Shadow and Substance: An Exposition of the Tabernacle Types

About this book

The desert tabernacle of the Hebrew Bible is described in exacting detail: fabrics, lamps, vessels, measurements and rituals. George C. Needham reads every feature as part of a larger Christian pattern.

Following a tradition known as typology, he connects Old Testament objects and ceremonies to New Testament theology. Details that might appear merely architectural become symbols of sacrifice, redemption and divine presence. The arrangement of sacred space becomes an entire system of scriptural interpretation, shaped by the author's Protestant convictions.