Walking the Ancient Paths2019 Biblical Foundations Book Award Finalist (Old Testament) "Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it." (Jeremiah 6: 16) In Walking the Ancient Paths, distinguished Old Testament scholar Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. draws on a lifetime of study to illuminate the book of Jeremiah for a contemporary audience. Following an introduction that surveys the historical and literary backgrounds of Jeremiah, along with its theological
Drawing on more than twenty-five years of experience teaching faith development topics in academic and local church settings
demographic data and trends
and particularly whether they treasure or disregard God's revelation
God shares his perfect love with his creatures in covenantal relationships
" which open our minds to theistic possibilities and foster belief in the Christian revelation
He argues that God made us to be royal stewards of public governance from the outset and that the biblical story of God's creation
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attend to theological meaning without presuming a specific theological stance in the reader
Thiessen argues for a more historically plausible reading of Paul
The four-volume set
reintegrate the whole person
The final chapters introduce some of the methods used to study the Gospels
