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This quantity addresses crucial concerns relating to the research of recent testomony writings. revered senior students have introduced jointly a crew of distinct experts to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds worthwhile for knowing the hot testomony and the early church. individuals comprise well known students comparable to Lynn H. Cohick, David A. deSilva, James D. G. Dunn, and Ben Witherington III. The booklet comprises seventy-five pictures, fifteen maps, a number of tables and charts, illustrations, and bibliographies. All scholars of the hot testomony will price this trustworthy, up to date, complete textbook and reference quantity at the New testomony global.
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In language which, reduced to its simplest form, meant: we are still in exile. They believed that, in all the senses which mattered, Israel’s exile was still in progress” (People of God, 268–69). , Neh. 3–11), and Yahweh had not visibly returned to Zion (Ezek. 43:1–7; Isa. 52:8–11). True, Israel had been sent into exile on account of its sin, but there is more to the redemptive equation than may meet the eye: If her sin has caused her exile, her forgiveness will mean her national re-establishment.
Chapters in this section help set the stage for NT study by delineating the broad contours of the Jewish heritage assumed by the major personages of the NT era. indd 48 5/17/13 3:30 PM 3 Exile Nic hol a s Pe r r in A t its most basic level, the term “exile” refers to either one or both of two signal events in Israel’s history: the deportation of the northern kingdom at the hands of the Assyrians in 722 BC (2€Kings 15–17) and, the more common reference, the subsequent removal of the southern kingdom by the Babylonians in 587 BC (2€Kings 24–25; 2€Chron.
3 vols. in 4 parts. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1987. This collection of historical data is one of the best ever produced for the period identified in the title. Chronology of Major Events Related to the Study of the New Testament 334 BC Alexander the Great assumes power after the assassination of his father, Philip of Macedon, and begins his conquest of the Persian Empire. 332–330 BC Alexander the Great conquers Palestine and initiates a long Greek occupation of the land. 323 BC Alexander the Great dies.