2 Samuel (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible | BTC)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Pastors and leaders of the classical church—such as Augustine, John Calvin, Martin Luther, and John Wesley—interpreted the Bible theologically, believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise. But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical scholars have reasserted the priority of a theological reading of Scripture.
The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible encourages readers to explore how the vital roots of the ancient Christian tradition should inform and shape faithfulness today. In this addition to the series, highly acclaimed author, speaker, and theologian Robert Barron offers a theological exegesis of 2 Samuel. He highlights three major themes: God’s non-competitive transcendence, the play between divine and non-divine causality, and the role of Old Testament kingship.
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This digital volume is included in the revised Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible Collection | BTC (24 vols.)
- Features a theological interpretation of the book of 2 Samuel
- Intreprets 2 Samuel in the light of the full-scope of the Christian tradition
- Focuses on the major theological themes of 2 Samuel
- Series One: David Comes to Power
- Series Two: Priest and King
- Series Three: David and Bathsheba
- Series Four: A Sword Will Never Leave Your House
- Series Five: Toward the Temple
Top Highlights
“God acts through grace, and his people cooperate—in that order” (Page 69)
“Jesus announces himself to be the definitive fulfillment of Yahweh’s promise to David that he would raise up a house for the king. In his own body, Jesus is the place of right praise, the dwelling place of Yahweh on earth.” (Page 75)
“God’s anger could be construed as a symbolic expression of God’s passion to set things right, as the dark face of his love.” (Page 55)
“Still another central motif of 2 Samuel is that of bad fathering and bad kingship” (Page xxi)
“David was compelled to surrender his plan to the greater purposes of Yahweh” (Page 69)
Robert Barron is a great teacher of the Church and a gifted biblical commentator who breaks open the Word of God for our day as Ambrose and Augustine did for theirs.
—George Weigel, distinguished senior fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Even the challenging parts of David’s life are handled in fresh, creative, and—most important—productive ways.
—Gary Anderson, Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Theology, University of Notre Dame
In this impressive example of theological exegesis, Robert Barron shows that he is both an outstanding theologian and a masterful interpreter of scripture.
—Brant Pitre, chair of Sacred Scripture, Notre Dame Seminary
Barron has written a beautiful commentary on 2 Samuel. It is a pleasure to read. Even serious readers of the Bible will delight in the surprising things he discerns in the narrative.
—Robert Louis Wilken, distinguished fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Virginia
Fr. Robert Barron is a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and the rector/president of Mundelein Seminary at the University of St. Mary of the Lake. He is the author of Bridging the Great Divide: Musings of a Post-Liberal, Post-Conservative, Evangelical Catholic, The Strangest Way: Walking the Christian Path, and The Priority of Christ: Toward a Postliberal Catholicism.
