num_pages: 508
description: My Lord! There is no one like you among the gods! Attempting to describe the nature of God often prompts the exclamation of the psalmistthat God is unlike anyone or anything else. And yet the claim is not simply the overflow of an adoring Gods incomparability is a truth lodged deep within Christian Scripture. In The Incomparable God  Old Testament scholar Brent Strawn offers thoughtful insight into this theological mystery. This volume collects eighteen of Strawns most provocative essays on the nature of God several of which are published for the first time here. Strawn covers the following  the complex portrayal of God in Genesis  Gods mercy in Exodus  poetic description of God in the Psalms  the Trinity in both testaments  pedagogy of the Old Testament  integration of faith and scholarship Encompassing close readings of Scripture biblical-theological argument and considerations of praxis The Incomparable God is essential reading for Old Testament scholars and students. 
language: English
title: The Incomparable God: Readings in Biblical Theology
publisher: Eerdmans