Stephen G. Dempster
Champions of Choice and Change
History & Biography
“Champions of Choice and Change is a thoughtful and engaging work very deeply indebted to Bustin’s comprehensive research and discerning mind. He clearly shows that many of the roots of democracy that modern secular nations highly value—liberty, equality for both men and women, and religious toleration—have religious roots in the ‘dissenting’ Christian groups of seventeenth-century England. From George Fox’s view that equality results from human beings made in the image of God to Katherine Sutton’s prophetic writings, Bustin provides compelling evidence for his thesis in this well-crafted, lucid study.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Bartholomew has made a major breakthrough in providing an integrated, holistic reading that recognizes the tensions within the book but regards them as intentional. The author provides a dialogue between two opposing poles—a confessional one of Israelite wisdom whose starting point is God and an autonomous one based on Greek thought with a human starting point. The book lets both positions forcefully contradict each other throughout so that the weight of each can be felt and evaluated. Bartholomew writes creatively and passionately with full awareness of every major and minor work written on Ecclesiastes and has an excellent grasp of contemporary theological and philosophical currents. Calling it a welcome addition to the commentaries on Ecclesiastes would be to understate the significance of Bartholomew’s work. I think it is a landmark!”
Theology
“Desmond Alexander does it again! As an Old Testament scholar par excellence, he shows the important yet often overlooked background for understanding the concept of the mediatorial priesthood of Christ in the book of Hebrews. In this inspirational and scholarly study, Alexander explores a treasure trove of significant details regarding the tabernacle/temple, sacrificial system, and priesthood in the First Testament. One cannot help but come away from this study with a greater sense of the work of Christ in providing a new and living way for every believer to enter into a face-to-face relationship with the living God.”
God's Kingdom through God's Covenants
Theology
“Gentry and Wellum have provided a welcome addition to the current number of books on biblical theology. What makes their contribution unique is the marriage of historical exegesis, biblical theology, and systematic theology. God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants brims with exegetical insights, biblical theological drama, and sound systematic theological conclusions. Particularly important is the viable alternative they offer to the covenantal and dispensational hermeneutical frameworks. I enthusiastically recommend this book!”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“What a wonderful gift to the church! This is great teamwork by an Old Testament and a New Testament scholar. It is the fruit of years of interaction with and meditation on the Scriptures, to which their many published works attest. I had a hard time putting this book down. Duvall and Hays engage in the search for the holy grail of biblical theology—the elusive center. While many scholars will not agree that they have found the center, they have come very close. Beginning in the garden with the uninterrupted communion between God and the first human community and ending in the garden-city with that same communion, Duvall and Hays explore the plotline of the Bible through the fall, the call of the patriarchs, the exodus, Sinai, the conquest and the kingdom, the exile, the prophetic hope and the realization of those hopes in Christ, the church, and the eschaton. They argue that this cohesive center is not like the hub of a wheel, where the spokes perfectly align, but more like the center of a spider web, where the threads are more asymmetrical, connecting sometimes directly and other times more indirectly. Exegetically sound and comprehensive in research, this book becomes essential reading for biblical theology!”
God's Righteousness and Justice in the Old Testament
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This wide-ranging book studies the concepts of righteousness and justice in the Hebrew Bible in a thorough manner, showing for the most part their positive redemptive qualities, and how they are intimately connected with God’s desire to restore that which is broken in his creation. There is not only a detailed study of the biblical text but also consideration of the translations of these words in the various versions of the Scriptures.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
Foreword
“It was not that long ago that many were saying that the biblical theology movement was dead. If that was ever the case, then there has been a remarkable resurrection and resurgence of the movement in the last few years, to judge from the spate of recent studies. . . . George Eves' The Bosom of Abraham takes a legitimate place within this field, and promises to be a significant contribution.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“David Beldman’s commentary on this dark period in Israelite history is superb. At home in both the exegesis of the book of Judges and in the exegesis of postmodern culture, Beldman’s book is a great example of wisdom for the church as he seeks to show how this book spoke to its ancient audience in an anarchic wasteland where everyone did what was right in their own eyes, and how it speaks to the church in a similar situation today. Sell your coat and buy it!”
Theology
“Gentry and Wellum have provided a welcome addition to the current number of books on biblical theology. What makes their contribution unique is the marriage of historical exegesis, biblical theology, and systematic theology. Kingdom through Covenant brims with exegetical insights, biblical theological drama, and sound systematic theological conclusions. Particularly important is the viable alternative they offer to the covenantal and dispensational hermeneutical frameworks. I enthusiastically recommend this book!”
Old Testament Theology and the Rest of God
Theology
“Haydock creatively brings together a number of important themes (tabernacle, temple, Messiah, land) and shows how a theology of rest unites them all. This is a stimulating contribution to biblical theology.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“A stimulating study of a central biblical theme. Matthew Harmon has his eyes on the biblical story line in which there is a pervasive sense of exile, but his eyes are also on the contemporary reader, who senses that something is missing. This book brims with exegetical insights and contemporary reflections, is well written and thoughtful, and is a profound reminder of the lengths to which God has gone to bring his lost sheep home. It is also a powerful reminder to the church that we are not home yet. I enthusiastically recommend it!”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Greg Goswell’s book is an extremely fascinating read, bringing together many issues that interpreters simply take for granted but shouldn’t. He clearly shows that the company that books keep matters, and that the titles of books―as well as chapter divisions and verses―are not just decorations but provide hermeneutical guidance. Widely read and well-versed in biblical scholarship, Goswell writes in clear and direct prose. While I demur about some of his conclusions, I highly recommend this book for biblical students to add to their exegetical toolbox.”
Theology
“Emerson has written a wide-ranging book on the Protestant Christian canon, one that considers matters like the ontology of Scripture, its phenomenology, typology, Christology, and eschatology. There are many works on the phenomenology of canon (lists, manuscripts, citations) but very few that consider the deeper theological and philosophical implications of canon. Here is such a book!”
The Messianic Vision of the Pentateuch
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Stepping on the shoulders of his mentor John Sailhamer, Kevin Chen has charted his own course in showing the importance of the Messiah to the Pentateuch. Particularly clear is his reinforcement and solidification of Sailhamer's distinction between the Pentateuch and Sinai/Deuteronomic Law. The Pentateuch's message is Gospel, as it looks to the future salvation of the Messiah. While scholars will not always agree with Chen's conclusions, his writing is clear, insightful, stimulating, and well researched. Using apt illustrations, Chen challenges us to take a new look at old texts, and the results speak for themselves.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Graham’s introduction to the various interpretations of the Psalter’s macrostructure―and its reuse and recontextualization of individual psalms―is extremely valuable.”
Apologetics
“The missiologist Leslie Newbigin argued that the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth could not be accommodated in any belief system except one in which it would become the starting point of a wholly new way of looking at the world. Indeed, it is the beginning of a new world . . . a new creation. Deven Macdonald makes this same case in an idiom that is written in a relevant conversational style. This is a great book for Christians to share with their neighbors about the good news of what God has done in Christ.”
Theology
“In a world where there is a myriad of facts and little coherence, Matthew Harmon takes a big-picture look at the importance of wisdom in the storyline of the Bible. He explores this important biblical theme by providing a concise biblical definition of wisdom and by tracing its pattern of revelation in Scripture, its rejection by humanity, and the consequences of that decision. This study provides a great framework for understanding the storyline of Scripture and gives us a powerful vision for making sense of the world of information around us.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
Foreword
“Kevin Chen's Wonders from Your Law is the result of taking Jesus' hermeneutic seriously. It is an intensive study of the Scriptures, the result of a profound reflection on its content, and a conviction in their authority and claim to be divine revelation. The result is that the concept of the Messiah is not a late construction embraced toward the end of the biblical period as a means of dealing with the disenchantment and disillusion of the Jewish people. Nor is it an invention of early Christianity superimposed on the biblical texts, the result of cognitive dissonance coming to terms with the shock of the death of Jesus. No. There is a story line and a metanarrative in Israel's Scriptures. The Messiah is not just obliquely present but connects many of the details of Israel's Scriptures. He is there from the beginning and throughout the texts as a central theme.”
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