| Author/Contributor(s): | Levenson, Jon D. |
| Publisher: | HarperOne |
| Date: | 10/7/1987 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
A treasury of religious thought and faith--places the symbolic world of the Bible in its original context.
Jon D. Levenson examines the Sinaitic covenant alongside the suzerainty treaties of the ancient Near East. Moving through the Pentateuch and ancient treaty formularies, the work demonstrates how biblical law and historical recital function as an indivisible vehicle of divine relationship.
The book contrasts the covenant of Sinai with the royal dynastic grant to the house of David on Mount Zion. The study traces how the Jerusalem Temple inherited cosmic traditions of sacred space and divine kingship.
- Covenant Theology: Links historical narrative directly to moral obligation through the legal structure of ancient Near Eastern suzerainty treaties.
- Biblical Analysis: Examines how the Hebrew Bible incorporates both historical covenant at Sinai and cosmic myth at Zion without subordinating one tradition to the other.
- Sacred Space: Investigates the Jerusalem Temple as an earthly axis mundi where cosmic creation, divine presence, and ethical righteousness converge.
- Also by This Author: Creation and the Persistence of Evil.