The Old Testament in the Life of God's People : Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens / Edited by Jon Isaak.

ISBN:

9781575066066

Title:

Author:

Isaak, Jon M., 1960-

Publication Information:

Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 349 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Christian use of the Old Testament. Embracing the law: a biblical theological perspective / God's design and postmodernism: recent approaches to Old Testament theology / Educating to become wise: intercultural theological education / To know or not to know: Hosea's use of yd⁽/d⁽t / The problem of preaching the Old Testament / On truth-telling and biblical theology / Aligning God's people with god's call for justice. Yahweh, justice, and religious pluralism in the Old Testament / Creation and peace: creator and creature in Genesis 1-11 / Jethro in the structure of the book of Exodus / The case of the Venus Flytrap: the argument of the book of Job / Church of justice / Righteousness in Romans: the political subtext of Paul's letter / Addressing the issue of land in the life of God's people. O land, land, land: reading the earth story in both Testaments / Israel and its land in biblical perspective / God's design and the church / Biblical perspectives on biodiversity: a conversation with E.O. Wilson / All creatures great and small: recovering a deuteronomic theology of animals / The word made bitter: at the table with Joshua, Buber, and Bakhtin

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Title Subject:

Bible. New Testament -- Relation to the Old Testament.

Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Old Testament -- Use.

Bible. New Testament -- Relation to the Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Use.

Bible. Old Testament -- Relation to the Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Use.

Altes Testament.

Subject Term:

Justice -- Biblical teaching.

Nature in the Bible.

Nature -- Religious aspects.

Geographic Term:

Earth (Planet) -- In the Bible.

Added Author:

Isaak, Jon M., 1960-

Martens, E. A.

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Publication Date:

2009

Publication Information:

Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2009.

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Summary

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.