Books written by J. Gordon McConville
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Being Human in God's World: An Old Testament Theology of Humanity
founded securely on harmony among brothers, David had a chance to realize it. In fact, David's reign evinces stark contrasts between aspiration and reality. The triumphant warrior decisively overcomes the Philistine threat, ...
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Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Prophets
A Guide to the Prophets J. Gordon McConville. Think about JONAH AS HISTORY? Stuart explains why he thinks it ... Certain differences in vocabulary are also pointed out (see Alexander 1988, p. 65). However, the modern tendency is to ...
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Joshua
17:14-18 The demand of Joseph for extra land follows unexpectedly on the narrative of distribution which was already based on the knowledge that Joseph has two large subdivisions and is not even contained on one side of the Jordan.
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Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Prophets
This critically informed and theologically sensitive introduction to the Prophets considers the often-misunderstood prophetic books of the Old Testament, including an exploration of their historical context, their artful use of language, ...
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Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Historical Books
Philip E. Satterthwaite and J. Gordon McConville introduce the content and the context of the historical books--their setting in ancient history and history writing, their literary artistry, their role within the Scriptures of Israel, and ...
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Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets
Includes 115 articles covering all aspects of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the twelve "minor prophets" and Daniel.
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Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets
With this new volume, IVP's Black Dictionary series completes its coverage of the Old Testament canonical books.
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Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets
A true compendium of recent scholarship, the volume includes over 100 articles covering all aspects of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the twelve "minor prophets" and Daniel.
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Conception, Reception, and the Spirit: Essays in Honor of Andrew T. Lincoln
See further Loader, The New Testament on Sexuality, together with Loader's more detailed studies of sexuality in his Eerdmans series on sexuality in ancient Jewish writings: in the Jesus Tradition (2005), in the LXX and Philo (2004), ...
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Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets
These classifications are imposed on, rather than emerge from, the visions. 2.3. Susan Niditch (Tradition History). Niditch's monograph The Symbolic Vision in Biblical Tradition differs from earlier works both because the focus is ...
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Reconsidering Israel and Judah: Recent Studies on the Deuteronomistic History
This was that the socalled Rise of David Narrative probably never existed as a single work on its own but was conceived as an additional layer to the Succession ... Brueggemann, W. 1985 David's Truth in Israel's Imagination and Memory.
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The Bible and Spirituality: Exploratory Essays in Reading Scripture Spiritually
... joy is all-pervasive: “and day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts [en agalliasei kai aphelotēti kardias], praising God and having favor with all ...
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Being Human in God's World: An Old Testament Theology of Humanity
McConville's short, lucid chapters display wide acquaintance with a range of biblical scholarship and contemporary issues yet are characterized by attunement to the transformation of the reader. This is a book to be savored.
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The Suffering Servant (Touchstone Texts): Isaiah 53 for the Life of the Church
... the suffering of a human being . The suffering of one cast out from society is a reflex of human sin . The point is put memorably by George Herbert in the second verse of his poem " The Agony , " which imagines the suffering of Christ ...
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Exploring the Old Testament, Volume 2: A Guide to the Historical Books
Exploring these books is essential for a true education, whether religious or otherwise. In this guidebook, Philip E. Satterthwaite and J. Gordon McConville introduce us to the content and the context of these historical books.
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The Bible and Spirituality: Exploratory Essays in Reading Scripture Spiritually
The essays in this volume aim to contribute to the newly developing academic subject of biblical spirituality.
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Isaiah (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Prophetic Books)
... God and the Politics of Man . Grand Rapids : Eerdmans . 1972 . Esler , Philip F. God's Court and Courtiers in the Book of Watchers . Eugene , OR : Cascade Books , 2017 . Evans , Paul S. The Invasion of Sennacherib in the Book of Kings ...