The Old Testament in the Life of God’s People Essays in Honor of Elmer A Martens 1st Edition by Jon Isaak ISBN 1575061589 978-1575061580

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ISBN 10: 1575061589

ISBN 13: 978-1575061580 

Author: Jon Isaak

This book celebrates the contributions to Old Testament theology of Elmer A. Martens, President and Professor of Old Testament at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California (both positions now Emeritus). It includes 3 essays written by Martens himself, as well as 15 others written by his former students, colleagues, friends, and even one of his professors! The essays are clustered around three topics―Christians’ use of the Old Testament, aligning God’s people with God’s call for justice, and addressing the issue of land in the life of God’s people―each of which reflects an area of special interest to Martens. A biographical sketch, a list of the honoree’s varied publications, and indexes are included.

Martens has had a productive career as teacher, author, and preacher―a career spanning almost six decades and five continents. After 40 years of seminary teaching, Elmer is known to many as professor. He taught his signature class, Old Testament theology, from 1968 to 2004 at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, shaping an entire generation of preachers and Bible teachers. His Old Testament theology textbook, God’s Design, now in its third edition, continues to be used at the seminary as well as in translation in numerous other schools around the world.

Table of contents:

Part 1: Christian Use of the Old Testament

1 Embracing the Law: A Biblical Theological Perspective – Elmer A. Martens
2 God’s Design and Postmodernism: Recent Approaches to Old Testament Theology – Paul R. House
3 Educating to Become Wise: Intercultural Theological Education – Marlene Enns
4 To Know or Not to Know: Hosea’s Use of yd’/d’t – M. Douglas Carew
5 The Problem of Preaching the Old Testament – Franklyn L. Jost
6 On Truth-Telling and Biblical Theology – Rolf P. Knierim

Part 2: Aligning God’s People with God’s Call for Justice
7. Yahweh, Justice, and Religious Pluralism in the Old Testament – Elmer A. Martens
8. Creation and Peace: Creator and Creature in Genesis 1–11 – Ben C. Ollenburger
9. Jethro in the Structure of the Book of Exodus – Waldemar Janzen
10. The Case of the Venus Flytrap: The Argument of the Book of Job – Pierre Gilbert
11. Church of Justice – Alfred Neufeld
12. Righteousness in Romans: The Political Subtext of Paul’s Letter – John E. Toews

Part 3: Addressing the Issue of Land in the Life of God’s People
13. “O Land, Land, Land”: Reading the Earth Story in Both Testaments – Elmer A. Martens
14. Israel and Her Land in Biblical Perspective – Walter C. Kaiser Jr.
15. God’s Design and the Church – Timothy J. Geddert
16. Biblical Perspectives on Biodiversity: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson – Theodore Hiebert
17. All Creatures Great and Small: Recovering A Deuteronomic Theology of Animals – Daniel I. Block
18. The Word Made Bitter: At the Table with Joshua, Buber, and Bakhtin – Gordon H. Matties

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