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A. The title of the actual Hulsean Lectures was in fact \u201cThe God of Christian Scripture\u201d, and at one stage that was also the working title for the book. It was Jim Kinney and his colleagues at Baker Academic who proposed \u201cThe God of the OT\u201d as the main title, with a choice of possible subtitles that included \u201cChristian Scripture\u201d. I didn\u2019t bother to ask their rationale! I happily accepted the suggestion for two reasons. I readily recognized that \u201cthe God of the OT\u201d is a common pejorative phrase, and there is value in seeking to offer a better understanding of its possible meaning. I also thought it could be helpful to indicate that the book is primarily a close reading of OT texts, however much I also seek to bring in the NT and other aspects of Christian thought and practice.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"