The Old Testament in the Life of God's People : : Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens /

The Old Testament in the Life of God's People : : Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens / / ed. by Jon Isaak.

This book celebrates the contributions to Old Testament theology of Elmer A. Martens, President and Professor of Old Testament at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California (both positions now Emeritus). It includes 3 essays written by Martens himself, as well as 15 others written by h...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
MitwirkendeR:
Block, Daniel I.,
Carew, M. Douglas,
Enns, Marlene,
Geddert, Timothy J.,
Gilbert, Pierre,
Hiebert, Theodore,
House, Paul R.,
Janzen, Waldemar,
Jost, Franklyn L.,
Kaiser Jr., Walter C.,
Knierim, Rolf P.,
Martens, Elmer A.,
Martens, Phyllis,
Matties, Gordon H.,
Neufeld, Alfred,
Ollenburger, Ben C.,
Toews, John E.,
HerausgeberIn:
Isaak, Jon,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2009
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Elmer A. Martens: A Biographical Sketch
  • Abbreviations
  • Publications
  • Part 1 Christian Use of the Old Testament
  • Embracing the Law: A Biblical Theological Perspective
  • God's Design and Postmodernism: Recent Approaches to Old Testament Theology
  • Educating to Become Wise: Intercultural Theological Education
  • To Know or Not to Know: Hosea's Use of yd'/d't
  • The Problem of Preaching the Old Testament
  • On Truth-Telling and Biblical Theology
  • Part 2 Aligning God's People with God's Call for Justice
  • Yahweh, Justice, and Religious Pluralism in the Old Testament
  • Creation and Peace: Creator and Creature in Genesis 1-11
  • Jethro in the Structure of the Book of Exodus
  • The Case of the Venus Flytrap: The Argument of the Book of Job
  • Church of Justice
  • Righteousness in Romans: The Political Subtext of Paul's Letter
  • Part 3 Addressing the Issue of Land in the Life of God's People
  • "O Land, Land, Land": Reading the Earth Story in Both Testaments
  • Israel and Its Land in Biblical Perspective Church
  • God's Design and the Church
  • Biblical Perspectives on Biodiversity: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson
  • All Creatures Great and Small: Recovering a Deuteronomic Theology of Animals
  • The Word Made Bitter: At the Table with Joshua, Buber, and Bakhtin
  • Indexes

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