Now and Not Yet: Theology and Mission in Ezra-Nehemiah (New Studies in Biblical Theology | NSBT)

by Dean R. Ulrich

Publishers:

Apollos; IVP Academic

, 2021

Overview

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah have been neglected in Old Testament scholarship, but as Dean Ulrich demonstrates in this valuable study, new in the NSBT series, Ezra–Nehemiah as a literary unit is part of the Christian Bible that tells God’s grand story of saving activity.

Now and Not Yet explores how the narrative theology of Ezra and Nehemiah shows us how to be a godly participant in God’s story, and how the moral imperatives of leadership are bound up in the larger context of God’s acts and promises: God’s redeemed community that is bigger than any individual person, and at the heart of this is mission—participation in God’s purpose for his world.

Seeing these books as the record of the beginning of a new work of God among his people after the exile, Ulrich also illuminates how the theology of Ezra and Nehemiah connects to the larger biblical narrative and leads to the first coming of Jesus.

Insightful and accessible, Now and Not Yet is a brilliant addition to the New Studies in Biblical Theology series. It is ideal for students, pastors and anyone looking for studies on Ezra and Nehemiah that dig deeply into their theology, particularly in relation to biblical mission.

Now and Not Yet will leave you with a greater understanding of Ezra-Nehemiah as a literary unit, and how its theology is still relevant for Christians today—the new work it reveals enables God’s people to be restored in their relationship with God, through both hope in God’s promises and obedience to his instruction concerned with mission.

Key Features

• Examines how the theology of Ezra and Nehemiah connects to the larger biblical narrative and leads to the first coming of Jesus
• Focuses on God’s grand story of saving activity
• Explores how the narrative theology of Ezra and Nehemiah shows us how to be a godly participant in God’s story

Praise for the Print Edition

[Ulrich explores how,] wisely read, the books of Ezra–Nehemiah ... become a paradigm of biblical eschatology that sheds light on how to read the entire Bible.

—D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA

Product Details

• Title: Now and Not Yet: Theology and Mission in Ezra-Nehemiah
• Author: Dean R. Ulrich
• Series: New Studies in Biblical Theology
• Volume: 57
• Publishers: Apollos, IVP Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 184
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Ezra › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. Nehemiah › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9781789743463, 9781789743470, 9781514004074, 9781514004081, 178974346X, 1789743478, 1514004070, 1514004089
• Resource ID: LLS:NSBT57
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biblical-theology
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-11-02T18:09:10Z

About Dean R. Ulrich

Dean R. Ulrich has been pastor of a PCA church in the Pittsburgh area and associate professor of Old Testament at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. His articles have been included in the Journal of Biblical Counseling, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and Westminster Theological Journal.