Beginning at the beginning: Reading missio Dei from the start of the Bible

While Missiological hermeneutics have pointed to the missio Dei concept as key to the entire Biblical narrative, these readings have described God's mission activity as commencing after the entrance of sin, rather than at the beginning of the Bible. This article argues that a mission hermeneuti...

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Main Author: Anderson, Christian J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2017]
In: Missiology
Year: 2017, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 414-425
RelBib Classification:HA Bible
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
RJ Mission; missiology
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
Further subjects:B Creation
B Genesis
B Humanity
B Mandate
B Hermeneutics
B Missio Dei
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