Portraits of a Mature God: Choices in Old Testament Theology

What difference would it make for Old Testament theology if we turned our attention from the more dramatic, forceful mighty acts of God to the more subdued, but more realistic themes of later writings in the Hebrew Bible? The result, Mark McEntire argues, would be a more mature theology that would enable us to respond more realistically and creatively to the unprecedented challenges of the present age.

Author: Mark McEntire
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 04/01/2013
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.38w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780800699413

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 04/30/2014 pg. 26

About the Author
McEntire, Mark: -

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 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).

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