Mark McEntire
Autor(a) de Portraits of a Mature God
About the Author
Mark McEntire is professor of biblical studies at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He has authored widely used textbooks The Old Testament Story, Ninth Edition (2012), and Struggling with God: An Introduction to the Pentateuch (2008); scholarly works, Dangerous Worlds: Living and Dying mostrar mais in Biblical Texts (2004) and The Blood of Abel: The Violent Plot in the Hebrew Bible (1999), and, with Joel Emerson, Raising Cain, Fleeing Egypt, and Fighting Philistines: The Old Testament in Popular Music (2006). This work follows his successful Portraits of a Mature God: Choices in Old Testament Theology (Fortress Press, 2013). mostrar menos
Obras por Mark McEntire
A Chorus of Prophetic Voices: Introducing the Prophetic Literature of Ancient Israel (2015) 19 exemplares
Raising Cain, fleeing Egypt, and fighting Philistines : the Old Testament in popular music (2006) 8 exemplares
Associated Works
The Bible in/and Popular Culture: A Creative Encounter (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies) (2010) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1960
- Sexo
- male
- País (no mapa)
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Educação
- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (PhD)
Hebrew Union College
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv)
University of Illinois, Champaign (BS|Secondary Education)
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Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 83
- Popularidade
- #218,811
- Avaliação
- 5.0
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 14
The mainstream Christian reading of the Old Testament Prophets aim to have them point to Jesus Christ or the end times exclusively, which would render the books worthless to Jewish readers, both contemporary as well in ancient times. The author warns several times for this biased backward reading of the Bible. How much more have the Prophets to offer while reading them in a kind of chronological order, and when you dare to question the many indicators for enrichment or alterations beyond the era in which the prophets after which books are named, actually lived.
The central claim of this book is that we should read prophetic scrolls together in a way that also recognizes and gives attention to the individual voices within the scrolls, just like a choir, sometimes in unison, sometimes showcasing solo voices. Knowledge of Hebrew or Greek is not required to read this book. While dealing with books many faithful are not familiar with, except for short quotations of single verses or popular thoughts, McEntire strives to open your hearts and minds to the inner structure, the time-bound and timeless messages, respecting the characters of the prophets and their intended audiences.… (mais)