Return from Emmaus: The Resurrection Theme in Scripture
Return from Emmaus explores these figures of speech in the Old Testament to see how the evangelists and apostles would have identified the gospel of resurrection in numerous Hebrew passages.
The New Testament figures of speech for resurrection include
- Birth from barrenness
- Awakening from sleep
- Revival from thirst or hunger
- Deliverance through baptismal waters of judgment
- Release from imprisonment
- Return from exile
- Death decree and release
- The raising up of a fallen tabernacle
Return from Emmaus: The Resurrection theme in Scripture is part of The Resurrection of Jesus in the Hebrew Old Testament Collection (3 vols.) and the Literary Biblical Theology Collection (11 vols.)