Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Bible, the question of God, and Christian faith -- Situating the argument -- (1) A basic tension -- (2) Reason and life -- (3) Bible and Church -- (4) Speech about God -- James Barr, 'Does Biblical Study Still Belong to Theology?' -- (1) Exposition -- (2) Preliminary critique -- C.K.Barrett, 'What is New Testament theology?' -- (1) Exposition -- (2) Critique -- The question of religious truth within the accounts of Barr and Barrett -- The 'Introduction' to The Postmodern Bible by The Bible and Culture Collective -- (1) Exposition -- (2) Critique -- The Bible and the question of God -- Interpreting the Bible in relation to the question of God: some hermeneutical presuppositions -- 2 Christ as the key to scripture: the journey to Emmaus -- The concern of the text -- Narrative and metaphor -- The preliminary conversation (24:17-24) -- Jesus interprets scripture (24:25-7) -- The meal at Emmaus (24:28-35) -- The enduring significance of the story -- Conclusion -- 3 Abraham and God in Genesis 22 -- The canonical significance of Genesis 22 -- Introduction to Genesis 22 -- Conflicting assessments of Genesis 22 -- The central concerns of Genesis 22 -- The 'fear of God': interpreting in canonical context -- Two key passages for interpreting 'fear of God' -- (1) Exodus 20:20 -- (2) Job 1:1-2:10 -- Two problems in understanding 'fear of God' -- (1) The legacy of Rudolph Otto -- (2) Fear of God as fear of unpleasant consequences -- The relational significance of 'fear of God/YHWH': three aspects of Old Testament usage -- Fear of God and fear of YHWH in Genesis 22 -- Abraham's 'fear of God': a preliminary conclusion -- The meanings of testing -- (1) Caveat and terminology -- (2) The analogy with metalworking -- (3) The distinctive idiom of nissah.

(4) Divine testing' in order to know' -- Divine seeing in Genesis 22 -- (1) Seeing and providence -- (2) Where is 'YHWH sees'? -- (3) Jerusalem and tradition history -- The significance of Jerusalem as 'YHWH sees' -- YHWH's oath of blessing -- (1) Role within structure of story -- (2) The content of YHWH's blessing -- The problem of child sacrifice -- Metaphorical language and the problem of Abraham's immorality -- Isaac as beloved son and bearer of God's promise -- 4 Ancient and modern interpretations of Genesis 22 -- Genesis 22 in the New Testament and in the Fathers -- Genesis 22 in the work of Vischer -- (1) Hermeneutical presuppositions -- (2) Exposition -- (3) Analysis -- Genesis 22 in the work of von Rad -- (1) Hermeneutical presuppositions and exposition -- (2) Analysis and evaluation -- Von Rad and the relationship between Old and New Testaments -- Abraham in Genesis 18 and 22 -- (1) Two Jewish interpretations -- (2) Reflections on Roshwald and Levenson -- 5 Genesis 22 and the hermeneutics of suspicion -- Two feminist accounts of Genesis 22 -- (1a) Phyllis Trible: preliminary exposition -- (1b) Phyllis Trible: analysis -- (2) Bobbie Groth -- Abraham as anti-hero -- (1) Gunn and Fewell, and Davies: exposition -- (2) Gunn and Fewell, and Davies: analysis -- Genesis 22 as manipulative religious propaganda? -- Limitations of suspicious interpretation of Genesis 22 -- Conclusion -- 6 Jesus in Matthew's Gospel as Son of God -- Method and approach in relation to current debate -- Starting at the end: Matthew 28:16-20 as a key to the gospel -- The authority of the risen Jesus: Matthew 28:16-20 -- (1) Setting the context, verses 16-17 -- (2) The meaning of Jesus' 'authority', verse 18 -- (3) The consequences of Jesus' authority, verses19-20 -- The designation and testing of Jesus as Son: Matthew 3:13-4:11 -- (1) Setting the context.

(2) The three tests -- The mutual knowledge of Son and Father: Matthew 11:25-30 -- Peter's confession: Matthew 16:13-28 -- Gethsemane: Matthew 26:36-56 -- The trial before Caiaphas: Matthew 26:57-75 -- The crucifixion: Matthew 27:31-56 -- Matthew's Gospel and Philippians 2:5-11 -- Conclusion: Matthew's portrayal of Jesus as Son of God -- 7 Summary and prospect -- Summary -- (1) Biblical interpretation and the problem of 'letter' and 'spirit' -- (2) Biblical interpretation within the context of a trinitarian rule of faith -- (3) The question of God in relation to the human -- Prospect: a suggestion about divine testing, human growth, and life today -- References -- Index of scriptural references -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.

This book offers an account of God and humanity in relation to both Old and New Testaments.

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