The God of the Old Testament
Subtitle: encountering the divine in Christian Scripture
By: R. W. L. Moberly
Publisher: Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781540962997
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: God; Biblical teaching; Criticism, interpretation; God (Christianity); Bible
Description: Walter Moberly is a top Old Testament theologian known for his creative, accessible, and provocative writing. His Old Testament Theology has been well received. This book, written in a similar vein, combines biblical criticism with constructive theology and engages both Jewish and Christian interpretations. Moberly offers robust readings of eight pivotal Old Testament passages that unpack the nature of God in Christian Scripture, demonstrating a Christian approach to reading the Old Testament that holds together the priorities of both scholarship and faith.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The wise God : the depths of creation in Proverbs 8; title: The mysterious God : the voice from the fire in Exodus 3; title: The just God : the nature of deity in Psalm 82; title: The inscrutable God : divine differentials and human choosing in Genesis 4; title: The only God : surprising universality and particularity in 2 Kings 5; title: The trustworthy God : assurance and warning in Psalm 46, Jeremiah 7, and Micah 3.