Theological Commentary

Evangelical Perspectives

Edited by R. Michael Allen

Published by T&T Clark International

A Continuum Imprint

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© R. Michael Allen, with contributors, 2011

R. Michael Allen and contributors have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the Author of this work.

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ISBN: 978-0-567-42329-0 (paperback)

Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Chapter 1: Theological Commentary

Michael Allen

Chapter 2: Genesis 1

Ryan S. Peterson

Chapter 3: Exodus 3

Michael Allen

Chapter 4: Psalm 22: Forsakenness and the God Who Sings

Kelly M. Kapic

Chapter 5: Proverbs 8: Hearing Lady Wisdom’s Offer Again

Daniel J. Treier

Chapter 6: Ezekiel 14: “I, The Lord, Have Deceived That Prophet”: Divine Deception, Inception, and Communicative Action

Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Chapter 7: Mark 12: God’s Lordly Son and Trinitarian Christology

Scott R. Swain

Chapter 8: John 1: Preexistent Logos and God the Son

Henri Blocher

Chapter 9: Ephesians 4:1–16: The Ascension, the Church, and the Spoils of War

Michael Horton

Chapter 10: Colossians 3: Deification, Theosis, Participation, or Union with Christ?

Andrew McGowan

Chapter 11: What Is Theological Commentary? An Old Testament Perspective

Walter L. Moberly

Chapter 12: Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Yes, But …

D. A. Carson

Index of Scriptures

Index of Names

Acknowledgments

There are many persons to thank for their help in preparing this volume. Most importantly, a number of able contributors submitted chapters of excellent quality ranging over the whole canon of Scripture and engaging a wide host of doctrinal topics. Geoff Ziegler played a pivotal role in the conceptualization and planning of the volume. My assistant Jason Paugh compiled the index. Tom Kraft, Anna Turton, and the capable staff of T & T Clark guided the manuscript to completion. It is always a pleasure to work with them. My wife Emily was ever supportive during the course of this project.

The editor and contributors dedicate this book to Prof. Henri Blocher, until recently the Gunther Knoedler Professor of Theology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and the longtime Professor of Systematic Theology at the Faculté Libre de Théologie Évangélique in Vaux-sur-Seine, France. For us, he has been many things—teacher, colleague, collaborator—and beyond any of these formal roles, a model of humble and rigorous theological scholarship in service of the church. His own service to theological studies can be captured ...