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The God Who Became Human: A Biblical Theology of Incarnation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Is incarnation an anomaly? Was incarnation part of the hope of Israel? Graham Cole addresses these questions. He begins by exploring the purpose of creation in terms of God fashioning a palace-temple for dwelling with the creature made in the divine image. He follows God’s acts in Israel’s history to redeem a people of His own among whom He can dwell. He examines theophanic language: God is...

a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being’ (Gen. 2:7).6 God commands Adam regarding the task to control and care for the garden sanctuary: ‘The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it’ (Gen. 2:15). If Genesis 1 presents humankind in royal terms as rulers, Genesis 2 renders Adam as a priest who is to relate to the garden zone like the later Levites are to relate to the tabernacle
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