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Sto caricando le informazioni... Old Testament Today: A Journey from Original Meaning to Contemporary Significancedi John H. Walton
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This proven Old Testament text with a wealth of full-color images helps readers connect the world of the Old Testament with today's world. Old Testament Today, 2nd Edition, newly revised, includes a book-by-book survey, new maps and graphics, and other updates throughout. Unique among Old Testament surveys, Old Testament Today, 2nd Edition not only provides an orientation to the world of the Old Testament, but also builds a bridge between the original audience and modern readers, demonstrating why the ancient message is important for faith and life today. It goes beyond basic content to help students understand what the Scriptures mean and how to apply them personally. Taking readers progressively through the Old Testament, this text: (1) presents the details of the content, focusing on the story line, historical background, and literary information that address the original setting and audience; (2) focuses on theology perspectives and on issues of the author's purpose and the universal message of the text, building a bridge between the original audience and today's audience; and (3) develops an understanding of the relevance of the Old Testament writings to today's Christian, showing how they can be applied in personal faith and practice. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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"We must take care not to attach the authority of the text to things it never intended to teach. For example, it is very possible to learn much about leadership from a study of Nehemiah. In the end, however, there is no indication that the author of Nehemiah was preserving and presenting his material so that readers could be instructed in leadership. That being the case, when leadership is taught from the book and life of Nehemiah, the authority of Scripture is not being tapped. Leadership is an important quality and one that is worth learning about, but one may just as well learn about it from the lives of Abraham Lincoln or John Calvin. There is no special merit in learning it from Nehemiah simply because his story is in the Bible while the others are not. The presence of Nehemiah's story in the Bible does not necessarily endorse his style of leadership or approve his leadership decisions. What makes the Bible unique is the things that it teaches with the authority of God. In the case of Nehemiah, the teaching of the book would concern such things as God fulfilling his promises of restoring the city of Jerusalem and his sovereignty in the way his plan was carried out through the yieldedness of Nehemiah. Although many of the principles interpreters derive may be sound, the book of Nehemiah is not God's authoritative guide for leadership."
I have realized that this is the problem with many Christian literary products today. When you create multiple full-length books based upon 1 verse like 1 Chronicles 4:11-12, you should not expect that any of those books' content is authoritative. Another set of authors has used just one verse (1 Corinthians 11:3) to completely rewrite orthodox trinitarian theology and created mounds of books to support this, just for the purpose of maintaining their own power.
I very highly recommend this book. I believe that it was developed as a textbook for Christian colleges, but it is very easily accessible to high school students and would also make a great book for a Bible study or Sunday School class. Nearly every two-page spread has at least one photo or chart or graphical depiction that directly aids in understanding the concept being taught there. I wish that this textbook had been available when I was in college, though I will say that A Survey of the Old Testament by the same authors was the textbook that I did have and it is not nearly as developed as this book. ( )