Raising Up a Faithful Priest: Community and Priesthood in Biblical Theology / Edition 1

by Richard D. Nelson

Overview

This thought-provoking study reviews priesthood from a theological perspective and explores the theological value and significance of priests in Old and New Testaments. Richard D. Nelson reviews biblical concepts of priesthood and provides guidance and data for exegetes and systematic theologians as they work out the implications of the Bible's view of priesthood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664254377
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/01/1993
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard D. Nelson is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and W. J. A. Power Professor of Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas. He is also an ordained pastor with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.