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The New Inheritance According to Paul
The Letter to the Romans re-enacts for all peoples the Israelite Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land—from slavery to freedom.
Bible Review, June 1998
The Bible Within the Bible
Some think that congregations should be more critical in selecting scripture readings. They insist upon creating a canon within the canon. But this bases the authority of the Bible not on the Bible itself, but on the Bible as read by a particular communit
Bible Review, February 1997
When God Repents
God’s repentance is not only an expression of divine freedom, but also of divine compassion.
Bible Review, June 1996
Israel and Revelation
The particularity of God’s revelation to the ethnic group Israel and the universality of the Christian community need not be in conflict.
Bible Review, October 1997
A Teacher Like Elijah
A rare teacher, James Muilenburg was able to hold together the historical meaning, the literary form and the theological significance of biblical texts.
Bible Review, February 1998
Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain—Which Name?
God’s name is wrongfully used whenever it is invoked to support social injustice or to serve national interests.
Bible Review, June 1995
Miriam’s Challenge
Why was Miriam severely punished for challenging Moses’ authority while Aaron got off scot-free? There is no way to avoid the fact that the story presupposes a patriarchal society.
Bible Review, June 1994
The Changing Scene in Biblical Theology
The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible has an independence that should not be compromised by either Christianizing or Judaizing it. Together, we need to discuss what it says about God and God’s relationship to human beings and the world.
Bible Review, February 1994
The Role of the Messiah
The terms “Christ” and “Messiah” do not refer to a divine being but to the function an agent of God plays in bringing the kingdom that is to come on earth as in heaven.
Bible Review, October 1995
The Bible: Word of God in Human Words
The Greek word synkatabasis refers to God’s “stooping” to meet human beings at their own level, just as a parent gets down on the floor and “lisps” to a child.
Bible Review, June 1997
Paul, Leader of a Jewish Revolution
Paul’s theology—grounded in Jewish thought and scriptures—propelled him to confront the powers of Rome and the pagan gods that stood behind them.
Bible Review, December 2000
A Worldwide Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
Not to result in a religious conversion, but to hearing the “teaching” that goes forth from Zion in the name of the God who is worshipped there. The universal is to be found in the particular.
Bible Review, June 1992
The Biblical Circle of Homosexual Prohibition
Is Heterosexuality—the biological norm for reproduction—also the ethical norm for human sexual relations? My proposal does not provide answers, but gives a basis for discussion in terms of biblical theology.
Bible Review, June 1993
Good News for a Pagan World
Those who explain Paul as a Hellenizer are swimming against the tide. The arguments for his essential Jewishness are overwhelming.
Bible Review, June 1997
Speaking of Good and Evil
How can we gain a biblical understanding of the social and political events of our day?
Bible Review, December 2001
Promised Land
In the presence of native Americans who lost their land to invaders, I took a new interest in those forgotten peoples of the Bible who were dispossessed by the fulfillment of God’s promise to the Israelites to give them “a land flowing with milk and honey
Bible Review, February 1993
Moving Beyond Masculine Metaphors
The holy God is beyond all our categories, including gender distinctions of masculine or feminine.
Bible Review, October 1994