{"product_id":"identity-and-idolatry-the-image-of-god-and-its-inversion-9780830826360","title":"Identity and Idolatry: The Image of God and Its Inversion","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne of Desiring God's Top 15 Books\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenesis 1:26-27 has served as the locus of most theological anthropologies in the central Christian tradition. However, Richard Lints observes that too rarely have these verses been understood as conceptually interwoven with the whole of the prologue materials of Genesis 1. The construction of the cosmic temple strongly hints that the image of God language serves liturgical functions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLints argues that idol language in the Bible is a conceptual inversion of the image language of Genesis 1. These constructs illuminate each other, and clarify the canon's central anthropological concerns. The question of human identity is distinct, though not separate, from the question of human nature; the latter has far too frequently been read into the biblical use of \u003cem\u003eimage\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLints shows how the narrative of human identity runs from creation (\u003cem\u003eimago Dei\u003c\/em\u003e) to fall (the golden calf\/idol, Exodus 32) to redemption (Christ as perfect image, Colossians 1:15-20). The biblical-theological use of image\/idol is a thread through the canon that highlights the movements of redemptive history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the concluding chapters of this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Lints interprets the use of idolatry as it emerges in the secular prophets of the nineteenth century, and examines the recent renaissance of interest in idolatry with its conceptual power to explain the culture of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-206102\"\u003eRichard Lints\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.52w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780830826360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 083082636X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL067020\"\u003eChristian Theology | Anthropology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL006000\"\u003eBiblical Studies | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669503578349,"sku":"9780830826360","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6e8b3d4f-b212-4531-995f-57f60c3bbae4.jpg?v=1649476955","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/identity-and-idolatry-the-image-of-god-and-its-inversion-9780830826360","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}