From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch
7 best books like From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch (T. Desmond Alexander): On the Incarnation, How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels, The Art of Biblical Narrative, Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible, According to Plan, Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina, Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus
| Author | Athanasius of Alexandria |
| ISBN | 0913836400 |
I was pleased to find On the Incarnation remarkably fresh and engaging, still fierce and still passionate too. Such is rarely the case with works of theology, particularly when orthodoxy has robbed them even of the novelty of heresy, for dry-as-dust disquisitions on settled questions often summon...
How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
| Author | N.T. Wright |
| ISBN | 0061730572 |
New Testament scholar N.T. Wright reveals how we have been misreading the Gospels for centuries, powerfully restoring the lost central story of the Scripture: that the coronation of God through the acts of Jesus was the climax of human history. Wright fills the gaps that centuries of misdirection...
The Art of Biblical Narrative is the best critical work I have read. It does more than just explain. It teaches. It encourages. It makes the reader want to read the [Hebrew] Bible for the pure pleasure of practicing what has been learned, to discover the literary secrets of the Bible and to enjoy anew the...
| Author | Stephen G. Dempster |
| ISBN | 0830826157 |
In this stimulating New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Stephen G. Dempster argues that, despite its undoubted literary diversity, the Hebrew Bible possesses a remarkable structural and conceptual unity. The various genres and books are placed within a comprehensive narrative framework...
| Author | Graeme Goldsworthy |
| ISBN | 0830826963 |
The massive diversity and complexity of the Bible can make it a daunting project for anyone to tackle. Getting a grasp on the unity of the Bible, its central message from Genesis to Revelation, helps immensely in understanding the meaning of any one book or passage. That is the goal of this book by Graeme...
Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina
| Author | Thelma Hall |
| ISBN | 0809129590 |
Thelma Hall's short book (her discussion of lectio consisting of only 56 pages) is a excellent introduction to lectio divina. She does a great job of putting this practice into the greater context of contemplation and an ever deepening relationship with God. She is very cognizant of Thomas Merton's...
Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus
| Author | L. Michael Morales |
| ISBN | 0830826386 |
Who shall ascend the mountain of the LORD?" Psalm 24:3 In many ways, this is the fundamental question of Old Testament Israel's cult and, indeed, of life itself. How can creatures made from dust become members of God's household "forever"? The question of ascending God's mountain to his house was likely...
