John H. Walton
Autore di A Survey of the Old Testament
Sull'Autore
John H. Walton is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School. Walton's many books include The Lost World of Genesis One and The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament (with Victor Matthews and Mark Chavales).
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Opere di John H. Walton
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible (2006) 560 copie
The Essential Bible Companion: Key Insights for Reading God's Word (Essential Bible Companion Series) (2006) 247 copie
The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest: Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites (2017) 145 copie
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel (Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary) (2009) 140 copie
Behind the Scenes of the Old Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts (2018) — A cura di — 83 copie
Wisdom for Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation (2023) 23 copie
Demons and Spirits in Biblical Theology: Reading the Biblical Text in Its Cultural and Literary Context (2019) 22 copie
The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Contexts (2024) 9 copie
Antigo Testamento em Quadros, O 2 copie
The Temple in Context 1 copia
Abraham's Troubling Test 1 copia
Creation in Genesis 1:1-2:3 and the ancient Near East: order out of disorder after Chaoskampf 1 copia
The Lost World of the Prophets 1 copia
For us, but not to us : essays on creation, covenant, and context in honor of John H. Walton (2020) 1 copia
El Mundo Perdido de Adán y Eva: Génesis 2-3 y el debate de los orígenes humanos (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copia
The NIV Application Commentary 1 copia
Opere correlate
Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament: A Book-by-Book Survey (2005) — Collaboratore — 241 copie
Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering (2014) — Prefazione — 82 copie
Presence, Power and Promise: The Role of the Spirit of God in the Old Testament (2011) — Collaboratore — 50 copie
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- Nome legale
- Walton, John H.
- Altri nomi
- Walton, John
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約翰‧華爾頓 - Data di nascita
- 1952-03-11
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- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- USA
- Attività lavorative
- author
professor - Organizzazioni
- Wheaton College
Moody Bible Institute
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- 113
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- 9
- Preferito da
- 4
But more importantly, the content is challenging. For those of us with a particular view of how scripture works and where its authority lies, you really have to wrestle with the implications. I come from a background that more-or-less assumes that Isaiah sat down one day and wrote sixty-some chapters (with near dictation from the Holy Spirit), signed his name at the end, and sent it off to the publisher, without any errors. There had been cracks in that model showing for a while, and this book systematically dismantles it.
A few major insights: There's a whole lot less writing going on, and a whole lot more speaking. There's also some amount of editing and variation. Authority is tied to the aut-, uh, excuse me, *speaker*'s intent and not to the words or style themselves. And the style of the words needs to be interpreted from the way that style worked in that time, not the way it works in ours.
And let's be clear that this is not an excuse to throw out scripture. The authors take a high view of scripture. They are not heretics. Scripture remains God's communication to humanity and is without error in what it affirms. They just use a whole lot more nuance than normal in saying that, including the importance of figuring out what is or is not being affirmed (the intention or "illocution") and observing that generating scripture was a much longer process than is often assumed (i.e. years of oral repetition, transcription, editing, and not just Samuel writing a book one afternoon).
It was badly needed, but uncomfortable. But at the end of the day, I want my view of scripture be based on reality rather than what is most comfortable. I'm not sure exactly what the implications will be over the long term, but I very much appreciate the adjustments coming from authors who still hold to the value of scripture even with the changes.… (altro)