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| Genre/Form: | Commentaries |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Goldingay |
| ISBN: | 9780664233792 0664233791 |
| OCLC Number: | 657223810 |
| Description: | xii, 196 p. : maps ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | How not to display accurate empathy I -- Sour hour of prayer -- How not to display accurate empathy II -- It takes a miracle -- On giving up your son -- When ministers indulge themselves -- A summons, not a call -- The splendor is gone -- You can't mess with the covenant chest -- As far as this Yahweh has helped us -- Appoint us a king -- How Saul lost some donkeys and found more than he bargained for -- Is Saul among the prophets, too? -- How not to evade the draft -- Far be it from me to sin by not praying for you -- When the king has to take decisive action -- The fog of war -- When the king isn't tough enough -- Yahweh's good spirit and Yahweh's bad spirit -- How to recycle your killer instinct -- How to be a dysfunctional royal family -- Everyone is against me -- Friendship -- David on the run -- Fool by name and fool by nature -- Who can lay hands on Yahweh's anointed and get away with it? -- What do you do when you're desperate? -- A last act of loyalty to Saul -- How are the mighty fallen -- The struggle for power -- On following up your good ideas but not taking yourself too seriously -- Little things can have terrible consequences and foreshadow tragedy -- A house and a household -- The peak of David's achievement -- But the thing David had done was displeasing in Yahweh's eyes -- The man who has learned how to be a prophet -- The price the family begins to pay -- The grief of a sister and the strife between brothers -- Absalom's coup -- Wise advice treated as folly -- Leaderly calculation and mother love -- The God of the storm -- I have kept Yahweh's ways? -- The last words of David -- I would rather fall into God's hands than into human hands -- I will not offer worship that costs me nothing. |
| Series Title: | Old Testament for everyone. |
| Other Titles: | First and Second Samuel for everyone |
| Responsibility: | John Goldingay. |
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"Goldingay writes for everyone as a master teacher, pastor, and friend. He makes sense of the strangest parts of the Old Testament and refreshes our understanding of the most familiar material." Pamela Scalise, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary Northwest. "This series truly is for everyone who wants to grow in their understanding of the Old Testament." Tremper Longman, Professor of Old Testament, Westmont College, and author of Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind. "These down-to-earth presentations, often illuminated by contemporary images and illustrations, offer reflections that can richly inform faith and life." Terence E. Fretheim, Professor of Old Testament, Luther Seminary. "Goldingay brings to the task his great learning, his deep passion for faith, his informed imagination, and his attentiveness to contemporary life." Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary Read more...
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