In God and Earthly Power J. G. McConville considers the nature of human power in the light of belief in God. The Bible, and especially the Old Testament, is relevant to the question, not least because perceptions about the use of power in relation to God are often derived correctly or incorrectly from it. This book thus aims to address a world in which God's power is often invoked, from quite different quarters, in order to justify political and military action.  McConville's interpretation of the Old Testament focuses on Deuteronomy and the narrative in which it is set, because these are especially fruitful for political thinking. His case is argued for both exegetically and in relation to the actual use of the Old Testament in the history of political thought. McConville's core argument is that divine power, mediated through Torah, results in human freedom and a mandate for the political responsibility of citizens. Indeed, it is even the best guarantee of these.    .

God And Earthly Power: An Old Testament Political Theology: Genesis-Kings

Religion & Spirituality

McConville, J.G.

Christian Books & Bibles

Bloomsbury T&T Clark

In God and Earthly Power J. G. McConville considers the nature of human power in the light of belief in God. The Bible, and especially the Old Testament, is relevant to the question, not least because perceptions about the use of power in relation to God are often derived correctly or incorrectly from it. This book thus aims to address a world in which God's power is often invoked, from quite different quarters, in order to justify political and military action. McConville's interpretation of the Old Testament focuses on Deuteronomy and the narrative in which it is set, because these are especially fruitful for political thinking. His case is argued for both exegetically and in relation to the actual use of the Old Testament in the history of political thought. McConville's core argument is that divine power, mediated through Torah, results in human freedom and a mandate for the political responsibility of citizens. Indeed, it is even the best guarantee of these.

God and Earthly Power: An Old Testament Political Theology (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

T&T Clark International

Taking a careful look at the setting, form, and content of I and II Chronicles, J.G. McConville describes how these two often neglected books present God's purpose for his people at a crucial time in their history - the period of restoration after the Exile.

The First and Second Chronicles (Daily Study Bible)

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Westminster/John Knox Press

Set in the Persian Empire, one of the greatest kingdoms the world has ever known, the stories contained in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah provide the most comprehensive scriptural account of the restored Judean community after the Babylonian exile. The book of Esther is also set in the Persian period of Israel's history, although the concern is for a different community.
Carrying forward brilliantly the pattern established by Barclay's New Testament series, the Daily Study Bible has been extended to cover the entire Old Testament as well. Invaluable for individual devotional study, for group discussion, and for classroom use, the Daily Study Bible provides a useful, reliable, and eminently readable way to discover what the Scriptures were saying then and what God is saying today.

Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther (Daily Study Bible)

Taking a look at the setting, form, and content of I and II Chronicles, J. G. McConville describes how these two often neglected books present God's purpose for his people at a crucial time in their history--the period of restoration after the Exile.
Carrying forward brilliantly the pattern established by Barclay's New Testament series, the Daily Study Bible has been extended to cover the entire Old Testament as well. Invaluable for individual devotional study, for group discussion, and for classroom use, the Daily Study Bible provides a useful, reliable, and eminently readable way to discover what the Scriptures were saying then and what God is saying today.

I and II Chronicles (OT Daily Study Bible Series) (The Daily Study Bible)

Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther (OT Daily Study Bible Series) (The Daily Study Bible)

In this outstanding commentary J. G. McConville offers a theological interpretation of the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy in the context of the biblical canon. He gives due attention to historical issues where these bear on what can be known about the settings in which the text emerged. His dominant method is one that approaches Deuteronomy as a finished work. McConville argues that in the context of the ancient world Deuteronomy should be understood as the radical blueprint for the life of a people, at the same time both spiritual and political, and profoundly different from every other social, political and religious programe. The book incorporates the tension between an open-minded vision of a perfectly ordered society under God and practical provisions for dealing with the frailty and imperfections of real people. Hence, it is capable of informing our thinking about the organization of societies while maintaining a vision of the kingdom of God.

Deuteronomy (Apollos Old Testament Commentary)

IVP Academic

This book introduces the background and contents of the Old Testament, together with the methods used in its study and the ways in which it is read, both traditional and contemporary. Topics include the development of the Old Testament, the early history of Israel, and Hebrew laws, Apodictic and Casuistic.

Old Testament (Teach Yourself Series)

McConville, Gordon

NTC Pub. Group

Judgment and Promise: Interpretation of the Book of Jeremiah

Apollos

Law and Theology in Deuteronomy

Sheffield Academic+press

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