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Portraits of a Mature God: Choices in Old Testament Theology
Author(s): Mark McEntire (Author)
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Publication Date: 1 April 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780800699413
- ISBN-13: 0800699416
Book Description
What difference would it make for Old Testament theology if we turned our attention from the more dramatic, forceful “mighty acts of God” to the more subdued, but more realistic themes of later writings in the Hebrew Bible? The result, Mark McEntire argues, would be a more mature theology that would enable us to respond more realistically and creatively to the unprecedented challenges of the present age.
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Review
McEntire has plunged into a most intractable issue in Old Testament theology, namely, the character of God. While he fully appreciates the God who acts who has occupied much previous interpretation, he focuses on the mature God of the later tradition who has largely withdrawn from the arena of action. This important book will surely be a major reference point for time to come. With his close attention to the text, McEntire requires a deep rethink of the assumptions and categories of our expository work. –Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary
About the Author
Mark McEntire is professor of biblical studies at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He has authored widely used textbooks The Old Testament Story, Ninth Edition (2012), and Struggling with God: An Introduction to the Pentateuch (2008); scholarly works, Dangerous Worlds: Living and Dying in Biblical Texts (2004) and The Blood of Abel: The Violent Plot in the Hebrew Bible (1999); and, with Joel Emerson, Raising Cain, Fleeing Egypt, and Fighting Philistines: The Old Testament in Popular Music (2006). This work follows his successful Portraits of a Mature God: Choices in Old Testament Theology (Fortress Press, 2013).
