make Abraham into a great nation, while Genesis 17 focuses chiefly on God's promise to mediate blessing (through Abraham) to the nations. The two chapters are connected, however, by the theme of an individual, royal descendant who will come from the nation (Israel) and mediate blessing to all the nations of the earth.

Industry Reviews
"Williamson has made a significant contribution, both to the legitimacy of synchronic reading and to the literary and theological interpretation of the covenant episodes of Genesis 15 and 17." Themelios Spring 2002"

More in Biblical Studies & Exegesis

The Book of Enoch - Enoch

$37.75

Journey With Me Through Christmas : An advent devotional - Catherine Campbell
The Very First Bible - Marcion of Sinope

RRP $30.54

$25.75

16%
OFF
The Bible in 52 Weeks Workbook : A Yearlong Bible Study for Women - Rev. Brittini L. Palmer
Palestine : A Four Thousand Year History - Nur  Masalha
The Bible in 52 Weeks : A Yearlong Bible Study for Women - Dr. Kimberly D. Moore
Seeing Jesus - Nancy Guthrie

Leather Bound Book

RRP $25.99

$14.75

43%
OFF
Exodus : A Novel of Israel - Leon Uris

RRP $17.99

$16.75