Description
2014 Word Guild Award - Biblical Studies category
Named a 2014 Jesus Creed Book of the Year (Theology)
Best Theology Book of 2014, Englewood Review of Books
Best Book of Biblical Studies for 2014, Hearts & Minds Books
In recent years, more and more Christians have come to appreciate the Bible's teaching that the ultimate blessed hope for the believer is not an otherworldly heaven; instead, it is full-bodied participation in a new heaven and a new earth brought into fullness through the coming of God's kingdom. Drawing on the full sweep of the biblical narrative, J. Richard Middleton unpacks key Old Testament and New Testament texts to make a case for the new earth as the appropriate Christian hope. He suggests its ethical and ecclesial implications, exploring the difference a holistic eschatology can make for living in a broken world.
Author: J. Richard Middleton
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 12/02/2014
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.79h x 6.57w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9780801048685
ISBN10: 0801048680
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies | General
- Religion | Christian Theology | Eschatology
- Literary Criticism | General
Named a 2014 Jesus Creed Book of the Year (Theology)
Best Theology Book of 2014, Englewood Review of Books
Best Book of Biblical Studies for 2014, Hearts & Minds Books
In recent years, more and more Christians have come to appreciate the Bible's teaching that the ultimate blessed hope for the believer is not an otherworldly heaven; instead, it is full-bodied participation in a new heaven and a new earth brought into fullness through the coming of God's kingdom. Drawing on the full sweep of the biblical narrative, J. Richard Middleton unpacks key Old Testament and New Testament texts to make a case for the new earth as the appropriate Christian hope. He suggests its ethical and ecclesial implications, exploring the difference a holistic eschatology can make for living in a broken world.
Author: J. Richard Middleton
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 12/02/2014
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.79h x 6.57w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9780801048685
ISBN10: 0801048680
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies | General
- Religion | Christian Theology | Eschatology
- Literary Criticism | General
About the Author
J. Richard Middleton (PhD, Free University of Amsterdam) is professor of biblical worldview and exegesis at Northeastern Seminary and adjunct professor of theology at Roberts Wesleyan College, both in Rochester, New York. He authored "The Liberating Image "and coauthored the bestsellers "Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be" and "The Transforming Vision."