Why I Endorsed a Book that Dissed Me!

My Ridley Colleague Andrew Malone has written a book called Knowing Jesus in the Old Testament? A Fresh Look at Christophanies (Nottingham, UK: IVP, 2015).

Note how the book begins:

Irrespective, its a great little discussion about the meaning of so-called “Christophanies” in the OT. So much so that I wrote this blurb for the book:

Who is the “Angel of the Lord”? Is it God, Jesus, or Michael? Thankfully Andrew Malone engages in a careful study of these disputed “christophany” texts. He provides a thorough engagement with all the issues and offers some fresh thoughts about how the NT interprets the OT. A great work on the hermeneutics of the so-called christophanies.