Format
Paperback
Dimensions
5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.64 (d)
Pages
284
Publisher
Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication Date
July 1999
ISBN
9780800631550
Book ISBN 10
0800631552
About Book
A complement to the author's earlier Overtures to Biblical Theology study on prayer, this volume addresses the topic of worship as articulated in the first five books of the Bible. Rather than a history of Israelite religion, Balentine's volume examines the "vision" of worship expounded in the Torah in relation to priesthood, creation, liturgy, and covenant. He concludes by discussing the contemporary situation of experiencing God's hiddenness and a world caught in despair. Balentine proposes that a fresh look at the Torah offers possibilities of counter-imagination and hope.