Creation, Tabernacle, and Sabbath: The Sabbath Frame of Exodus 31:12-17; 35:1-3 in Exegetical and Theological Perspective

by Daniel C. Timmer

This study redresses the dearth of resources dealing with the sabbath in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. While focusing on a key passage in Exodus, it also incorporates comparative data from elsewhere in the ancient Near East and explores inner-biblical and other developments of the study's themes. By giving attention to the diachronic elements that come to expression in the sabbath frame and its context, as well as to the typological relations between these passages and those elsewhere in the canon, this study is able to appreciate the development and dynamism as well as the coherence of both the Exodus material and related biblical passages.

236 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Samuel Kordik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lanier Theological Library

Academic work evaluating the sabbath as it relates to tabernacle and creation, primarily in Exodus but also drawing on other Biblical and extra biblical/ANE sources. Good exploration of the dynamics of sacred time and sacred space.