The Old Testament in the Life of God's People
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The Old Testament in the Life of God's People

Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens

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The Old Testament in the Life of God's People

Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens

About this book

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 his former students, colleagues, friends, and even one of his professors! The essays are clustered around three topics—Christians' use of the Old Testament, aligning God's people with God's call for justice, and addressing the issue of land in the life of God's people—each of which reflects an area of special interest to Martens. A biographical sketch, a list of the honoree's varied publications, and indexes are included.

Martens has had a productive career as teacher, author, and preacher—a career spanning almost six decades and five continents. After 40 years of seminary teaching, Elmer is known to many as professor. He taught his signature class, Old Testament theology, from 1968 to 2004 at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, shaping an entire generation of preachers and Bible teachers. His Old Testament theology textbook, God's Design, now in its third edition, continues to be used at the seminary as well as in translation in numerous other schools around the world.

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Information

Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781575061580
eBook ISBN
9781575066066
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Chapter 1: Embracing the Law:A Biblical Theological Perspective
  5. Chapter 2: God’s Design and Postmodernism: Recent Approaches to Old Testament Theology
  6. Chapter 3: Educating to Become Wise: Intercultural Theological Education
  7. Chapter 4: To Know or Not to Know:Hosea’s Use of ydÂș/dÂșt
  8. Chapter 5: The Problem of Preaching the Old Testament
  9. Chapter 6: On Truth-Telling and Biblical Theology
  10. Chapter 7: Yahweh, Justice, and Religious Pluralism in the Old Testament
  11. Chapter 8: Creation and Peace:Creator and Creature in Genesis 1–11
  12. Chapter 9: Jethro in the Structure of the Book of Exodus
  13. Chapter 10: The Case of the Venus Flytrap:The Argument of the Book of Job
  14. Chapter 11: Church of Justice
  15. Chapter 12: Righteousness in Romans:The Political Subtext of Paul’s Letter
  16. Chapter13: “O Land, Land, Land”:Reading the Earth Story in Both Testaments
  17. Chapter 14: Israel and Its Land in Biblical Perspective
  18. Chapter 15: God’s Design and the Church
  19. Chapter 16: Biblical Perspectives on Biodiversity: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson
  20. Chapter 17: All Creatures Great and Small:Recovering a Deuteronomic Theology of Animals
  21. Chapter 18: The Word Made Bitter: At the Table with Joshua, Buber, and Bakhtin
  22. Index