Lost Meaning of the Seventh Day, The / Tonstad, Sigve K / (HB/2009-2009/A-/USED)

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In The Lost Meaning of the Seventh Day, Sigve K. Tonstad recovers the profound and foundational understanding of God that can be experienced in the seventh day. He shows that Scripture has consistently asserted that the Sabbath of Creation is the Sabbath of the whole story of how God makes right what has gone wrong in the world. Tonstad argues that the seventh day is the symbol of God's faithfulness precisely when God's presence seems to be in doubt. He demonstrates how God, through the seventh day, seeks the benefit of all creation. Inevitably, this leads to an investigation of how this universal symbol became obscured. This sweeping work of biblical theology and historical analysis traces the seventh day as it is woven throughout Scripture and the history of Christianity. Its twenty-seven chapters consider, among other things, the relationship of the seventh day to freedom, to social conscience, to the "greatest commandment," and to the enigmatic "rest that remains." Tonstad engages the move away from the seventh day in early Christian history, the mindset in medieval Christianity, and the sobering long-term implications leading all the way to the Holocaust and the ecological crises in our time. The Lost Meaning of the Seventh Day will engage, illuminate, provoke, and ultimately inspire readers who enjoy a serious work presented in a style that is "luminous" and a "delight to read."

CONTENTS

Preface
Abbreviations

Part One: Introducing the Seventh Day
CHAPTER 1: Introducing the Seventh Day

Part Two: The Seventh Day in the Old Testament
CHAPTER 2: The Meanings of the Beginning
CHAPTER 3: Paradise Lost
CHAPTER 4: Imitation of God
CHAPTER 5: The Seventh Day and Freedom
CHAPTER 6: A Reluctant Imperative
CHAPTER 7: The Strength of Time
CHAPTER 8: The Social Conscience of the Seventh Day
CHAPTER 9: The Prophetic Stake in the Sabbath
CHAPTER 10: Crossroad and Countdown

Part Three: The Seventh Day in the New Testament
CHAPTER 11: The Sabbath and the Healing Ministry of Jesus
CHAPTER 12: The Sabbath and the Greatest Commandment
CHAPTER 13: Paul and the Crisis in Galatia
CHAPTER 14: The Riddle of "Sabbaths" in Colossians
CHAPTER 15: The Rest That Remains

Part Four: Loss and Retrieval: The Seventh Day in the Post-Biblical Era
CHAPTER 16: From Sabbath to Sunday
CHAPTER 17: Irreconcilable Differences
CHAPTER 18: Creation Disaffirmed
CHAPTER 19: Lord of Less
CHAPTER 20: A Friendly Witness
CHAPTER 21: From Creation Time to Clock Time
CHAPTER 22: The Lost Voice of the Earth
CHAPTER 23: Creation and the New Creation
CHAPTER 24: The Lost Meaning of the Seventh Day
CHAPTER 25: The Sabbath and the Imperial Ideal
CHAPTER 26: Confrontation of Signs
CHAPTER 27: The Spirit of the Seventh Day

Bibliography
Scripture Index
Subject Index

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