Loading…

The God of the Old Testament: Encountering the Divine in Christian Scripture is unavailable, but you can change that!

Walter Moberly is a top Old Testament theologian known for his creative, accessible, and provocative writing. His Old Testament Theology has been well received. This book, written in a similar vein, combines biblical criticism with constructive theology and engages both Jewish and Christian interpretations. Moberly offers robust readings of six pivotal Old Testament passages that unpack the...

And the NRSV still maintains this understanding with its marginal notes to Exodus 21:6 and 22:8 (Heb. 7), “Or to/before the judges.” Some conservatively and traditionally minded interpreters also offer this interpretation straightforwardly.20 Over the course of the twentieth century, however, comparative religio-historical considerations increasingly changed the interpretive frame of reference. It became doubtful that ʾĕlōhīm did in fact mean “judge.”21
Page 100
Buy this book at Logos.com