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The persistence of God's endangered promises : the Bible's unified story / Allan J. McNicol.

By: McNicol, Allan J. (Allan James), 1939- [author.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 228 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780567677587; 0567677583Subject(s): Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | God -- Promises | People of God -- Biblical teachingLOC classification: BS511.3 | .M365 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-221) and indexes.
Contents:
Does the Bible render a unified story? -- The rise and fall of the grand narrative -- The Bible as a coherent narrative -- The emergence and preservation of God's endangered promises to his marginalized people in Israel's story -- Jesus and the restoration of the people of God -- Matthew: the transformation of the people of God -- At the last moment: a welcome to the Gentiles from an unlikely source -- Luke-Acts: in defence of the restoration of Israel -- The Markan mystery of the gospel -- Exiles and aliens in the world: key non-Pauline letters -- Ecclesiology and the Johannine legacy -- Conclusion: The master story of scripture.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-221) and indexes.

Does the Bible render a unified story? -- The rise and fall of the grand narrative -- The Bible as a coherent narrative -- The emergence and preservation of God's endangered promises to his marginalized people in Israel's story -- Jesus and the restoration of the people of God -- Matthew: the transformation of the people of God -- At the last moment: a welcome to the Gentiles from an unlikely source -- Luke-Acts: in defence of the restoration of Israel -- The Markan mystery of the gospel -- Exiles and aliens in the world: key non-Pauline letters -- Ecclesiology and the Johannine legacy -- Conclusion: The master story of scripture.

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