Monday, November 23, 2020

PhD: Twitter quote 32

PhD: Twitter quote 32

Bessi from Kosovo, Pixabay photo 

PhD version

Mennonite Old Testament scholar Elmer A. Martens (1990) suggests holiness is concerned with the idea of separation, not separation from something, but separation to something. Martens (1990: 94). Biblically this type of holiness has to do with separation of a person to God. Martens (1990: 94). 

MARTENS, ELMER A. (1990) God’s Design: A Focus on Old Testament Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Book House.

Twitter version I

Martens (1990) suggests holiness is concerned with the idea of separation, not separation from something, but separation to something (God).

Twitter version II

Biblically holiness has to do with separation of a person to God. Martens (1990: 94).

2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter