David E. Fredrickson

A Theology of the Old Testament

Theology

“Rogerson offers a compelling alternative to biblical theology conceived as Old Testament texts distilled into a collection of divine attributes. Theology in his hands becomes a pursuit to see the God in whose image persons in ideal community are created. This is a brave and mature book that allows contemporary faith and critique to nourish each other as together they discover the Bible's own capacity for self–criticism inspired by its hope of humans treating one another humanely.”

Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The essays collected here, a sampling of David Balch’s illustrious career of interpreting early Christianity in light of domestic and monumental art, politics of empire, philosophy, social and economic theory, and Greek and Roman historiography, do not let us look away. By documenting the violence and oppression early Christians resisted and inflicted, suffered and promoted, Balch challenges readers to face up to modern day lynching, murderous abductions, genocide, and sexually motivated violence. Balch brings to his scholarly work a heart open to victims of unheeding power and a mind dedicated to the discovery of their cries and their courage.”

Love Works

Theology

“This book is a profound and timely witness to the liberating power of love. Radically, but also patiently and with self-effacing prose, the author fills old wine skins of theological doctrine and philosophic axioms with renewed tenderness for the world—a unified and honest way of being, acting, and believing that flees the heroics of secular nihilism and the charms of Christian escapism. It is a welcome and, I hope, lasting proposal.”