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Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters (edizione 2019)

di Carmen Joy Imes (Autore)

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"What does the Old Testament-especially the law-have to do with your Christian life? In this warm, accessible volume, Carmen Joy Imes takes readers back to Sinai, arguing that we've misunderstood the command about "taking the Lord's name in vain." Instead, Imes says that this command is really about "bearing God's name," a theme that continues throughout the rest of Scripture"--… (altro)
Utente:BobonBooks
Titolo:Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters
Autori:Carmen Joy Imes (Autore)
Info:IVP Academic (2019), 240 pages
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Etichette:Biblical Studies, Pentateuch

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Summary: What the law given at Sinai and the Old Testament has to do with the lives of Christians.

Carmen Joy Imes wants to puncture the myth once for all that the Old Testament is about law and the New about grace. In this book, which begins with Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and provided for in the wilderness, she stresses that the law reflects how those who have been the recipients of such grace may live under such grace, and that the scriptures speak of the joy and delight that God has shown them how they ought live with Him.

A key point in this book is her reading of what she would consider the second commandment, the first being to have no other gods nor images of God. She contends that what we often translate “you shall not take the name of the Lord in vain” is better translated, “you shall not bear the name of Yahweh, your God, in vain.” She considers Israel’s calling to be, as those who worship only Yahweh, to represent well, or bear, God’s name to the nations. The rest of the commands, then, articulate how they do this well.

She then discusses how God ratifies his covenant purpose and provides for their covenant-breaking in the whole system of sacrifices, yet another note of grace. Then she traces how they are prepared to enter the promised land through census, blessing, and marching orders. She then covers all the ways Israel strikes out, from the unbelief surrounding the report of the spies, the compromises with the Gibeonites and other failures under Joshua, and the failures of David’s dynasty. The prophets reveal Israel’s problem, and it is not with the law, but what the law reveals of their hearts. They point to restoration, new hearts on which the law is written.

Enter Jesus, whose name means Yahweh saves. He is one who fulfills the name bearing at which Israel so miserably failed. His whole life as the true Israel, one greater than Moses, revealed in the transfiguration and raised from the dead reveals him as the true name bearer. There is no other name, his name is above all names, and those who are saved by grace bear that name and represent him well as they obey him. And this includes the Gentiles, who together with the Jews are formed into one new people bearing the name, living out the law written on their hearts, reflecting God’s “tattoo” upon them to the nations.

Along the way, Imes includes sidebars with informative background on such things as “How Many Hebrews?”, in which she discusses the question of the numbers given of those in the wilderness. She offers resources for further study, including an appendix of QR codes to relevant videos from The Bible Project. A discussion guide for group study is also provided.

Through a style that includes references to Narnia, personal stories, and word studies, and scholarship, she traces the arc of how God has worked to call out a people who bear His name from Sinai through Jesus to the church. She both demystifies the Old Testament, including matters like the sacrificial system and traces the story arc of all of scripture. She shows the continuity between Sinai and Zion, between Moses and Jesus and what all this means for us.

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary review copy of this book from the publisher. ( )
  BobonBooks | Jun 8, 2023 |
Was in the middle of teaching Exodus when I ran across this book. It was a great resource and a great way to tie the lessons of Exodus into a larger context. ( )
  Skybalon | Mar 19, 2020 |
Bearing God’s Name Book Review by Grant Alford.

Carmen Joy Imes, in her IVP book “Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters” has given us a winner on several levels.
1. She has taken her 300 page Doctrinal Dissertation “Bearing YHWH’s Name at Sinai: A Re-examination of the Name Command & the Decalogue”, and turned it into a book for the wider church”.
2. Now it is prepared as a book of 187 pages in the main body that any Christian may approach and gain much information about the text and its meaning to the Hebrews and New Testament believers but even more than that it is a practical message of Christian Living and Public Testimony.
3. First of all it clarifies what the command “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain” is NOT, and then it develops the concept of “bearing God’s Name” as both the Old Testament and New Testament present this truth.
4. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1: “Becoming the People Who Bear God’s Name, and Part 2: Living as the People Who Bear God’s Name.
5. The additional material, some of which appears in each chapter and the rest given as an appendix, so there are “notes”, or “discussion questions”, Scripture Index, the usual Bibliography, and a unique feature giving the QR codes to link to “The Bible Project Videos”.
Each chapter includes a “Digging Deeper” reference to additional reading one might want to pursue, and also the reference to The Bible Project video. There are also some “side bar notes” that insert something of a word study or a bit of cultural explanation.
All of these helps mean that material is at hand whether one wants to do further individual studies or readily be involved in group studies.
6. Perhaps one of the more revealing things to say about the content and presentation is to quote the following passage that Carmen gives in her “conclusion”. It is revealing because it is an example of what makes the book special and so readable. She often uses illustrations from her own life including family members but in this example it also captures the whole theme and thrust of what it means for us to “Bear God’s Name”.

One day, pretty early on in my studies, the clock struck 5:30 and it was time to start dinnertime chores. I sent the kids off to do theirs while I got dinner ready. After a few minutes, I noticed that the girls seemed especially cheerful and attentive. I can assure you—this was not normal. I glanced over to see what they were doing and was tickled to see that both of them had slapped a masking tape label on their foreheads that read “Yahweh.” I grinned as they explained. “We’re bearing the name of Yahweh by doing our chores cheerfully today!”
They got it! As believers we’ve been branded with his name, and that reality should change the way we do everything.” See page 186. ( )
  misterehmuseseh | Nov 26, 2019 |
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