The Old Testament in the Life of God's People: Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens

Published by Penn State University Press 2009

The Old Testament in the Life of God's People

Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens

Edited by: Jon Isaak

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575066066

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About this book

This book celebrates the contributions to Old Testament theology of Elmer A. Martens, President and Professor of Old Testament at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California (both positions now Emeritus). It includes 3 essays written by Martens himself, as well as 15 others written by his former students, colleagues, friends, and even one of his professors! The essays are clustered around three topics—Christians’ use of the Old Testament, aligning God’s people with God’s call for justice, and addressing the issue of land in the life of God’s people—each of which reflects an area of special interest to Martens. A biographical sketch, a list of the honoree’s varied publications, and indexes are included.

Martens has had a productive career as teacher, author, and preacher—a career spanning almost six decades and five continents. After 40 years of seminary teaching, Elmer is known to many as professor. He taught his signature class, Old Testament theology, from 1968 to 2004 at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, shaping an entire generation of preachers and Bible teachers. His Old Testament theology textbook, God’s Design, now in its third edition, continues to be used at the seminary as well as in translation in numerous other schools around the world.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Elmer A. Martens: A Biographical Sketch Phyllis Martens Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Publications Elmer A. Martens Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Part 1 Christian Use of the Old Testament
Embracing the Law: A Biblical Theological Perspective Elmer A. Martens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
God’s Design and Postmodernism: Recent Approaches to Old Testament Theology Paul R. House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Educating to Become Wise: Intercultural Theological Education Marlene Enns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
To Know or Not to Know: Hosea’s Use of yd'/d't M. Douglas Carew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
The Problem of Preaching the Old Testament Franklyn L. Jost Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
On Truth-Telling and Biblical Theology Rolf P. Knierim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Part 2 Aligning God’s People with God’s Call for Justice
Yahweh, Justice, and Religious Pluralism in the Old Testament Elmer A. Martens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Creation and Peace: Creator and Creature in Genesis 1–11 Ben C. Ollenburger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Jethro in the Structure of the Book of Exodus Waldemar Janzen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
The Case of the Venus Flytrap: The Argument of the Book of Job Pierre Gilbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Church of Justice Alfred Neufeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Righteousness in Romans: The Political Subtext of Paul’s Letter John E. Toews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Part 3 Addressing the Issue of Land in the Life of God’s People
“O Land, Land, Land”: Reading the Earth Story in Both Testaments Elmer A. Martens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Israel and Its Land in Biblical Perspective Church Walter C. Kaiser Jr. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
God’s Design and the Church Timothy J. Geddert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Biblical Perspectives on Biodiversity: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson Theodore Hiebert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
All Creatures Great and Small: Recovering a Deuteronomic Theology of Animals Daniel I. Block Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
The Word Made Bitter: At the Table with Joshua, Buber, and Bakhtin Gordon H. Matties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Indexes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 376

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Published: June 23, 2009
ISBN: 9781575066066