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Confronting Old Testament controversies : pressing questions about evolution, sexuality, history, and violence / Tremper Longman III.

by Longman, Tremper, III. author.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2019]

Bible. Old Testament -- Socio-rhetorical criticism.

9780801019111 (paperback) :

0801019117 (paperback)

xix, 294 pages ; 22 cm

Creation and evolution : Are the Bible and science in conflict? How do we interpret the Bible? ; What is Genesis 1-3 teaching us? ; Excursus : Creation from nothing? ; Excursus : Does Genesis 1:29-30 undermine evolution? ; Evolution and the historical Adam and Eve ; Excursus : Critiquing a last-gasp effort to undo evolutionary creationism ; Conclusion -- History : Did the exodus and conquest happen, and does it matter? The controversy ; The question of genre and history ; The historicity of the exodus and conquest ; Excursus : The dates of the exodus and the conquest ; Conclusion ; Excursus : Levite origins of the exodus? -- Divine violence : Does God kill? God's violence ; Silencing a God of judgment ; Excursus : The Walton thesis : conquest as an imposition of order out of disorder ; God's strategy for defeating human and spiritual evil ; Concluding reflections -- Sexuality : Is homosexual practice affirmed? The biblical theology of sexuality ; Homosexuality and the Bible ; Excursus : Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18:16-19:29) and the Levite and his concubine (Judges 19) ; Excursus : David and Jonathan (2 Samuel 1:26) ; Responding to objections ; Now what? ; Conclusion -- Final word.

For many people, skeptics and believers alike, the Old Testament is rife with controversial passages and events that make both belief and sharing our beliefs with others difficult. Often our solutions have tended toward the extremes--ignore problem passages and pretend they don't matter or obsess over them and treat them as though they are the only thing that matters. Now with clarity of purpose and fidelity to the message and spirit of Scripture as a whole, Tremper Longman confronts pressing questions of concern to modern audiences, particularly young people in the church: the creation/evolution debate, God-ordained violence, the historicity of people, places, and events, and human sexuality. Pastors, leaders in the church, and thoughtful and troubled Christians in the pews will find here a well-reasoned and faithful approach to dealing with the Old Testament passages so many find challenging or disconcerting. -- From publisher's description.

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