Old Testament Theology for Christians (eBook)

From Ancient Context to Enduring Belief

John H. Walton (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
IVP Academic (Verlag)
978-0-8308-8904-4 (ISBN)

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Modern readers of the Bible often find the Old Testament difficult and even disturbing. What are we to do with obscure prophecies of long expired nations? Why should we read and study ancient laws that even the New Testament says are eclipsed by Christ? How can we reconcile Jesus' Sermon on the Mount with the Old Testament's graphic narratives of sex and violence? What does the Old Testament offer that is not surpassed and even made irrelevant by the New Testament?John Walton has spent a career engaging deeply with the Old Testament's text and ancient context. He has studied, taught, and written about the issues. His signature approach can be introduced in one sentence: The Old Testament was written for us but not to us. We must not conform it to our own understanding. We will fully grasp the Old Testament and its theology only when we are immersed in the ancient cultural current of Israel within its broader cultural river of the ancient Near East.In Old Testament Theology for Christians, John Walton invites us to leave our modern-and even inherited Christian-preconceptions at the threshold as we enter the world of the Old Testament. He challenges us to see it anew-as if for the first time-as guests in a strange and fascinating foreign land. Then we will rediscover its testimony to God's great enterprise.In this capstone to a career of studying and teaching the Old Testament, Walton unfolds a grand panorama of Yahweh and the gods, of cosmos and humanity, of covenant and kingdom, of temple and torah, of sin and evil, and of salvation and afterlife. Viewed within its ancient Near Eastern cognitive environment, the text takes unexpected turns and blossoms into fresh and challenging insights. No matter how you are accustomed to viewing the first testament of the Bible, Old Testament Theology for Christians will challenge and sharpen your perceptions.

John H. Walton is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. He has written many books on the Old Testament and its ancient Near Eastern background, including a commentary on Genesis, Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context and (as coauthor) The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament.

Autor

John H. Walton (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School. Some of Walton's books include The Lost World of Genesis One, The Lost World of Adam and Eve, The Lost World of Scripture, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament, The Essential Bible Companion, The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis, and The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament (with Victor Matthews and Mark Chavalas).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.11.2017
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Schlagworte: Ancient Near East • ancient near eastern context • Background • Bible • bible explained • bible interpreted • Biblical • biblical background • Biblical Studies • Biblical Theology • Christian • Christianity • ConText • crosscultural • Cultural Context • cultural dynamics • history and culture • Interpretation • Israel • language • Lost World of the Flood • Lost World of the Israelite Conquest • Middle East • Middle Eastern culture • misunderstand • Modern • modren context • Old Testament Theology • Scripture • Text • time period • Today • Understand
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-8904-3 / 0830889043
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-8904-4 / 9780830889044