God and Earthly Power: An Old Testament Political Theology

by J. Gordon McConville and James Gordon McConville

In God and Earthly Power J. G. McConville considers the nature of human power in the light of belief in God. The Bible, and especially the Old Testament, is relevant to the question, not least because perceptions about the use of power in relation to God are often derived correctly or incorrectly from it. This book thus aims to address a world in which God's power is often invoked, from quite different quarters, in order to justify...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567045706
• ISBN13: 9780567045706
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"