From Eden to New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology

by T. Desmond Alexander

Publisher:

Kregel

, 2008

Overview

Personal stories aren’t enough to offer individuals peace when they question their own existence. But the Bible’s story comes not from humanity, but from God. Author, T. Desmond Alexander, suggests that God has given us the reasons for creation and our existence in the Bible. “By resolving an intricate plot that sheds light on the entire story,” Alexander writes. Using this theory to start from the denouement, or resolution, in Revelation’s last verses and work backward, Alexander pieces together the Bible’s overarching plot. The resulting picture reveals the reasons for creation and life that have eluded those who seek to answer life’s biggest questions without first placing themselves in God’s story.

Key Features

• Shows that God has given us the reasons for creation.
• Resolves an intricate plot that sheds light on the entire story.
• Pieces together the Bible’s overarching plot.

Product Details

• Title: From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology
• Author: T. Desmond Alexander
• Publisher: Kregel
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 208
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. Revelation 20-22 › Theology; Creation › Biblical teaching; Life › Biblical teaching; Earth (Planet) › Biblical teaching
• Resource ID: LLS:DNNWJRSBBLCLTH
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biblical-theology
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-07-27T01:41:32Z

About T. Desmond Alexander

T. Desmond Alexander is director of Christian training at Union Theological College in Belfast, Northern Ireland. From 1980 to 1999, he was lecturer in Semitic studies at the Queen’s University of Belfast. His main field of research is the Pentateuch, about which he has written extensively in academic journals and books. Alexander also has a special interest in the relationship between the Old and New Testaments. He is the author of From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Main Themes of the Pentateuch and Abraham in the Negev, and he is a coeditor (with Brian S. Rosner) of the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (IVP, 2000), available from Logos.