Other Voices in Old Testament Interpretation: Untraditional Explanations of Selected Popular Old Testament Texts and Topics
Ebook
The main goal of this book is to provide a collection of essays (formerly only available separately in various academic journals) that offer untraditional and original exegetical insights into, or solutions to, popular or problematic Old Testament texts and topics. It illustrates the science and art of exegesis by an author within a broad evangelical context and demonstrates the interpretive value of reading biblical texts without prejudice to tradition and with careful attention to their historical and cultural contexts.
“This collection of exegetical studies is a great help for
students and scholars alike. Marlowe has chosen texts that are
highly relevant theologically, and therefore worth studying in
detail. His analyses fill an important gap by focusing with great
care on structural and syntactical aspects, often providing helpful
insights that provoke the reader to reconsider seemingly obvious
interpretations.”
—Markus Zehnder, Biola University
“Professor Marlowe not only offers readers a clinic in contextual
exegesis, he tackles several difficult passages, offering fresh
interpretations. What I especially appreciate about Marlowe’s
careful, critical approach is that he does not force texts into
traditional straitjackets; rather, he allows the biblical text,
understood against the backdrop of the ancient Near East, to speak
for itself. This book will serve both scholar and student
well.”
—Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University
W. Creighton Marlowe is Associate Professor of Old Testament and
Hebrew at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven, Belgium.
He is the exegetical author of the forthcoming Psalms commentary (3
vols.) in the Kerux series. He is a frequent visiting lecturer in
several schools in Eastern Europe.