The Unrelenting God: Essays on God’s Action in Scripture in Honor of Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Overview
In The Unrelenting God, accomplished scholars in the fields of biblical and theological studies explore ways in which Scripture speaks about God’s character and God’s activity in the world. As honoree Beverly Roberts Gaventa has done throughout her career, the contributors address important and nuanced theological themes such as God’s dramatic invasion of the world in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, God’s ultimate triumph over the powers of sin and death, and humanity’s ongoing participation with God in Christ.
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- Explores ways in which Scripture speaks about God’s character and God’s activity in the world
- Addresses important and nuanced theological themes
- Includes essays by accomplished scholars in the fields of biblical and theological studies
- “Body Piercings Revisited: Piercings and Profanations of ‘Bodies’ and the Character of God in Ezekiel” by Jacqueline E. Lapsley
- “Conversion in Luke-Acts: God’s Prevenience, Human Embodiment” by Joel B. Green
- “‘Not Knowing What Will Happen to Me There’: Experiences of the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts” by John B. F. Miller
- “The Word of God and the Church: On the Theological Implications of Three Summary Statements in the Acts of the Apostles” by Matthew L. Skinner
- “Lost in Translation: A Reflection on Romans in the Common English Bible” by Richard B. Hays
- “Is Paul a Covenantal Theologian?” by Francis Watson
- “Sin’s Corruption of the Knowledge of God and the Law in Romans 1–8” by Shane Berg
- “Time in Romans 5–8: From Life to Life” by L. Ann Jervis
- “‘Who Hopes for What Is Seen?’: Political Theology through Romans” by Douglas Harink
- “Creation, Gender, and Identity in (New) Cosmic Perspective: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16” by Alexandra R. Brown
- “Ashes on the Frontal Lobe: Cognitive Dissonance and Cruciform Cognition in 2 Corinthians” by Susan Grove Eastman
- “Cross and Cosmos in Galatians” by Martinus C. de Boer
- “Unity in the Community: Rereading Galatians 2:15-21” by William Sanger Campbell
- “The God Who Gives Life That Is Truly Life: Meritorious Almsgiving and the Divine Economy in 1 Timothy 6” by David J. Downs
- “Jesus Christ, the End of the Law” by Katherine Sonderegger
- “Role Model — God’s Image — Life-Giving Spirit: Who Is Jesus Christ for Us Today?” by Michael Welker
- Title: The Holy Spirit—In Biblical Teaching, through the Centuries, and Today
- Editors: David J. Downs and Matthew L. Skinner
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Publication Date: 2001
- Pages: 339
- Resource Type: Collected Essays
- Topic: Biblical Studies
David J. Downs is associate professor of New Testament studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.
Matthew L. Skinner is associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota.