{"product_id":"heaven-and-earth-in-the-gospel-of-matthew","title":"Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew","description":"The theme of heaven and earth is a much-overlooked aspect of the Gospel of Matthew. In this work, rising scholar Jonathan Pennington articulates a fresh perspective on this key interpretive issue, challenging both the scholarly and popular understandings of the meaning of Matthew's phrase, \"kingdom of heaven.\"\n\nPennington argues that rather than being a reverent way of referring to God as is typically assumed, \"heaven\" in Matthew is part of a highly developed discourse of heaven and earth language. Matthew's way of using heaven language serves one overriding theological purpose: to highlight the tension that currently exists between heaven and earth or God and humanity, while looking forward to its eschatological resolution. This affordable North American paperback edition was previously published in hardcover by Brill.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 080103728X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.080103728X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jonathan T. Pennington\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43494144311357,"sku":"BVV.080103728X.A","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/heaven-and-earth-in-the-gospel-of-matthew","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}