Książka Why Did God Choose Abraham? P.C. Anderson

Why Did God Choose Abraham?

A Rubric-Based Evaluation of Major Interpretations of Genesis 12

Autor: P.C. Anderson
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Dostępność: Zapowiedź
Wydanie 19. 07. 2026
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The call of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 is one of the most pivotal turning points in Scripture. After...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2026
strony
54
EAN
9798187358502
Enbook ID
53244655
Waga
87
Wymiary
152 x 229 x 3

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The call of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 is one of the most pivotal turning points in Scripture. After humanity's repeated failures from Eden to Babel, God summons Abram with a radical command and sweeping promises: "Go from your country... and I will make of you a great nation... and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." But why Abraham? Was this choice purely sovereign election, a response to his faith, a redemptive-historical necessity, or a covenant mission to bless the nations?

In this groundbreaking study, biblical scholar P.C. Anderson moves beyond impressions and devotional readings to apply a transparent, nine-variable rubric to the major interpretive hypotheses. Each criterion-lexical precision, literary structure, historical context, theological meaning, canonical development, intertextual connections, symbolic coherence, and explanatory economy-is tested against the text of Genesis 11-25 and the broader biblical witness. The result is a rigorous comparative analysis that scores each hypothesis and reveals which best accounts for the evidence.