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First Day is Goldingay

Sunday March 30, 2008

Categories: Biblical Studies

OK, it's not the first day of the month but I want you to know that April 1 (no fooling) I will post the first in an 8-part [maybe 10-part] series -- once a month, on the first day of the month -- on volume 2 of his book: OT Theology: Israel's Faith. The first paragraph of volume 2 is simply priceless:

"In the first volume, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Yhwh did from the beginning, though not about what Yhwh began to teach. In the third volume I hope to write about Yhwh's teaching on how Israel was supposed to live. I shall be sixty-six if and when I finish it, and my father and both my grandfathers did not live that long. Having announced this project, I shall feel really stupid if I fail to complete it. But then I shall have other things to think about if that happens -- or not to think about."

Ah, love that irony.

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Comments
Andie Piehl
March 30, 2008 7:40 AM

Scot, I bought this one when I bought the first one, but I never got through the first one getting in at the 4th month. Can I pick up at the second one without the first one?
Andie

Scot McKnight
March 30, 2008 9:14 AM
http://www.JesusCreed.org

Andie,

Yes, they are different books and different kinds of books. We'll only do pp. 1-84 for the first post.

Andie Piehl
March 30, 2008 7:45 PM

Thanks, Scot.

Peggy
March 31, 2008 11:50 AM
http://abisomeone.blogspot.com

Aaahhh...nothing like a good sense of humor, eh? 8)

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Scot McKnight is a widely-recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. He is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University (Chicago, Illinois). A popular and witty speaker, Dr. McKnight has given interviews on radios across the nation, has appeared on television, and is regularly asked to speak in local churches and educational events. Dr. McKnight obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham (1986). Click to continue reading Scot McKnight's Bio...

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