The God of the Old Testament: Encountering the Divine in Christian Scripture, Hardcover

Walter Moberly is a top Old Testament theologian known for his creative, accessible, and provocative writing. His Old Testament Theology has been well received. This book, written in a similar vein, combines biblical criticism with constructive theology and engages both Jewish and Christian interpretations. Moberly offers robust readings of eight pivotal Old Testament passages that unpack the nature of God in Christian Scripture, demonstrating a Christian approach to reading the Old Testament that holds together the priorities of both scholarship and faith.

About author(s):R. W. L. Moberly (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of theology and biblical interpretation at Durham University in Durham, England. He is the author of numerous books, including Old Testament Theology and The Bible in a Disenchanted Age, and is an ordained priest in the Church of England.