For our good always : studies on the message and influence of Deuteronomy in honor of Daniel I. Block /

With a title adapted from Deut 6:24, For Our Good Always is a collection of 25 essays from evangelical scholars on the message of Deuteronomy and its influence on Christian Scripture. No other book colors the tapestry of biblical thought quite like Deuteronomy. It synthesized the theology of the Pen...

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Other Authors: Block, Daniel I., 1943- (honouree.), DeRouchie, Jason Shane, 1973- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2013.
Series:Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The message of Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy and ancient Hebrew history writing in light of ancient chronicles and treaties / Alan Millard
  • "Because of the wickedness of these nations" (Deut 9:4-5) : the Canaanties--ethical or not? / Richard S. Hess
  • Admonitory examples in Hittite and biblical legal contexts / Harry A. Hoffner Jr.
  • "These are the words Moses spoke" : implied audience and a case for a pre-monarchic dating of Deuteronomy / Peter T. Vogt
  • Laws and ethical ideals in Deuteronomy / Gordon J. Wenham
  • Counting the ten : an investigation into the numbering of the Decalogue / Jason S. DeRouchie
  • "Keep these words in your heart" (Deut 6:6) : a spirituality of Torah in the context of the shema / J. Gordon McConville
  • The rhetoric of theophany : the imaginative depiction of Horeb in Deuteronomy 9-10 / Jerry Hwang
  • For your good always : restraining the rights of the victor for the well-being of the vulnerable (Deut 21:10-14) / Rebekah Josberger
  • Deuteronomy's theology of exile / Kenneth J. Turner
  • Part 2. The influence of Deuteronomy. The impact of Deuteronomy on the books of the deuteronomistic history / Michael A. Grisanti
  • Deuteronomy and Isaiah / H.G.M. Williamson
  • The enduring word of the Lord in Deuteronomy and Jeremiah 36 / Michael Graves
  • Deuteronomy and Ezekiel's theology of exile / Jason Gile
  • The "revealed things" : Deuteronomy and the epistemology of Job / Christopher B. Ansberry
  • "Fear God and keep his commandments" (Eccl 12:13) : an examination of some intertextual relationships between Deuteronomy and Ecclesiastes / Richard Schultz
  • The influence of Deuteronomy on intercessory prayers in Ezra and Nehemiah / Gary V. Smith
  • Testing God's son : Deuteronomy and Luke 4:1-13 / Grant R. Osborne
  • Paul's reading of Deuteronomy : law and grace / Douglas Moo
  • Part 3. The lasting significance of Deuteronomy. Making the ten count : reflections on the lasting message of the Decalogue / Jason S. DeRouchie
  • Welcoming the stranger : toward a theology of immigration in Deuteronomy / M. Daniel Carroll R.
  • Sermonizing in Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, and the 21st century / Elmer A. Martens
  • The prophet who is like and greater than Moses : a sermon on Deuteronomy 18:15-22 / Daniel L. Akin
  • Stealing souls : human trafficking and Deuteronomy 24:7 / Myrto Theocharous
  • The book of the Torah as a gospel of grace : a synthesis of Daniel I. Block's biblical theology of Deuteronomy / Thomas H. McClendon Jr.