Balentine, Samuel E. 1950-

The Torah's vision of worship / Samuel E. Balentine. - Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c1999. - xiv, 266 p. ; pbk ; 22 cm. - Overtures to biblical theology'. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Worship as a subject in Old Testament studies --
Persian politics and the shpaing of the Pentateuch --
The Torah as vision --
Creation's liturgy and the cosmic covenant --
The liturgy of covenant --
Covenant holiness --
At the border : the ever new, ever renewing summons to the Torah's vision --
At the border of the new millennium : is this the way the world ends? --
Another world to live in.

0800631552 (alk. paper)

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Bible.--Pentateuch--Theology.
Bible.--Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


God--Worship and love--Biblical teaching.
Worship in the Bible.
Covenants--Biblical teaching.

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