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We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry is unavailable, but you can change that!

The heart of the biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we take on the characteristics of what we worship. Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole canon, from Genesis to Revelation. Beale concludes with an application of the biblical notion of idolatry to the challenges of contemporary...

This book had its birth in 1983, when I did some research on Isaiah 6. This later became the basis for a sermon that I preached on Isaiah 6 in 1987 at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s chapel. In 1991, I decided to work in more depth on Isaiah 6, and this resulted in a publication: “Isaiah 6:9–13: A Retributive Taunt Against Idolatry,” Vetus Testamentum 41 (1991): 257–78. The article focused on the idea that Isaiah 6:9–13 was about idolatry, particularly a judgment on Israelite idol worshipers
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