Michael J. Chan – författare

"Packed with useful information. It deserves a place on every undergraduate religion major's shelf."--Christian CenturyThis lively, engaging introduction to the Old Testament is critical and theological, lavishly illustrated, and accompanied by a variety of pedagogical aids. It serves as the Old Testament counterpart to Mark Allan Powell's successful Introducing the New Testament (over 105,000 copies sold).Introducing the Old Testament presents disputed and controversial issues fairly, neither dictating conclusions nor privileging skepticism over faith-based perspectives. The full-color interior is illustrated with photographs and fine art and includes sidebars, maps, a glossary, and further reading suggestions.A companion website through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources features a wealth of additional resources for students and instructors. Resources for students include chapter objectives, study questions, flash cards, and self-quizzes. Resources for professors include chapter objectives, discussion prompts, pedagogical suggestions, PowerPoint slides, and a test/quiz bank.

"Packed with useful information. It deserves a place on every undergraduate religion major''s shelf."--Christian CenturyThis lively, engaging introduction to the Old Testament is critical and theological, lavishly illustrated, and accompanied by a variety of pedagogical aids. It serves as the Old Testament counterpart to Mark Allan Powell''s successful Introducing the New Testament (over 105,000 copies sold).Introducing the Old Testament presents disputed and controversial issues fairly, neither dictating conclusions nor privileging skepticism over faith-based perspectives. The full-color interior is illustrated with photographs and fine art and includes sidebars, maps, a glossary, and further reading suggestions.A companion website through Baker Academic''s Textbook eSources features a wealth of additional resources for students and instructors. Resources for students include chapter objectives, study questions, flash cards, and self-quizzes. Resources for professors include chapter objectives, discussion prompts, pedagogical suggestions, PowerPoint slides, and a test/quiz bank.

Terence E. Fretheim has long been a leading voice in Old Testament theology. In this volume, thirty of his classic studies have been gathered together for the first time under the rubrics “God and the World”, “God and Suffering”, “God, Wrath, and Divine Violence”, “God and the Pentateuch”, “God and the Prophets”, and “God and the Church’s Book”. Here readers can find a compelling answer to the question that has motivated Fretheim’s work for more than forty years—namely, what kind of God is the God of Scripture? The studies are introduced by a critical overview of Fretheim’s career and theology by the editors and a retrospective by Fretheim himself.

Michael J. Chan setzt sich auf methodologischer Ebene dafür ein, ikonographisches Material stärker in Fragen der Traditionsgeschichte (eine Methode, die sich meist allein auf Textbelege konzentriert) zu berücksichtigen. Im Anschluss an O.H. Steck muss der Begriff "Tradition" weiter gefasst werden, damit er sich auf vererbte Konzepte und Konstellationen bezieht, welche sich über verschiedene Medien erstrecken können. Der Autor untersucht anhand traditionsgeschichtlicher Methodik die "Reichtum der Völker"-Tradition - eine Reihe von Texten, in denen die anderen Völker der Erde ihren Reichtum nach Zion bringen. Die Tradition des Reichtums der Völker war im gesamten Nahen Osten der Antike verbreitet. Michael J. Chan zeigt, dass die biblischen Texte diese Tradition manchmal mit kaum einer oder ohne Veränderung widerspiegeln, wohingegen sie in anderen Fällen in erfinderischer oder sogar zerstörerischer Art und Weise umgestaltet wird.