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020			_a9780830851928 _q((hardback)ardback)
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050	0	4	_aBS1192 _b.O438 2017
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100	1		_aWalton, John H., _d1952- _e1
245	1	0	_aOld Testament theology for Christians : _bfrom ancient context to enduring belief / _cJohn H. Walton.
260			_aDowners Grove, Illinois : _bInterVarsity Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a302 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_aIntroduction and foundations -- _tYahweh and the gods -- _tCosmos and humanity -- _tCovenant and kingdom -- _tTemple and Torah -- _tSin and evil -- _tSalvation and afterlife -- _tConclusions.
520	0		_aModern 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. _bIn 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. _c1 _uhttps://www.amazon.com/Old-Testament-Theology-Christians-Enduring/dp/0830851925/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VNIVNOHT4PNI&keywords=9780830851928&qid=1669992783&sprefix=9780310218975%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1
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630	0	0	_aBible. _pOld Testament _xTheology.
655		4	_aNonfiction.
942			_cREF _hBS _m2017 _i2019-03-25 _k21.62
948			_hHELD BY SBI - 157 OTHER HOLDINGS
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell