God and World in the Old Testament: A Relational Theology of Creation
- Nashville Abingdon Press 2005
- 398p
1. Theological Perspectives Language of Creation To What Does Creation Refer? Creation, Redemption, and Salvation A Relational Creator and a Relational World The Universality of God's Presence in the Created Order Excursus: Genesis 1-2 and Modern Science 2. The Creation Accounts in Genesis Basic Characteristics of Genesis 1-2 Modes of Creation Images of God the Creator The Creature and the Creative Process Creation and Sabbath, God and Time Excursus: Creation Stories in the Ancient Near East 3. Creation at Risk: Disrupted, Endangered, Restored (Genesis 3-11) Genesis 3:1-24-The Originating Sin Genesis 4:1-6:5-The Snowballing Effects of Sin Genesis 6:5-8:22-The Flood: The Great Divide Genesis 9:1-11:26-A New World Order 4. Creation and the Foundation Narratives of Israel Creation in Genesis 12-50 Human Beings in Community: Family, Nation, and Land "Implied Law" in Genesis 12-50 Images of God Creation in Exodus 5. Creation and Law Creation and Law Divine Commandment and Natural Law Creation and Worship Law and Vocation A Dynamic Understanding of Law A Point of Contemporary Significance 6. Creation, Judgment, and Salvation in the Prophets Creation and Judgment Perspectives on Judgment God Judges through Means Divine Judgment and the Created Moral Order The Oracles against the Nations Amos's Creation Doxologies Creation and Judgment in Jeremiah A Close Study of Jeremiah 12 Creation and Salvation in the Prophets 7. Wisdom and Creation Creation and Wisdom Literature Woman Wisdom in Proverbs 8 Wisdom as Human and Female Wisdom as Created Cocreator Rejoicing and Delighting Revelation-Words to the Wise God and Creation in the Book of Job 8. Nature's Praise of God History of Interpretation Genre and Metaphor Tradition Concluding Reflections Conclusion: Implications of a Relational Theology of Creation A Relational Model of Creation Human and Nonhuman Vocation Human Vocation The Vocation of the Nonhuman