Biblical Theology
The God of the Christian Scriptures
John Goldingay
- Imagine
- someone
- who
- has
- spent
- a
- lifetime
- listening
- deeply
- and
- attentively
- to
- the
- full
- range
- of
- Scripture's
- testimony.
- Stepping
- back,
- they
- now
- describe
- what
- they
- have
- seen
- and
- heard.
- What
- emerges
- is
- a
- theological
- cathedral,
- laid
- out
- on
- the
- great
- vectors
- of
- Scripture
- and
- fitted
- with
- biblically
- sourced
- materials.This
- is
- what
- John
- Goldingay
- has
- done.
- Well
- known
- for
- his
- three-volume
- Old
- Testament
- Theology,
- he
- has
- now
- risen
- to
- the
- challenge
- of
- a
- biblical
- theology.
- While
- taking
- the
- New
- Testament
- as
- a
- portal
- into
- the
- biblical
- canon,
- he
- seeks
- to
- preserve
- the
- distinct
- voices
- of
- Israel's
- Scriptures,
- accepting
- even
- its
- irregular
- and
- sinewed
- pieces
- as
- features
- rather
- than
- problems.
- Goldingay
- does
- not
- search
- out
- a
- thematic
- core
- or
- overarching
- unity,
- but
- allows
- Scripture's
- diversity
- and
- tensions
- to
- remain
- as
- manifold
- witnesses
- to
- the
- ways
- of
- God.
- While
- many
- interpreters
- interrogate
- Scripture
- under
- the
- harsh
- lights
- of
- late-modern
- questions,
- Goldingay
- engages
- in
- a
- dialogue
- keen
- on
- letting
- Scripture
- speak
- to
- us
- in
- its
- own
- voice.
- Throughout
- he
- asks,
- "What
- understanding
- of
- God
- and
- the
- world
- and
- life
- emerges
- from
- these
- two
- testaments?"Goldingay's
- Biblical
- Theology
- is
- a
- landmark
- achievement—hermeneutically
- dexterous,
- biblically
- expansive,
- and
- nourishing
- to
- mind,
- soul
- and proclamation.
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