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The lost meaning of the Seventh Day / Sigve K. Tonstad.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berrien Springs, Mich. : Andrews University Press, c2009.Description: xiv, 575 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781883925659 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1883925657 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 263/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BV125 .T66 2009
Contents:
Part I: Introducing the Seventh Day -- Introducing the Seventh Day -- Part II: The Seventh Day in the Old Testament -- The meanings of the beginning -- Paradise lost -- Imitation of God -- The Seventh Day and freedom -- A reluctant imperative -- The strength of time -- The social conscience of the Seventh Day -- The prophetic stake in the Sabbath -- Crossroad and countdown -- Part III" The Seventh Day in the New Testament -- The Sabbath and the healing ministry of Jesus -- The Sabbath and the Greatest Commandment -- Paul and the crisis in Galatia -- The riddle of Sabbaths in Colossians -- The rest that remains -- Part IV: Loss and retrieval : the Seventh Day in the post-biblical era -- From Sabbath to Sunday -- Irreconcilable differences : hellenism and the Sabbath -- Creation disaffirmed : the Sabbath and the Middle Ages -- Lord of the Sabbath vs. Lord of nothing -- The Sabbath and the witness of nature -- The sabbath, creation time and clock time -- The Sabbath and the lost voice of the earth -- The Sabbath and hope : creation and the new creation -- The lost meaning of the Seventh Day -- The Sabbath and the imperial ideal -- Confrontation of signs -- The spirit of the Seventh Day.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BV 25 .T66 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA24993 Available AUA24993

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: Introducing the Seventh Day -- Introducing the Seventh Day -- Part II: The Seventh Day in the Old Testament -- The meanings of the beginning -- Paradise lost -- Imitation of God -- The Seventh Day and freedom -- A reluctant imperative -- The strength of time -- The social conscience of the Seventh Day -- The prophetic stake in the Sabbath -- Crossroad and countdown -- Part III" The Seventh Day in the New Testament -- The Sabbath and the healing ministry of Jesus -- The Sabbath and the Greatest Commandment -- Paul and the crisis in Galatia -- The riddle of Sabbaths in Colossians -- The rest that remains -- Part IV: Loss and retrieval : the Seventh Day in the post-biblical era -- From Sabbath to Sunday -- Irreconcilable differences : hellenism and the Sabbath -- Creation disaffirmed : the Sabbath and the Middle Ages -- Lord of the Sabbath vs. Lord of nothing -- The Sabbath and the witness of nature -- The sabbath, creation time and clock time -- The Sabbath and the lost voice of the earth -- The Sabbath and hope : creation and the new creation -- The lost meaning of the Seventh Day -- The Sabbath and the imperial ideal -- Confrontation of signs -- The spirit of the Seventh Day.