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Hearing the Old Testament: Listening for God’s Address is unavailable, but you can change that!

In Hearing the Old Testament world-class scholars discuss how contemporary Christians can better hear and appropriate God’s address in the Old Testament. This volume is part of a growing interest in theological interpretation of the Old Testament. Editors Craig G. Bartholomew and David J. H. Beldman offer a coherent and carefully planned volume, a truly dialogical collaboration full of...

nations (Deut. 10:14f., cf. Exod. 19:4–6). That is, Yahweh was not just “the national God of Israel”—he was God of all nations. This is what Paul saw so clearly (e.g., in Rom. 4). Yahweh had chosen Israel in relation to his purpose for the world, not just for Israel. The election of Israel was not tantamount to a rejection of the nations, but explicitly for their ultimate benefit. Election is not an exclusive privilege but an inclusive responsibility. If we might paraphrase John, “God so loved the
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