Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings: From Victorious Athlete to Heavenly Champion. By C. T. R. Hayward
The title ‘Israel’ is claimed by both Jews and Christians. It is regarded by Jews as being at the very core of their self-understanding and for nearly two millennia the Church saw itself as the ‘True Israel’ (verus Israel), heir of all the biblical promises towards ‘Israel’ and replacing the ‘Israel...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 610-614 |
| Review of: | Interpretations of the name Israel in ancient Judaism and some early Christian writings (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005) (Kessler, Edward)
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| Summary: | The title ‘Israel’ is claimed by both Jews and Christians. It is regarded by Jews as being at the very core of their self-understanding and for nearly two millennia the Church saw itself as the ‘True Israel’ (verus Israel), heir of all the biblical promises towards ‘Israel’ and replacing the ‘Israel of Old’. This rivalry produced in the course of history a vast range of polemical and apologetic writings., Robert Hayward, one of the leading scholars in the field of early Judaism and early Christianity, has produced an erudite and well-researched book examining the biblical episodes which recount the change of the name from Jacob to Israel. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm023 |