1. From Physical Land to a Metaphysical Kingdom
... , the writings in the Greek Bible are responding to the covenant problem in the Hebrew Bible by taking what was rooted in the physical and moving it to the metaphysical, which ultimately culminates in the Hebrew Bible's promise of physical land becoming a promise of a metaphysical kingdom. In the Hebrew Bible, ... with the physical realm of dynasty and inheritance of both covenant and land. The Greek Bible ultimately transforms this type scene of barren women by replacing it with a story of virginal pregnancy, and, in so doing, replacing inheritance of land with inheritance of the Kingdom...
- Word Count: 2727
- Approx Pages: 11
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate