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Old Testament Theology, Volume 3: Israel’s Life is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this third volume of his critically acclaimed Old Testament Theology, John Goldingay explores the Old Testament vision of Israel’s life before God. Goldingay sees three spheres of life giving order to Israel’s vision: its life in relation to God, its life in community and the life of the individual as a self. Within these frameworks he unfurls a tapestry that is as broad and colorful as all of...

fits with the focus on ethics implicit in liberation theology11 and with the fact that “the central issue of postmodernity is the possibility of ethics, that is, right action.”12 “Postmodernity implies that … we should be doing theology rather than talking about how to do it”;13 that is all the more true about worship, ethics and spirituality. At a Society of Biblical Literature panel discussion of my first volume, Jon D. Levenson perceived in its focus on “gospel” the usual Christian underestimate
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