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Jacob: A Brief Theological Introduction

Jacob: A Brief Theological Introduction

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General Christianity

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ISBN10: 0842500111
ISBN13: 9780842500111
Publisher: Neal A Maxwell Inst
Published: Aug 1 2020
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.40 Width: 7.80 Depth: 3.60
Language: English
What could I have done more for my vineyard? In one of the Book of Mormon s most magisterial passages, the lord of a vineyard looks over his beloved olive trees with great sorrow and strives to redeem them. This allegory represents Jesus Christ s labor to save not only individual souls but an entire world. Perhaps more than any other Book of Mormon prophet, Jacob manifests the same divine anxiety, having been born in a wild wilderness and inheriting the task of uniting a divided people. In this brief theological introduction, Deidre Nicole Green presents Jacob as a vulnerable and empathic religious leader deeply concerned about social justice. As a teacher consecrated by his brother Nephi, Jacob insists on continuity between religious and social life. His personal experiences of suffering, his compassion for those in society s margins, and his concern for equality are inseparable from his testimony of Jesus Christ. Because of Christ, Jacob lovingly and mournfully seeks to nurture a f

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