A God So Near: Essays on Old Testament Theology in Honor of Patrick D. Miller

Published by Penn State University Press 2003

A God So Near

Essays on Old Testament Theology in Honor of Patrick D. Miller

Edited by: Brent A. Strawn and Nancy R. Bowen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065366

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Patrick Miller is widely known as an educator, editor, President of the Society of Biblical Literature, and academic who is concerned to ensure that academics and the life of the church are not torn asunder in this era of fragmentation. As the editors note, “The depths of Miller’s contributions to church and academy are reflected in the depth of his relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.” This volume honors him for his life’s work, presenting 24 essays by students and colleagues on themes dear to Miller: (1) the Psalms and God’s nearness to his people, and (2) Torah (Deuteronomy, in particular) and God’s connection with his people in their lives together. A bibliography of Miller’s writings is also included.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Part I “Near Whenever We Call” God’s Nearness in Israel’s Crying Out (The Psalms and Beyond)
Reading the Lament Psalms Backwards H. G. M. Williamson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
“Without Our Aid He Did Us Make”: Singing the Meaning of the Psalms W. Sibley Towner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
The So-Called Elohistic Psalter: A New Solution for an Old Problem Frank-Lothar Hossfeld and Erich Zenger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
A Fairy Tale Wedding? A Feminist Intertextual Reading of Psalm 45 Nancy R. Bowen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Notes on Psalm 93: A Fragment of a Liturgical Poem Affirming Yahweh’s Kingship Frank Moore Cross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
There the Blessing: An Exposition of Psalm 133 James Luther Mays Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Certainty, Ambiguity, and Trust: Knowledge of God in Psalm 139 Carolyn Pressler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Quoth the Raven: Psalm 147 and the Environment James Limburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Prayer and/as Self-Address: The Case of Hannah J. Gerald Janzen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Naomi’s Cry: Reflections on Ruth 1:20–21 Katharine Doob Sakenfeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Jonah 2: A Prayer Out of the Deep Gerhard Sauter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Songs in a New Key: The Psalmic Structure of the Chronicler’s Hymn (1 Chr 16:8–36) Mark A. Throntveit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Wild, Raging Creativity: The Scene in the Whirlwind (Job 38–41) Kathleen M. O’Connor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Part II “As Just as This Entire Law” God’s Nearness in the Torah (Deuteronomy and Beyond)
Law in the Service of Life: A Dynamic Understanding of Law in Deuteronomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
How Does Deuteronomy Do Theology? Literary Juxtaposition and Paradox in the New Moab Covenant in Deuteronomy 29–32 Dennis T. Olson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Keep/Observe/Do—Carefully—Today! The Rhetoric of Repetition in Deuteronomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Divine Warrior Theology in Deuteronomy Richard D. Nelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Reading Deuteronomy 5 as Narrative Norbert Lohfink Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
The Travail of Pardon: Reflections on sl˙ Walter Brueggemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Circumcision of the Heart: The Journey of a Biblical Metaphor Werner E. Lemke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Huldah, the Prophet: Reading a (Deuteronomistic) Woman’s Identity Renita J. Weems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Prophets and Kings: A New Look at the Royal Persecution of Prophets against Its Near Eastern Background J. J. M. Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
From Mountain to Mountain: The Reign of God in Daniel 2 C. L. Seow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
Sola Scriptura? The Authority of the Bible in Pluralistic Environments Michael Welker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Bibliography of the Works of Patrick D. Miller 1964–2001 Brent A. Strawn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
Indexes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
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Published: June 23, 2003
ISBN: 9781575065366