The reading the Bible today as the people of God Waltke, Bruce K. creator text bibliography miu Grand Rapids, MI William B. Eerdmans c2013 2013 monographic eng

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xi, 528 p. ; 23 cm. Part I. Biblical theological studies -- Aims of Old Testament textual criticism -- The book of Proverbs and Old Testament theology -- A canonical process approach to the Psalms -- Does Proverbs promise too much? -- Fundamentals for preaching the book of Proverbs -- The first seven days: What is the creation account trying to tell us? -- How we got the Hebrew Bible: the text and canon of the Old Testament -- Myth or history? The literary genre of Genesis chapter 1 -- On how to study the Psalms devotionally -- Problematic sources, poetics, and preaching the Old Testament: an exposition of Proverbs 26:1-12 -- Part II. Biblical theological themes -- Atonement in Psalm 51 -- Biblical authority: How firm a foundation? -- Cain and his offering -- The dance between God and humanity -- Dogmatic theology and relative knowledge -- Evangelical spirituality: A Biblical scholar's perspective -- The fear of the Lord: The foundation for a relationship with God -- Hermeneutics and the spiritual life -- How I changed my mind about teaching Hebrew (or retained it) -- Kingdom promises as spiritual -- Old Testament texts bearing on the problem of the control of human reproduction -- The phenomenon of conditionality within unconditional covenants -- The redeemed and the righteous: a study in the doctrine of man as found in the Psalms -- Reflections on retirement from the life of Isaac -- The relationship of the sexes in the Bible -- Responding to an unethical society: a meditation on Psalm 49 -- Righteousness in Proverbs -- The role of women in the Bible -- Birds -- Theonomy in relation to dispensational and covenant theologies -- The New Testament doctrine of "land." Bruce K. Waltke. Includes bibliographical references. Criticism, interpretation, etc Hermeneutics BS511.3 .W35 2013 220.6 9780802867360 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802867367 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2013005019 DLC 130205 20170615164841.0 813541335 eng