A God So Near : : Essays on Old Testament Theology in Honor of Patrick D. Miller / / ed. by Brent A. Strawn, Nancy R. Bowen.

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• MitwirkendeR: Bowen, Nancy R.,; Brueggemann, Walter,; Cross, Frank Moore,; Hossfeld, Frank-Lothar,; Janzen, J. Gerald,; Lemke, Werner E.,; Limburg, James,; Lohfink, Norbert,; Mays, James Luther,; Nelson, Richard D.,; Olson, Dennis T.,; O'Connor, Kathleen M.,; Pressler, Carolyn,; Roberts, J. J. M.,; Sakenfeld, Katharine Doob,; Sauter, Gerhard,; Seow, C. L.,; Strawn, Brent A.,; Throntveit, Mark A.,; Towner, W. Sibley,; Weems, Renita J.,; Welker, Michael,; Williamson, H. G. M.,; Zenger, Erich,
• HerausgeberIn: Bowen, Nancy R.,; Strawn, Brent A.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 p.)

Patrick Miller is widely known as an educator, editor, President of the Society of Biblical Literature, and academic who is concerned to ensure that academics and the life of the church are not torn asunder in this era of fragmentation. As the editors note, "The depths of Miller's contributions to church and academy are reflected in the depth of his relationships with family, friends, and colleagues." This volume honors him for his life's work, presenting 24 essays by students and colleagues on themes dear to Miller: (1) the Psalms and God's nearness to his people, and (2) Torah (Deuteronomy, in particular) and God's connection with his people in their lives together. A bibliography of Miller's writings is also included.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Part I "Near Whenever We Call" God's Nearness in Israel's Crying Out (The Psalms and Beyond) -- Reading the Lament Psalms Backwards -- "Without Our Aid He Did Us Make": Singing the Meaning of the Psalms -- The So-Called Elohistic Psalter: A New Solution for an Old Problem -- A Fairy Tale Wedding? A Feminist Intertextual Reading of Psalm 45 -- Notes on Psalm 93: A Fragment of a Liturgical Poem Affirming Yahweh's Kingship -- There the Blessing: An Exposition of Psalm 133 -- Certainty, Ambiguity, and Trust: Knowledge of God in Psalm 139 -- Quoth the Raven: Psalm 147 and the Environment -- Prayer and/as Self-Address: The Case of Hannah -- Naomi's Cry: Reflections on Ruth 1:20-21 -- Jonah 2: A Prayer Out of the Deep -- Songs in a New Key: The Psalmic Structure of the Chronicler's Hymn (1 Chr 16:8-36) -- Wild, Raging Creativity: The Scene in the Whirlwind (Job 38-41) -- Part II "As Just as This Entire Law" God's Nearness in the Torah (Deuteronomy and Beyond) -- Law in the Service of Life: A Dynamic Understanding of Law in Deuteronomy -- How Does Deuteronomy Do Theology? Literary Juxtaposition and Paradox in the New Moab Covenant in Deuteronomy 29-32 -- Keep/Observe/Do-Carefully-Today! The Rhetoric of Repetition in Deuteronomy -- Divine Warrior Theology in Deuteronomy -- Reading Deuteronomy 5 as Narrative -- The Travail of Pardon: Reflections on sl˙ -- Circumcision of the Heart: The Journey of a Biblical Metaphor -- Huldah, the Prophet: Reading a (Deuteronomistic) Woman's Identity -- Prophets and Kings: A New Look at the Royal Persecution of Prophets against Its Near Eastern Background -- From Mountain to Mountain: The Reign of God in Daniel 2 -- Sola Scriptura? The Authority of the Bible in Pluralistic Environments -- Bibliography of the Works of Patrick D. Miller 1964-2001 -- Indexes