LEADER 05173nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910828473803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-57506-615-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575066158 035 $a(CKB)2550000000052454 035 $a(OCoLC)759160101 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495936 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535008 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11331221 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535008 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519828 035 $a(PQKB)11729213 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3155581 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495936 035 $a(OCoLC)773258016 035 $a(DE-B1597)584510 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575066158 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78786 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3155581 035 $a(OCoLC)1262307532 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000052454 100 $a20090812d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChosen and unchosen $econceptions of election in the Pentateuch and Jewish-Christian interpretation /$fJoel N. Lohr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEisenbrauns $cWinona Lake, Indiana$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 1 $aSiphrut, literature and theology of the Hebrew scriptures ;$vv. 2 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-57506-171-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface Election and Nonelection: Why Bother? -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tPart 1. Election in Jewish and Christian Interpretation -- $t1. Introducing Election and Nonelection: Christian Interpretation -- $t2. Jewish Election Theologies: Exclusion and Disgrace? -- $tPart 2 Election and Nonelection in the Pentateuch: Test Cases -- $t3. Blessing or Curse? Abraham, Election, and the Nations: The Story of King Abimelech -- $t4. An Unchosen Figure Who Saves a People (Exodus 2:1?10) -- $t5. Numbers: Balaam and Yhwh ?s Irrevocable Love for Israel -- $t6. Israel and the Nations in Deuteronomy -- $t7. Chosen and Unchosen: Can Good Come from a God Who Favors? -- $tAppendix 1. The Tendency to View Balaam as Sinner -- $tAppendix 2. ?erem in the Old Testament: An Overview -- $tBibliography -- $tIndexes 330 $aWinner of the 2011 RBY Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies/Société canadienne des études bibliquesThe God of the Bible favors a national people, Israel, and this is at the cost of the other nations. In fact, not being Israel usually means humiliation or destruction or simply being ignored by God. Reading the text ?with the grain? or placing oneself within the chosen?s perspective may seem very well until one considers the unchosen. There is much regarding the unchosen that has not been explored in scholarly research, but in this important work, Lohr attempts to make sense of the question of election and nonelection in the OT as a Christian interpreter and with a concern for the history of interpretation and Jewish-Christian dialogue.He also corrects a Christian tendency to read election and nonelection as love and damnation, respectively, a perception that is altogether foreign to the OT itself. The unchosen are important to the overall world view of Scripture and, although election entails exclusion, and God?s love for the one people Israel is a love in contrast to others, it does not follow that the unchosen fall outside of the economy of God?s purposes, his workings, or his ways. The unchosen often face important tests of their own and have a responsibility to God and the chosen, however much this idea defies modern-day notions of fairness. It is a central idea of Scripture that already appears in the original call of and promises made to Abram and something that, if ignored, places our larger understanding of God at risk.Equally important, if contemporary faith communities (both Jewish and Christian) form their understanding of ?the other? on a faulty reading of Scripture regarding the unchosen, chaos and hatred can ensue. The political and religious climate of our contemporary world has never presented a more important time to get this matter right. Scholars and students alike are finding Chosen and Unchosen to be an indispensable resource as they mull over these difficult questions. 410 0$aSiphrut ;$v2. 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism$xBiblical teaching 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism 606 $aJews$xElection, Doctrine of$xBiblical teaching 606 $aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism. 615 0$aJews$xElection, Doctrine of$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity. 676 $a296.3/1172 700 $aLohr$b Joel N$01621472 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828473803321 996 $aChosen and Unchosen$93954754 997 $aUNINA