Posted on August 30, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
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 [...]
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Posted on August 22, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
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 [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
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, [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
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 [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
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.
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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 [...]
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