The Footprints of God, livre ebook

This book traces one exegetical, interpretative principal, divine accommodation, in Jewish and Christian thought from the first to the nineteenth century. The focus is upon major figures and the place of accommodation in their work.

Divine accommodation, the idea that divine revelation had to be attuned to the human condition, is a vital interpretive device in the history of both Judaism and Christianity. Accommodation is present not only in the language, style, and tone of Scripture but in all of human history. This is the first systematic study of the concept of accommodation, and shows how both religions employed the same interpretative tool for different purposes and to different ends.

Preface
Introduction
1. They Walked by Day as in Darkness
2. As Infants and Children
3. Bread and Milk
4. The Times May Change but not the Faith
5. The King's Son
6. A Wise and Understanding People
7. The School of the Holy Spirit
8. Confronting True and False Gods
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Biblical Citations