Sabbath and creation
Work and rest, planting and letting lie fallow - these are the rhythms by which both we and the earth are sustained, as on creation's first Sabbath. "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.…Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest". It is, of course, a...
| Published in: | Word & world |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Seminaries
[2016]
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Word & world
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HB Old Testament NBD Doctrine of Creation NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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Exodus 19-40
B Bible. Leviticus 17-27 B Sabbath Biblical teaching B Economic Development Moral and ethical aspects B Land Biblical teaching B Grace B Environmental Ethics B Climatic changes B Human Beings Relation to nature B Creation Biblical teaching B Sabbatical year (Judaism) |
| Summary: | Work and rest, planting and letting lie fallow - these are the rhythms by which both we and the earth are sustained, as on creation's first Sabbath. "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.…Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest". It is, of course, a word of law. For those who have ears to hear, however, it is also a word of promise. |
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| ISSN: | 0275-5270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Word & world
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