John Goldingay

Numbers for Everyone (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How welcome is this series of short, affordable commentaries in which a distinguished scholar, thoroughly conversant with the issues with which the academy is wrestling as it reads the Old Testament, seeks to share his insights with the wider Christian communities. (These books are primarily "for" Christian readers, though "Everyone" would learn from them!) Following the pattern established by N.T. Wright in his companion series on the New Testament, Goldingay translates short sections of the Hebrew text and then offers his comment, almost always beginning with an illustrative story drawn from his life or from art or literature or politics. There follows a discursive section, always provocative and revealing a deep engagement with the text. 'While this method undeniably highlights the fact that these are personal readings, Goldingay's profound scholarship, practical wisdom and willingness to confront difficult questions, ensures that he is never mawkishly self-referential or simplistic. To facilitate accessibility, there are no footnotes and few explicit references to other scholars, although those who know something of current debates will be aware, again and again, that they are being addressed. Each volume ends with a short glossary explaining briefly the meaning and significance of key terms employed in the translation and commentary. 'In these commentaries Goldingay models what it means to be in a dialogue with these texts; one in which our modern questions are raised but in which we must also hear what questions they ask of us. His is a questioning hermeneutic, but his suspicions are not confined to the texts, but also addressed to himself and the context in which he lives. Accordingly, the "otherness" of the Bible is not treated as something to be skipped over, or explained away, but rather as a resource that provokes deep reflection. 'Goldingay wishes to give the Scriptures the benefit of the doubt. "I am wary of interpreting the Bible in a way designed to make sense to me as a Western person, because I assume that my western assumptions are sometimes wrong" (Genesis, p. 92). No doubt he will offend both those who deem his approach insufficiently respectful and those who see these as irredeemably oppressive texts. To more generous readers, new perspectives will open and new insights arise as Goldingay shares his own, often intensely moving, struggles with word and life. '

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SPCK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780281074181
• Artikelnr.: 72235258

Autorenporträt

John Goldingay is the David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament in the School of Theology at the Fuller Theological Seminary in the USA. Prior to joining Fuller, he was principal and a lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew at St John's Theological College, Nottingham. His published titles include Old Testament Theology (three volumes) and commentaries on Daniel, Isaiah, and Psalms. As well as being a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, he serves on the editorial board for the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies.