Jerusalem as the City of God’s Kingdom

Common Tropes in the Bible and the Ancient Near East

  • Thomas L. Thompson Currently professor of Old Testament studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Among his best known works are The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1974); The Early History of Israelite People (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1992) and The Bible in History: How Writers Create A Past (London: Pimlico, 2000).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52541/isiri.v40i3-4.6090
Keywords: Jerusalem, God’s Kingdom, tropes, Bible

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Published
2001-12-31
How to Cite
Thompson, T. L. (2001). Jerusalem as the City of God’s Kingdom: Common Tropes in the Bible and the Ancient Near East . Islamic Studies, 40(3-4), 631–647. https://doi.org/10.52541/isiri.v40i3-4.6090
Issue
Vol. 40 No. 3-4 (2001): Islamic Studies
Section
The Classical Scene

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