The Earth is the Lord's : essays on creation and the Bible in honor of Ben C. Ollenburger /

The Earth is the Lord's : essays on creation and the Bible in honor of Ben C. Ollenburger / [print] edited by Ryan D. Harker and Heather L. Bunce. - University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, (c)2019. - xvii, 230 pages ; 23 cm



"God saw how beautiful it was" : creation in the Bible as science, art, and theology "For all the Earth is mine" (Exod 19:5) : covenant as the purpose of creation Creation in First Isaiah "Who has measured the waters?" : creation in Second Isaiah and contemporary imagination "The desolate land will be tilled" : devastation and renewal of the land in Ezekiel The day of the Lord in the Book of the Twelve : cycle of creation Who then is this? : Jesus the creator in the Gospel of Mark Creation and the Gospel of John Creation and the church in Romans : the eschatological role of the "children of God" compared to that of the land of Israel in 2 Baruch Creatio ex detrito : creation and peace in Ephesians (Re)creation in Paul : world subjection and world reconciliation Creation in the Johannine letters / David Rensberger -- The words of the amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation (Rev 3:14) / Loren Johns -- A bibliography of the writings of Ben C. Ollenburger. Theodore Hiebert -- Andrea Dalton Saner -- Walter Brueggemann -- Patricia Tull -- Safwat Marzouk -- Heather Bunce -- Darrin W. Snyder Belousek -- Willard Swartley -- Ryan D. Harker -- Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld -- Gordon Zerbe --

"A collection of essays honoring the biblical scholar Ben C. Ollenburger on the topic of the Bible and creation, the subject of much of Ollenburger's scholarly career"--Provided by publisher.



9781575069937

2018048033


Bible--Theology.


Creation--Biblical teaching.

BS651.O49.E278 2019 BS651