Genesis and Christian Theology

by Nathan MacDonald, Mark W. Elliott (Editor), Grant Macaskill (Editor)

Genesis and Christian Theology contributes significantly to the renewed convergence of biblical studies and systematic theology -- two disciplines whose relational disconnect has adversely affected not only the academy but also the church as a whole. In this book twenty-one noted scholars consider the fascinating ancient book of Genesis in dialogue with historical and contemporary theological reflection. Their essays offer new vistas on familiar texts, reawakening past debates and challenging modern clichés.


Gary A. Anderson
Knut Backhaus
Richard Bauckham
Pascal Daniel Bazzell
William P. Brown
Stephen B. Chapman
Ellen T. Charry
Matthew Drever
Mark W. Elliott
David Fergusson
Brandon Frick
Trevor Hart
Walter J. Houston
Christoph Levin
Nathan MacDonald
Eric Daryl Meyer
R. Walter L. Moberly
Michael S. Northcott
Karla Pollmann
R. R. Reno
Timothy J. Stone

Genres: Theology

365 pages, Paperback

First published April 3, 2012

About the author

Nathan MacDonald is a Scottish biblical scholar who currently serves as reader in Hebrew Bible at Cambridge University and fellow and college lecturer in theology at St John's College, Cambridge. Much of his work has concentrated on the historical conception of monotheism in ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible.

MacDonald studied theology and Hebrew at Cambridge before going to Durham to complete a doctorate on the book of Deuteronomy. He taught Old Testament at the University of St Andrews from 2001–12. In 2007 he spent 8 months as a Humboldt research fellow at the Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität München. In 2008 he was awarded a Sofja-Kovalevskaja Prize which enabled him to lead a research team on Early Jewish Monotheisms at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen from 2009–14. In 2013 he took up an appointment at the University of Cambridge.

Reviews

[Randy Mccracken · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a joint collection of articles on Genesis and Christian Theology (as the title implies). As with most books of this nature, the reader will find certain articles more compelling than others. That was my experience with this collection. Overall, well with the read.

[Nate Claiborne · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the issues that I highlighted, this book is still a solid contribution to scholarly conversations about Genesis and Christian theology. Just because I didn't personally find many of the essays interesting doesn't mean the authors were not thinking deeply about their subjects and digging out new insights. The insights I did enjoy were valuable, and so on the whole, I'm glad I was able to read and review this book.

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