Temple Theology: An Introduction Author: Margaret Barker Retail Price: $14.99 Our Price: $13.70 Save: 1.29 (8.61%) Availability: In Stock        How was it early Christian reflection on Jesus emerged so rapidly and with such a high degree of definition?  What patterns of interpretation, already in known in late second temple Palestine, crystallized around the person of Jesus Christ and his work? Margaret Barker believes that Christian theology matured quickly because it was the return to a far older faith. Those who preserved the ancient tradition rejected the second temple and longed for the restoration of the original, true temple and the faith of Abraham and Melchizedek, the first priest-king. In this fascinating discussion, the author refutes the scholarly assumption that crucial Christian concepts, such as the Trinity, the earth as a reflection of heaven, and the cosmic nature of the atonement, are informed by Greek culture. Rather, she argues, they are drawn from the eclipsed faith of the first temple. Similar Items you may enjoy! The Jewish Pseudepigrapha: An Introduction to the Literature of the Second Temple Period Author: Susan Docherty Our Price: $29.99 The Temple and the Church's Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God (New Studies in Biblical Theology) Author: G.K. Beale Our Price: $22.49 Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and Jesus Author: Lester L. Grabbe Our Price: $53.69 God Dwells Among Us: A Biblical Theology of the Temple Author: G.K. Beale and Mitchell Kim Our Price: $16.49

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