God's Holy People: A Theme in Biblical Theology

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God calls his people to be holy. What does this mean Holiness means belonging to God and being stamped with his character. This belonging is expressed for ancient Israel in the story of the foundational events on Mount Sinai. The idea is then developed, refined and transformed through the establishment of the priesthood, the gift of the Law, the challenge of the prophets and, in the New Testament, through the life of Christ. This book sets out these perspectives alongside each other, and considers their interplay within the canon of scripture as a whole. The result is both a biblical theology of holiness and a promising model for reinterpreting one text in the light on another.

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"Wells's study is a useful analysis of a familiar biblical theme that is not often studied . . . I recommend it to those scholars and students interested in a thematic approach to the study of the Bible from a literary, theological and canonical perspective." --The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2001)
"Bailey Wells is to be commended for the careful, fresh and hermeneutically alert approach to this familiar biblical theme. This is an academic treatment with significance for Christian and Jewish faith and practice." --Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches

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Jo Bailey Wells is Dean of Clare College, Cambridge.