The Glory of Kings: A Festschrift in Honor of James B. Jordan
Overview
Over the past several decades, Reformed theologian and biblical scholar James B. Jordan has produced a unique body of work. His electrifying commentaries and essays on Scripture, along with his penetrating writings on Trinitarian theology, liturgics, music, and culture have inspired a growing number of pastors and theologians. In this festschrift, Jordan’s friends and associates celebrate his contributions by applying his methods and insights to a range of biblical, theological, liturgical, and cultural questions. The Glory of Kings brings Jordan’s work to the attention of a wider audience and introduces the work of a scholar that R.R. Reno has called “one of the most important Christian intellectuals of our day.”
For more by Peter J. Leithart, see Select Works of Peter J. Leithart (3 vols.).
Key Features
- Essays in honor of Reformed theologian and biblical scholar James B. Jordan
- Application of Jordan’s methods to numerous theological questions
- Draws attention to a noted scholar and the importance of his work
Top Highlights
“her possession of the land was a sign of her righteousness” (Page 77)
“but it was already a principle in the old covenant” (Page 78)
“they are symbolically recapitulating the exodus and conquest of the land” (Page 81)
“a repentant Canaanite woman who fears God and shows loyalty to Israel” (Page 77)
“God’s ultimate plan is salvation for all the families of the earth” (Pages 79–80)
Praise for the Print Edition
This festschrift ably honors Jim Jordan and his brilliant body of work, which has illumined the glories of biblical structure, symbolism, and typology like few others in our day. Perhaps his greatest legacy, however, will be how he inspired a new generation to see the Scriptures and God’s world through new, more perceptive eyes. Some of today’s most insightful Reformed pastors and teachers influenced by Jim have penned this excellent collection of essays in his honor—a masterful tribute befitting a master scholar-teacher.
—Roy Atwood, president, New St. Andrews College
- Title: The Glory of Kings: A Festschrift in Honor of James B. Jordan
- Authors: Peter Leithart, John Barach
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Pages: 366
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Jordan, James B., 1949-; Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Theology; Liturgics
- ISBNs: 9781608996803, 1608996808
- Resource ID: LLS:GLORYOFKINGS
- Resource Type: text.monograph.festschrift
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:16:02Z
About the Editors
John Barach is pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Sulphur, Louisiana and teaches Old and New Testament theology at the Bucer Institute.
Peter J. Leithart is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, and senior fellow of theology at New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. He studied at Hillsdale College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and the University of Cambridge, where he earned his PhD. He is also author of Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible: 1 & 2 Kings, The Baptized Body, Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture, The Promise of His Appearing: An Exposition of Second Peter, and A House For My Name: A Survey of the Old Testament.
