John Anderson interviews Walter Brueggemann

Click here    to follow.  The interview is succint;  Brueggemann’s answers are thought-provoking, imaginative,  and of course, post-modern as his approach to Old Testament (See his  Theology Of The Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy).  For example, he responds
The Old Testament invites the church to a narrative reality that is open, pluralistic, and beyond all codifications.  The [...]

John H. Walton and Genesis One

Today I received my copy of John H. Walton’s “The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate”. Prophetically speaking, this book will change  the way we read Genesis 1. As I begin reading it today I quickly discovered that the book is is nothing short of  mind-blowing. This is a stimulating, thought-provoking and [...]

MUST-READS: TOP 5 Books IN OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES (Part I)

Below I list the Top 5 books that are noteworthy in the field of OT studies which you must read if you’re a student  of the Bible, especially of the Old Testament. This is not an exhaustive list per se but it does, however,  cover the trajectories of the major sub-disciplines  (i.e. OT Theology, Introductory texts, [...]

Recommended single volume commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is not meant to be an exhaustive list. I carefully selected   “supposedly” top three commentaries on the OT,  five 0n the NT.
Recommended Old Testament Commentaries
Genesis
Allen P. Ross, Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of Genesis
Wenham, G. J. Wenham, Genesis 1-15 &  Genesis 16-50 ( WBC)
Westermann, C. Genesis. 3 vols.
 
Exodus
B.S. Childs,  The Book [...]

Early Jewish Christian Appropriation of the Hebrew Bible

Enn has written a helpful post entitled: “Hey, Get Away from My Bible!“ Christian Appropriation of a Jewish Bible as a response to a recent email he received from an agnostic reader. Here are some observations he makes:
The first Christians handled their Bible in a way that helped them make sense of this astounding [...]

Interview with Peter Enns

 

 
Peter Enns is interviewed on WHYY’s Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.  (HT: Finitum non capax infiniti) I still haven’t got through the book yet. In the interview Peter summarizes the content of the book.  At any rate, the interview is quite helpful . If you have the time listen to it.