The Faith of the Outsider: Exclusion and Inclusion in the Biblical Story

The Faith of the Outsider: Exclusion and Inclusion in the Biblical StoryThis book offers a probing, insightful look at the outsider motif running through the Bible. The biblical story about God's covenant with insiders with Israel as the chosen people is scandalous in today's cultural climate of inclusivity. But, as Frank Anthony Spina shows, God's exclusive election actually has an inclusive purpose. Looking carefully at the biblical narrative, Spina highlights in bold relief seven remarkable stories that treat nonelect

This book offers a probing, insightful look at the outsider motif running through the Bible. The biblical story about God's covenant with insiders -- with Israel as the chosen people -- is scandalous in today's cultural climate of inclusivity. But, as Frank Anthony Spina shows, God's exclusive election actually has an inclusive purpose.

Looking carefully at the biblical narrative, Spina highlights in bold relief seven remarkable stories that treat nonelect people positively and, even more, as strategically important participants in God's plan of salvation. The stories of Esau, Tamar, Rahab, Naaman, Jonah, Ruth, and the woman at the well come alive in new ways as Spina discusses and examines them from an outsider-insider point of view.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 03/29/2005
ISBN: 9780802828644
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.68h x 6.48w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/28/2005 pg. 64