Joshua

The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret scripture creedally for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other orthodox Christians did for their times and places. Joshua. ,. like each commentary in the series, is designed to serve the church and to demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible. Praise for. Joshua. in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible. "This commentary on one of the most ethically and theologically difficult of Old Testament books is a marvel. Paul Hinlicky here continues the kind of deep, sustained engagement with biblical scholarship that we find in his critical dogmatics, demonstrating in dazzling fashion the benefits gained when theology takes biblical exegesis seriously and exegesis views itself as incomplete without theology. Reading this commentary, one feels privileged to live in this new day of exegetical and theological cross-fertilization. "-Wesley Hill. , Trinity School for Ministry; author of Paul and the Trinity. "This is a significant theological commentary on a notoriously difficult book of the Bible. Hinlicky acknowledges the difficulties, but he refuses to be drawn into the literalistic reading of Joshua that occupies both its critics and its defenders. Instead, Hinlicky engages in a literary-spiritual reading of Joshua that yields profound theological fruit for the life of the church. In dialogue with Jewish theology, this reading demonstrates in a compelling way that the book of Joshua proclaims the good news of 'YHWH who fights for us. ' It also identifies this God with the crucified and risen latter-day Joshua, whom Christians claim as Lord. This commentary is a gift to all who read the Bible as Word of God. "-Kathryn Schifferdecker. , Luther SeminaryGeneral editor: R. R. Reno. (editor, First Things. )Series editors: Robert W. Jenson. (1930-2017) (Center of Theological Inquiry)Robert Louis Wilken. (University of Virginia)Ephraim Radner. (Wycliffe College, University of Toronto)Michael Root. (Catholic University of America)George Sumner. (Episcopal Diocese of Dallas)