The Way of the Lord: Essays in Old Testament Theology: 39 (Forschungen zum Alten Testament) - Hardcover

Miller, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3161482549 ISBN 13: 9783161482540

Publisher: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 2004

Synopsis

English summary: Patrick D. Miller konzentriert sich in den hier gesammelten Essays zum Alten Testament besonders auf den Dekalog und die Psalmen. Die Zehn Gebote deutet er als eine verbindende Richtlinie fur das Leben der Gemeinschaft der Glaubigen, die dann im Rest der Bibel in viele verschiedene Richtungen weiterentwickelt wird: in der Rechtsprechung, in Erzahlungen, prophetischen Weissagungen, den Psalmen und Spruchen. In den verschiedenen Auslegungen zu den Psalmen legt der Autor besonderes Augenmerk darauf, dass das Buch der Psalmen sowohl ein theologisches Buch als auch eine Sammlung von Liedern und Gebeten ist. Im letzten Teil des Buches fuhrt er die theologische Lesart des Alten Testaments fort und befasst sich besonders mit methodologischen Fragen sowie mit Aspekten des gottlichen Charakters und der menschlichen Natur. German description: The essays in this volume represent a theological interpretation especially focused on the Decalogue and the Psalms. The essays on the Commandments lay out an understanding of them as a kind of constitutional guideline for the life of the community of faith that is then developed in many specific and illustrative ways in the rest of Scripture - legislation, narrative, prophetic oracle, psalm, and wisdom saying. The various treatments of the Psalms focus especially on the way in which the Psalter is a book of theology as much as it is a collection of hymns and prayers. The final section of the book continues the theological reading of the Old Testament with some specific attention to the methodological issues as well as to aspects of the character of God and the nature of the human.

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Review:

Brevard S. Childs
Yale University
"The republication of some of Patrick Miller's very best articles is very welcome indeed. His reflections on the Old Testament Commandments are carefully balanced with his well-known interest in the Psalms. His final section on Old Testament theology, although more controversial, shows his sustained wrestling with the application of Scripture by the church in today's world."
Ellen Davis
Duke University
"One of the very finest of contemporary exegetes, Miller writes on topics and texts of clear relevance to the church and our public life. Pastors, preachers, biblical scholars, and theologians will all be instructed by the wisdom and humility with which he approaches the most pressing and difficult questions of biblical interpretation."
Robin Gallaher Branch
in"Review of Biblical Literature"
"Miller's work always outstanding, always reasoned, always well written leaves a reader grateful for the chance to be walked through the richness of topics in the biblical text by one who has so profoundly shaped biblical scholarship for decades.""

Brevard S. Childs Yale University "The republication of some of Patrick Miller's very best articles is very welcome indeed. His reflections on the Old Testament Commandments are carefully balanced with his well-known interest in the Psalms. His final section on Old Testament theology, although more controversial, shows his sustained wrestling with the application of Scripture by the church in today's world."Ellen Davis Duke University "One of the very finest of contemporary exegetes, Miller writes on topics and texts of clear relevance to the church and our public life. Pastors, preachers, biblical scholars, and theologians will all be instructed by the wisdom and humility with which he approaches the most pressing and difficult questions of biblical interpretation."Robin Gallaher Branch in"Review of Biblical Literature" "Miller's work always outstanding, always reasoned, always well written leaves a reader grateful for the chance to be walked through the richness of topics in the biblical text by one who has so profoundly shaped biblical scholarship for decades.""

Brevard S. Childs
-- Yale University
-The republication of some of Patrick Miller's very best articles is very welcome indeed. His reflections on the Old Testament Commandments are carefully balanced with his well-known interest in the Psalms. His final section on Old Testament theology, although more controversial, shows his sustained wrestling with the application of Scripture by the church in today's world.-

Ellen Davis
-- Duke University
-One of the very finest of contemporary exegetes, Miller writes on topics and texts of clear relevance to the church and our public life. Pastors, preachers, biblical scholars, and theologians will all be instructed by the wisdom and humility with which he approaches the most pressing and difficult questions of biblical interpretation.-

Robin Gallaher Branch
-- in Review of Biblical Literature
-Miller's work -- always outstanding, always reasoned, always well written -- leaves a reader grateful for the chance to be walked through the richness of topics in the biblical text by one who has so profoundly shaped biblical scholarship for decades.-

About this edition

• Publisher: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 3161482549
• ISBN 13: 9783161482540
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 351