Salvation for All: God's Other Peoples

Salvation for All: God's Other Peoples by Gerald O'Collins. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780199238897.

This book examines in depth and at length what the Old Testament and the New Testament hold about the salvation of Gods "other peoples." The Bible repeatedly bears witness to the universal scope of divine love for all human beings, and to the chances of salvation available to them. Since the Israelites experienced for many centuries, both at home and abroad, the religion and culture of numerous other peoples, the Old Testament texts have much to say, both positively and negatively, about the religious prospects and destiny of these peoples. In its second half, this book scrutinizes what Jesus, the evangelists, Paul, and the Letter to the Hebrews indicate about Gods loving designs for all human beings. In the end, OCollins breaks new ground by developing the universal presence of the risen Jesus (along with the Holy Spirit) and his role as universal Wisdom, and the full teaching of the Letter to the Hebrews on the possibility of faith for all people.