The Beatitudes through the ages /
Eklund, Rebekah Ann,
The Beatitudes through the ages / Rebekah Eklund. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. - xxi, 346 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-336) and index.
Introduction -- Meet the Beatitudes: Some basic questions -- The tangled skein of our lives: A whirlwind tour through history -- Drained of all other waters: The poor in spirit and the poor -- By trials furrowed: Those who mourn and those who weep -- Yield your ground: The meek -- Our daily bread: The hungry and thirsty (for justice) -- Stretching out the hand: The merciful -- Such powerful light: The pure in heart -- The heart of God: The peacemakers -- Mischief-makers and bandits: The persecuted.
"A reception history of the Beatitudes, from the first century to the present day"--
0802876501 9780802876508
40030553041
2020046893
Beatitudes--Reader-response criticism.
BT382 .E357 / B433 2021
226.206
The Beatitudes through the ages / Rebekah Eklund. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. - xxi, 346 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-336) and index.
Introduction -- Meet the Beatitudes: Some basic questions -- The tangled skein of our lives: A whirlwind tour through history -- Drained of all other waters: The poor in spirit and the poor -- By trials furrowed: Those who mourn and those who weep -- Yield your ground: The meek -- Our daily bread: The hungry and thirsty (for justice) -- Stretching out the hand: The merciful -- Such powerful light: The pure in heart -- The heart of God: The peacemakers -- Mischief-makers and bandits: The persecuted.
"A reception history of the Beatitudes, from the first century to the present day"--
0802876501 9780802876508
40030553041
2020046893
Beatitudes--Reader-response criticism.
BT382 .E357 / B433 2021
226.206