Reading with the Grain of Scripture I don’t tend to pay much attention to essay collections, but this latest published offering from Richard Hays is unique and worthy of interest for a number of reasons. Unlike many other scholars, Hays’s essays and articles fit together pretty well. Some essay collections are disjointed, but even though Hays’s work covers the span of the NT canon and engages with hermeneutics and NT theology, there is a more natural flow here than in... Read more
Lissa M. Wray Beal, Professor of Old Testament, Providence Theological Seminary Why do you love teaching and researching about the OT/HB? In the Old Testament, I see God’s love and mercy demonstrated powerfully in the affairs of nations, but also intimately in the every-day of human lives. I am captured by this aspect of the Old Testament, for within this juxtaposition God moves history towards his purposes. Those purposes find their culmination in Jesus Christ, and in order to know... Read more
David T. Lamb, Professor of OT, Dean of Faculty, Missio Seminary Why do you love teaching and researching about the OT/HB? The Old Testament is weird, wild, crazy and often difficult to understand. One can study these texts for one’s life and never feel bored. In Genesis, we are introduced to the good creator God who blesses his people, and calls them to bless all divine-bearers (humans) who live in his creation. In the Psalms, we learn how to pray,... Read more
Iain Provan, Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies, Regent College, Vancouver B.C. Why do you love teaching and researching about the OT/HB? As someone with a strong drive toward the integration of faith with life in all its dimensions, I enjoy exploring the ways in which OT Scripture “hangs together” coherently and speaks into the world of ideas and practice across a broad spectrum. I also enjoy communicating all of this to students. Many of my books, and much of... Read more
I have admired Dr. Wright’s work for a long time. Excited to share this interview. Be sure to check out Wright’s new b0ok, HERE ARE YOUR GODS: Faithful Discipleship in Idolatrous Times (IVP) CHRISTOPHER J H WRIGHT, International Ministries Director, Langham Partnership Why do you love teaching and researching about the OT/HB? I have loved the Bible since childhood, growing up in a family and church in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where it was taught thoroughly. Since doing my PhD on O.T.... Read more
Chloe T. Sun, Professor of Old Testament, Logos Evangelical Seminary Why do you love teaching and researching about the OT/HB? I love teaching and researching for many reasons. First, I am a learner. I like to share what I have learned with my students. Second, teaching is one of the most effective ways to shape lives, and researching (learning something new) enhances teaching. For me, teaching and researching are an inseparable pair. Third, and perhaps most important, teaching and researching... Read more
I am excited to start a new blog series (don’t worry! The OT/HB series is still ongoing). This one is called, “In Their Own Words…” and features reflections from authors about their new books. The first one is by my friend, Patrick Schreiner. He wrote an excellent study on the doctrine of the ascension of Christ. Here he talks about why this doctrine is important and shouldn’t be neglected in our lived theology. Pausing the Story Like many others,... Read more
I have gotten to know Dru over the last few years—he came out to Portland for a speaking engagement and we got a chance to sit down and chat over coffee. I love his interdisciplinary mindset and also his ability to communicate clearly and passionately. Enjoy! Dru Johnson, Assoc. Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, The King’s College / Director, Center for Hebraic Thought Why do you love teaching and researching about the OT/HB? The intellectual world of the HB... Read more
L. Michael Morales, Professor of Biblical Studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Why do you love teaching and researching about the OT/HB? Studying the Torah never fails to leave me with joy and a sense of wonder–its view of God’s glory, strength, and especially of his long-suffering forbearance and mercy as brought out through Moses’ intercession is magnificent (see, e.g., Num. 14:17-18). As the intended foundation for the rest of the Hebrew and Christian canons, the Torah contains the root... Read more
Brent A. Strawn, Professor of Old Testament and Professor of Law, Duke University Why do you love teaching and researching about the OT/HB? I find the OT/HB endlessly fascinating. I was a Religion/Bible major in college and had more New Testament and Greek at that time than Old Testament and Hebrew. But my senior year I took Hebrew and then, when I went off to seminary, I was captured by a cast of unbelievably fantastic OT professors at Princeton... Read more
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