Treasures Old and New (Pb)

by Ramshaw, Gail
ISBN: 9781451486124
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Overview

InTreasures Old and NewGail Ramshaw illuminates forty primary images from the three-year lectionary. With each of the images she considers related terms, exploring a total of nearly two hundred words and phrases in light of biblical history, typological relationships, poetic nuances, metaphoric meanings, and liturgical year connections.

Sample constellations of images include:

Creation: beginning, creation, firstborn, new creation, virgin birth

Fire: ashes, burning bush, fire, tongues

Light: blindness, darkness, day, light, morning star, night, sight, star, sun

Treasure: gifts, gold-frankincense-myrrh, pearl, rich fool, treasure, widow's coin

Water: exodus, flood, Jordan, river, sea, water, well

Treasures Old and Newoffers a guide to rich symbolic speech for those who preach and teach, yet remains accessible and inviting to the reader seeking a resource for devotion and meditation on the scriptures. Extensively indexed to support the Revised Common Lectionary as well as the Roman Catholic lectionary.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Ramshaw, Gail
  • ISBN: 9781451486124
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.97
  • Number Of Pages: 480
  • Publication Year: 2014
Language: English