Lost Sons
God'S Long Search For Humanity
1st Edition
Published on 15. November 2012
160 pages
978-0-281-06952-1 (ISBN)
Description
Stories in the Books of Genesis and Exodus tell of fathers whose sons are 'lost' to them through 'deaths' of various kinds. One is murdered. Another is abandoned. A third is supplanted. A fourth is betrayed. A fifth is taken for sacrifice. A sixth is forgotten about. A seventh is secreted away. Only one of these is lost through physical death; the others 'die' symbolically. But in their different ways all these sons are lost to their fathers, some for a time, some forever. And all of them develop the theme with which the biblical narrative begins: God's first son Adam who, by becoming 'lost' to his Creator, sets in train God's long search for humanity . . . The book culminates with a chapter on Jesus: God's son lost and found.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-281-06952-1 (9780281069521)
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Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Imprint
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Preface
- 1. SONS LOST AND FOUND: A BIBLE STO RY
- 2. THE MURDERED SON: ABEL
- 3. THE CURSED SON: CANAAN
- 4. THE ABANDONED SON: ISHMAEL
- 5. THE BOUND SON: ISAAC
- 6. THE SUPPLANTED SON: ESAU
- 7. THE BETRAYED SON: JOSEPH
- 8. THE HIDDEN SON: MOSES
- 9. THE ARCHETYPE OF THE LOST SON: ADAM
- 10. THE SON LOST AND FOUND: JESUS
- Note
