Promised Land or Lands of Promise?

This book develops a biblical theology of the Land, based on the author's ground-breaking PhD thesis. The whole biblical history in the Old and New Testaments can be studied and analysed through the theme of 'the land'. From its beginnings in the Garden of Eden to the renewal of creation, this book approaches the theme from three distinct perspectives - holiness, the covenant, and the kingdom. The author's careful analysis reveals how the promise of the land, as anticipated in the Old Testament, has been universalized in Christ and as a result promotes a missional theology of the land that underlines the social and territorial dimensions of redemption. This is a book for anyone who seeks to understand Old Testament promises in the light of current events in the Middle East.