
The Open Sanctuary
Access to God and the Heavenly Temple in the New Testament
Nicholas J. Moore(Author)
Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Published on 10. December 2024
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-5409-6549-3 (ISBN)
Description
How can impure, earthbound humans gain access to God, who is holy and in heaven? In ancient Israel and much of the ancient world, the answer was obvious: by means of a temple. The temple gives access to God because it images the cosmos.
This book explores how the concept of a heavenly temple emerged as an important theological concept for early Christians. They developed their understanding of Christ and his work in part through their understanding of heaven as a temple. Nicholas Moore examines the heavenly temple concept in the New Testament within its Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts, demonstrating that the ministry of Jesus gives believers access to the dwelling place of God himself. Moore explores conceptions of the heavenly temple in the ancient world, Second Temple Judaism, the book of Revelation, Hebrews, the Gospels, Acts, and other early Christian literature.
One important contribution of the book is to provide a corrective to the way many people understand the Jerusalem temple in early Christian thought. It is the first comprehensive study of the heavenly temple in the New Testament. Professors, students, and scholars of the New Testament will benefit from this work.
This book explores how the concept of a heavenly temple emerged as an important theological concept for early Christians. They developed their understanding of Christ and his work in part through their understanding of heaven as a temple. Nicholas Moore examines the heavenly temple concept in the New Testament within its Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts, demonstrating that the ministry of Jesus gives believers access to the dwelling place of God himself. Moore explores conceptions of the heavenly temple in the ancient world, Second Temple Judaism, the book of Revelation, Hebrews, the Gospels, Acts, and other early Christian literature.
One important contribution of the book is to provide a corrective to the way many people understand the Jerusalem temple in early Christian thought. It is the first comprehensive study of the heavenly temple in the New Testament. Professors, students, and scholars of the New Testament will benefit from this work.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ada, MI
United States
Publishing group
Baker Publishing Group
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
513 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5409-6549-3 (9781540965493)
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Person
Nicholas J. Moore (DPhil, University of Oxford) is warden and lecturer in New Testament at Cranmer Hall, St. John's College, Durham University in Durham, England. He previously served in ministry in Buckinghamshire and Hartlepool in the United Kingdom and in Paris, France. He is the author of Repetition in Hebrews and has edited and translated two volumes of French scholarship.
Content
Introduction
1. Antiquity: The Cosmic Center
2. Second Temple Literature: Blueprints and Buildings
3. Revelation: Judgment and Salvation
4. Hebrews: Atonement and Access
5. Mark and Matthew: Heavens and Mountains
6. Luke and Acts: Ascension and Mission
7. John: Emanation and Dwelling
8. Other Early Christian Texts: Altars and Ascents
Conclusion: Cosmos, Cultus, and Christ
Indexes
1. Antiquity: The Cosmic Center
2. Second Temple Literature: Blueprints and Buildings
3. Revelation: Judgment and Salvation
4. Hebrews: Atonement and Access
5. Mark and Matthew: Heavens and Mountains
6. Luke and Acts: Ascension and Mission
7. John: Emanation and Dwelling
8. Other Early Christian Texts: Altars and Ascents
Conclusion: Cosmos, Cultus, and Christ
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