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This book will offer an account not so much of God's Providence an
sich, but rather of divine providence as experienced by believers
and unbelievers. It will not ask questions about whether and how
God knows the future, or how suffering can be accounted for (as is
the case in the treatments by William Lane Craig, Richard
Swinburne, or J. Sanders), but will focus on prayer and
decision-making as a faithful and/or desperate response to the
perception of God as having some controlling influence. The
following gives an idea of the ground to be covered: The patristic
foundations of the Christian view of Providence; The medieval
synthesis of 'objective' and 'subjective' views; Reformational and
Early Modern: the shift towards piety; Modern Enlightenment:
Providence and Ethics; Barth and the Sceptics; The sense of
Providence in the Modern Novel and World.
Providing a model of how to 'do' biblical theology, this book also
explores important emerging trends over the last five years
including: reception-history as a means to grasping the theology of
the bible; theological interpretation as a new form of lectio
divina (meditative reading); the place of Jewish interpretation in
forming a biblical theology; and the ever-present problem of losing
Old Testament theology in New Testament theology. The second half
of the book discusses the theme of Providence, as found in both
Testaments, with insights gained from the history of biblical
interpretation and from major attempts at working out a theology of
Providence. Elliott focuses on Providence as it has been perceived
rather than the themes of God's goodness and powerfulness in
themselves.
Addressing a topic of perennial interest in Christian theology,
this volume offers a constructive account of the doctrine of
providence. Mark Elliott shows that, contrary to received opinion,
the Bible has a lot to say about providence as a distinct doctrine
within the wider scope of God's acts of salvation. This book by a
leading scholar of Christian theology and exegesis is a capstone of
years of research on the history and theology of the doctrine of
providence.
Providing a model of how to 'do' biblical theology, this book also
explores important emerging trends over the last five years
including: reception-history as a means to grasping the theology of
the bible; theological interpretation as a new form of lectio
divina (meditative reading); the place of Jewish interpretation in
forming a biblical theology; and the ever-present problem of losing
Old Testament theology in New Testament theology. The second half
of the book discusses the theme of Providence, as found in both
Testaments, with insights gained from the history of biblical
interpretation and from major attempts at working out a theology of
Providence. Elliott focuses on Providence as it has been perceived
rather than the themes of God's goodness and powerfulness in
themselves.
This book demonstrates a number of approaches made by biblical
scholars to find a theology of the Christian Scripture. It then
considers attempts to bridge the gap between exegesis and dogmatics
by appeal to the discipline of 'fundamental theology' and the
doctrine of Revelation. It finds that, for all the interesting
questions raised, one is forced back to the Bible from where one
must form the themes and concepts which have been developed by
theologians through the ages, and which with help from biblical
historical critics can be made to refresh theology and serve the
Church. This is done by examining the role of 'faith' in the two
testaments and by considering how the Bible's understanding of that
which receives revelation is itself useful for the total enterprise
of theology.
Synopsis: This commentary weaves together the interpretations of
Christian exegetes, spanning the past two thousand years, who have
concerned themselves with that most mysterious of texts, the book
of Leviticus. Even when their commentaries seem most fanciful, the
depths of meaning of the Hebrew text comes through in all its many
and diverse translations and applications. What we discover is
evidence of a biblical text at work in some of the most eloquent of
spokespersons throughout the generations. The third book of the
Bible is happily enjoying a resurgence of interest in Jewish and
Christian quarters alike, being received as a book for the life of
the faithful community. What is attempted here is the story of its
Western-Christian reception. Endorsements: "In this sparkling
synthesis of the Christian Church's traditional exegesis of
Leviticus, Mark Elliott does what any good theologian should do
with the Bible: help us learn how to read it within the Church.
More than a collection of past perspectives, Engaging Leviticus is
ordered by Elliott's own acute sense of key interpretive questions
and of the larger purposes of the scriptural book. His own
arguments are historically and intellectually illuminating; but
more importantly, they orient us properly to Leviticus' pointed
theological challenges in an exciting way. This is necessary
scholarship for all students of Scripture." --Ephraim Radner
Wycliffe College "The book of Leviticus has been something of a
sealed book for sometime in the modern imagination. But with the
recent efforts of Mary Douglas in the field of anthropology and
Jacob Milgrom in biblical studies there has been something of a
renaissance in interest. Elliot has pushed the envelope even
further by bringing to our attention the rich resources of the
history of interpretation. His reading is almost impossibly vast,
only matched by his erudition and eye for that which is truly
important. No reader will look at Leviticus the same way having
spent some time with this marvelous book." --Gary A. Anderson
University of Notre Dame "The theological Cinderella status of
Leviticus, cemented by Reformational and historical-critical
certainties, appears to leave it languishing as the epitome of
rule-bound ritualism and archaic moral strictures against which
progressive religion confidently defines itself. Here, by contrast,
Mark Elliott's learned album of theological commentary through the
ages retrieves a sparkling treasury of attentive reflection on the
awkwardly alien particularities of Leviticus as holding forth and
anticipating the word of truth." --Markus Bockmuehl Keble College
Author Biography: Mark W. Elliott is Senior Lecturer in Church
History at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is author of
The Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church (2000),
Isaiah 40-66 in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
series (2007), and The Reality of Biblical Theology (2007).
How was the scriptural imagery used in the Song of Songs to speak
of the Bridegroom and the Bride? Mark W. Elliott presents a range
of interpretations paying attention to the context of the
commentators in the Early Church.
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Isaiah 40-66 (Paperback)
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No book of the Old Testament is more frequently quoted in the New
than Isaiah, and no portion of Isaiah is more frequently quoted in
the New than the typologically fertile soil of Isaiah 40-66. Still,
as interpreted by the fathers, Isaiah presents a message that is
far more soteriological than christological, leading readers to a
deeper understanding of God's judgment and salvation. Isaiah 40-66
provides us with the closest thing the Old Testament has to offer
regarding a systematic theology. The excerpts included in this
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume offer us a rich
array of differing styles, principles, and theological emphases,
from Theodoret of Cyr to Eusebius and Procopius, to Cyril of
Alexandria, Jerome and Augustine. Readers will be enriched by the
wide-ranging selections, some of which are translated here into
English for the first time.
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Isaiah 40-66 (Hardcover)
Mark W. Elliott
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No book of the Old Testament is more frequently quoted in the New
than Isaiah, and no portion of Isaiah is more frequently quoted in
the New than the typologically fertile soil of Isaiah 40-66. Still,
as interpreted by the fathers, Isaiah presents a message that is
far more soteriological than christological, leading readers to a
deeper understanding of God's judgment and salvation. Isaiah 40-66
provides us with the closest thing the Old Testament has to offer
regarding a systematic theology. The excerpts included in this
volume offer us a rich array of differing styles, principles and
theological emphases from Theodoret of Cyr to Eusebius and
Procopius, to Cyril of Alexandria, Jerome and Augustine. Readers
will be enriched by the wide-ranging selections, some of which are
translated here into English for the first time.
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 clich s.
Contributors: 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
This three-volume work comprises over eighty essays surveying the
history of Scottish theology from the early middle ages onwards.
Written by an international team of scholars, the collection
provides the most comprehensive review yet of the theological
movements, figures, and themes that have shaped Scottish culture
and exercised a significant influence in other parts of the world.
Attention is given to different traditions and to the dispersion of
Scottish theology through exile, migration, and missionary
activity. The volumes present in diachronic perspective the
theologies that have flourished in Scotland from early monasticism
until the end of the twentieth century. The History of Scottish
Theology, Volume I covers the period from the appearance of
Christianity around the time of Columba to the era of Reformed
Orthodoxy in the seventeenth century. Volume II begins with the
early Enlightenment and concludes in late Victorian Scotland.
Volume III explores the 'long twentieth century'. Recurrent themes
and challenges are assessed, but also new currents and theological
movements that arose through Renaissance humanism, Reformation
teaching, federal theology, the Scottish Enlightenment,
evangelicalism, missionary, Biblical criticism, idealist
philosophy, dialectical theology, and existentialism. Chapters also
consider the Scots Catholic colleges in Europe, Gaelic women
writers, philosophical scepticism, the dialogue with science, and
the reception of theology in liturgy, hymnody, art, literature,
architecture, and stained glass. Contributors also discuss the
treatment of theological themes in Scottish literature.
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