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The Beatitudes through the ages / Rebekah Eklund.

By: Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021Description: xxi, 346 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0802876501
  • 9780802876508
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 226.206 23
LOC classification:
  • BT382 .E357 B433 2021
Contents:
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.
Summary: "A reception history of the Beatitudes, from the first century to the present day"-- Provided by publisher.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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