TY - BOOK AU - Johnston,Philip AU - Walker,Peter TI - The land of promise: biblical, theological, and contemporary perspectives SN - 0830826599 (alk. paper) AV - BS1199.P26 L37 2000 U1 - 263/.0425694 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Downers Grove, IL PB - InterVarsity Press KW - Palestine in the Bible KW - Palestine in Christianity KW - Covenants KW - Biblical teaching KW - Land tenure KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - Based on a conference held in 1999 in Great Britain; Includes bibliographical references; 1. The land in Israel's story. Promise and fulfilment : the territorial inheritance / Paul R. Williamson ; Beyond borders : the wider dimensions of land / T. Desmond Alexander -- 2. The land in the prophets. Five prophetic snapshots of the land ; Hermeneutical spectacles and the return to the land / Deryck Sheriffs -- 3. The land in the New Testament. The land in the apostles' writings ; The land and Jesus himself / Peter W.L. Walker -- 4. The land in Christian theology. A new-covenant perspective on the land / O. Palmer Robertson ; Dispensational approaches to the land / Stephen R. Sizer ; Ten questions for a theology of the land / Colin Chapman -- 5. Views from the land today. People, land and Torah : a Jewish Christian perspective / Baruch Maoz ; Zionism and the land : a Palestinian Christian perspective / Naim Ateek -- 6. The land and Christian responsibility. Stewardship of the land : a Christian mandate / Carl E. Armerding ; The land and the book : a personal response / Gordon J. Thomas ER -