Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 The Temple Tradition
Chapter 2 Temple and Synagogue
Chapter 3 Sons and Heirs
Chapter 4 Lord and Christ
Chapter 5 Baptism and Resurrection
Chapter 6 Transformation and Transfiguration
Chapter 7 Cup and Covenant
Chapter 8 Bread and Wisdom
Chapter 9 Music and Unity
Envoi
This book will cover baptism, both theology and practices, the Eucharist, with special emphasis on the symbolism of the elements, the significance of music and hymns, festivals and pilgrimage, use of the Scriptures, both what the early Christians used and how they read them, prayers, including the Lord's prayer, and the shape of church buildings.
Margaret Barker is a former President of the Society for Old Testament Study, and author of numerous works, including The Older Testament, The Lost Prophet, The Gate of Heaven, The Great Angel.
"A short review cannot hope to do justice to the richness and
complexity of this book, which is full of intriguing suggestions."
- Church Times, 2008
Mention - New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 52 No. 3, 2008
"Baker moves seamlessly between Older Testament, Apocryphal, New
Testament, and Patristic writings...There are many insights in this
book that help us appreciate the theology of worship in the ancient
church. We need not be drawn into the enthusiasm that suggests that
temple theology answers all questions about ancient Christian
worship." -Frank C. Senn, Worship, November 2008
"For the last decade, Margaret Barker has been publishing
intriguing books about the biblical foundations of Christian
worship. Her latest, Temple Themes in Christian Worship...is her
most comprehensive to date. Her thesis is that early Christian
worship, as evidenced by the New Testament and patristic writers,
derives from the worship of the temple, rather than, say, from
Hellenistic mystery religions or the Jewish synagogue...Barker gets
a lot into her book, and a lot is right. Alongside Danielou's The
Bible and the Liturgy and Jeff Meyer's The Lord's Service, it's a
valuable contribution to our understanding of the Old Testament
roots of Christian worship." -Peter J. Leithart, Credenda, Summer
2008
'[This book] serves to synthesize [Barker's] previous work as well
as add fresh material and suggestions ... She manages to integrate
texts/translations from greatly differing contexts to show their
possible interconnectedness in the realm of Temple worship, and
consequently can present with creative persuasion the links between
early Christian worship and the worlds of the first and second
Temple.' Theological Book Review, Volume 20, No 2, 2008
"This fascinating book moves beyond conventional wisdom and opens
up new vistas." International Review of Biblical Studies,
vol. 54:2007/08
"...an impressive array of evidence." USUS Antiquor, Vol 1 January
2010
The book will mainly be of interest to scholars but the more
general reader can benefit from a detailed and intriguing account
of both temple and early church worship.
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