12 Days Before Christmas – Day 4

(sung to the tune of 12 Days of Christmas)

On the 9th day before Christmas, Bible Geek Gone Wild gave to me a chance to win even more great new books from our friends at IVP…

Welcome to day four of Bible Geek Gone Wild’s 2nd Annual 12 Days Before Christmas. Today’s contest is sponsored by InterVarsity Press. As an extension of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, InterVarsity Press serves those in the university, the church and the world by publishing resources that equip and encourage people to follow Jesus as Savior and Lord in all of Life.

There will be two winners in today’s contest. Each winner will receive a copy of each of the books listed below.

The Meaning of the Pentateuch: Revelation, Composition and Interpretation
The Pentateuch is the foundation for understanding the Old Testament and the Bible as a whole. Yet through the centuries it has been probed and dissected, weighed and examined, its text peeled back for its underlying history, its discourse analyzed and its words weighed. Could there be any stone in Sinai yet unturned?

Surprisingly, there is. From a career of study, John Sailhamer sums up his perspective on the Pentateuch by first settling the hermeneutical question of where we should set our attention. Rather than focus on the history behind the text, Sailhamer is convinced that it is the text itself that should be our primary focus. Along the way he demonstrates that this was in fact the focus of many interpreters in the precritical era.

Persuaded of the singular vision of the Pentateuch, Sailhamer searches out clues left by the author and the later editor of the Pentateuch that will disclose the meaning of this great work. By paying particular attention to the poetic seams in the text, he rediscovers a message that surprisingly brings us to the threshold of the New Testament gospel.

Old Testament Theology, Volume Three: Israel’s Life

In this third volume of his critically acclaimed Old Testament Theology John Goldingay explores the Old Testament vision of Israel’s life before God. The first volume focused on the story of God’s dealings with Israel, or Israel’s gospel. The second volume investigated the beliefs of Israel, or Israel’s faith. Now the spotlight falls on the Old Testament’s perspective on the life that Israel should live in its present and future, including its worship, prayer and spirituality, as well as its practices, attitudes and ethics before God.

Goldingay sees three spheres of life giving order to Israel’s vision: its life in relation to God, its life in community and the life of the individual as a self. Within these frameworks he unfurls a tapesetry that is as broad and colorful as all of life, and yet detailed in its intricate attention to the text.

With this final volume John Goldingay has given us the third pillar of an Old Testament theology that is monumental in scope and yet invites us to enter through multiple doors to explore its riches. Students will profit from a semester in its courts, and ministers of the Word will find their preaching and teaching deeply enriched by wandering its halls and meditating in its chambers.

Contest Details

The object of today’s contest will be to answer three questions.  The answers to the questions can be found at the Intervarsity Press web site.  Winners will be chosen from the entries with correct answers using the random number generator at random.org.  Following the close of the contest, winners will be contacted via e-mail.  Good luck!

Terms and Conditions

• This contest is limited to residents of the 48 state continental United States.
• Contestants may submit one entry per contest per day.
• The winner or winners will be announced following the close of each contest.
• Prizes will be shipped within several days of the close of each contest.

This contest is now close. Winners will be announced son.