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Paul Minear’s classic work identifies and explicates 96 images for the church found in the New Testament. First published in 1960, this volume has been used in seminary classes for over 30 years. Its rich discussions of the many images and metaphors make this book a splendid resource for students and pastors.

IS IT ACTUALLY possible to grasp at once all the images in the New Testament that refer, in one way or another, to the church? Conservatively estimated, there are more than eighty of them, but this number might readily be increased to one hundred if the various Greek words were counted separately. Taking even the conservative estimate, it is quite impossible for one mind to deal simultaneously with so many disparate items. For the sake of comprehension we must
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