Show Me Your Glory: The Glory of God in the Old Testament
Ebook
What does Scripture mean when it speaks of the glory of God? The answer to this question is not as straightforward as we might think! In Show Me Your Glory, Rebecca Idestrom invites the reader on a journey to discover what the Old Testament teaches us about God's glory. While exploring this biblical theme, she examines various scriptural passages about the glory of the LORD within their larger narrative context in each biblical book. She also considers the different key words used for glory as well as the many diverse images and themes connected to God's glory. This thematic investigation demonstrates that the Old Testament Scriptures present a deeply profound and multifaceted portrait of the glory of God. Although it is impossible to fully capture what the Bible says about God's majestic glory, Show Me Your Glory yields many wonderful insights into its depiction, meaning, and significance, resulting in a deep and rich biblical theology of divine glory.
“Rebecca Idestrom’s monograph on the divine glory in the Old Testament is doxological theology of the best sort. Careful exegesis of all the relevant Old Testament texts, impressive command of the background literature, a pleasantly accessible writing style, and a tray of gemstone insights are some of the most conspicuous features of this splendid study of a great biblical theme.”
—Robert Patterson Gordon, emeritus regius professor of Hebrew, University of Cambridge
“Rebecca Idestrom has delivered a superb work on the topic of God’s glory! Page by page and through careful analysis she guides us on a journey, introducing us to the rich variations of the glory’s appearances to the writers of the Old Testament and demonstrating their significance in the grand narrative of Israel’s history.”
—Myrto Theocharous, professor of Old Testament, Greek Bible College
“Show Me Your Glory guides readers to uncover the riches of God’s glory in the Old Testament. Glory as both an attribute of God (glory of God) and that which prompts worship of God (glory to God) is traced throughout the Old Testament witness with responsible readings of specific texts and their relevance to the larger revelation of the Old Testament. The end result is an expanded view of God’s glory and an invitation to encounter this glory in deeper ways.”
—Mark J. Boda, professor of Old Testament, McMaster Divinity College
“Idestrom traces God’s glory across a large textual landscape, presenting a multifaceted biblical theology. The topic is grand in scope and import, and Idestrom’s work is academically rigorous while remaining open to lay readers. Idestrom also displays a rich devotional attentiveness, revealing her deep encounter with the topic. Now, in a gift to the church and the academic community, she shares the fruits of that encounter with us.”
—Lissa M. Wray Beal, professor of Old Testament, Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto
- Title: Show Me Your Glory: The Glory of God in the Old Testament
- Author: Rebecca G. S. Idestrom
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781498217965, 9781498217972, 1498217974, 9781498217958, 1498217958, 1498217966
- Resource ID: LLS:9781498217965
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-10T07:41:32Z
Rebecca G. S. Idestrom is professor of Old Testament at Tyndale University, Toronto. She is the author of two commentaries, “Habakkuk” and “Zephaniah” in The Book of the Twelve, edited by John Christopher Thomas (2020), and From Biblical Theology to Biblical Criticism: Old Testament Scholarship at Uppsala University, 1866–1922 (2000).