Old Testament in the Life of God's People
Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens
Old Testament in the Life of God's People
Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens
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Hardback
£49.99
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN: 9781575061580
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 30/06/2009
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
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.
Preface
Elmer A. Martens: A Biographical Sketch Phyllis Martens
Abbreviations
Publications by Elmer A. Martens
Part 1: Christian Use of the Old Testament
Embracing the Law: A Biblical Theological Perspective Elmer A. Martens
God’s Design and Postmodernism: Recent Approaches to Old Testament Theology Paul R. House
Educating to Become Wise: Intercultural Theological Education Marlene Enns
To Know or Not to Know: Hosea’s Use of yd’/d’t M. Douglas Carew
The Problem of Preaching the Old Testament Franklyn L. Jost
On Truth-Telling and Biblical Theology Rolf P. Knierim
Part 2: Aligning God’s People with God’s Call for Justice
Yahweh, Justice, and Religious Pluralism in the Old Testament Elmer A. Martens
Creation and Peace: Creator and Creature in Genesis 1–11 Ben C. Ollenburger
Jethro in the Structure of the Book of Exodus Waldemar Janzen
The Case of the Venus Flytrap: The Argument of the Book of Job Pierre Gilbert
Church of Justice Alfred Neufeld
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
“O Land, Land, Land”: Reading the Earth Story in Both Testaments Elmer A. Martens
Israel and Her Land in Biblical Perspective Walter C. Kaiser Jr.
God’s Design and the Church Timothy J. Geddert
Biblical Perspectives on Biodiversity: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson Theodore Hiebert
All Creatures Great and Small: Recovering A Deuteronomic Theology of Animals Daniel I. Block
The Word Made Bitter: At the Table with Joshua, Buber, and Bakhtin Gordon H. Matties
Indexes
