In the Beginning: Listening to Genesis 1 and 2 Timothy Brindle Moses and the History of

Moses and the History of Israel

John Owen (1616–1683)

urges church members to think about pastors not just in terms of what they do – how they lead and pray and preach and teach and so on – but about who they are

But a renewed understanding of who God is changes that

Not all works of historical theology can warm the soul

In the Beginning: Listening to Genesis 1 and 2 Timothy Brindle Moses and the History ofDo the opening chapters of Genesis constitute real history? Concerned with an apparent shift among conservative scholars to answer in the negative, Cornelis Van Dam argues that reading Genesis 1 and 2 as history is not only justified but necessary. Van Dam clarifies the different roles that ancient Near Eastern literature and scientific theories should play in our understanding of the Bible as he carefully deals with the exegetical details of the