God the Creator
eBook - ePub

God the Creator

The Old Testament and the World God Is Making

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

God the Creator

The Old Testament and the World God Is Making

About this book

Christians today are focused on two important creation topics: how the world came to be and how we should care for it. A highly respected Old Testament theologian recommends that before discussing these questions, we focus on God the Creator and God's ongoing work in creation. We should explore what the Bible tells us and let the text set the agenda for our reflections.

Combining his storytelling gift with rigorous biblical exegesis and deep reflection, Ben Ollenburger describes the action of God the Creator as presented throughout the Old Testament. He shows how creation is about more than origins. It is about God acting against the hostile forces of chaos that can be historical, political, and military. About how God created a well-ordered world, and how human transgression ruptures God's relationship with humans and threatens creation. About how God responds as Creator to those threats by disturbing and reordering the disorder, bringing about what God intended--a world ordered in the social, political, and natural realms that is characterized by the justice, righteousness, and peace required for human flourishing.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. God’s World at Peace
  11. 2. From Virtually Nothing to the Garden of God
  12. 3. From God’s Peaceful Garden to Peace Divinely Disturbed
  13. 4. “In Primeval Days”
  14. 5. “Who Is the King of Glory?”
  15. 6. “The LORD by Wisdom Founded the Earth”
  16. 7. Royal Theology
  17. 8. “Who Treads on the Heights of the Earth”
  18. 9. Rearranging the World
  19. 10. God the Creator beyond the Old Testament
  20. Bibliography
  21. Scripture Index
  22. Subject Index
  23. Back Cover