The author of Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible is Stephen G. Dempster, PhD, a professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University in New Brunswick, Canada. According to the Crandall University online biography, Dempster received his education from the University of Western Ontario, Westminster Theological Seminary, the University of Toronto, and Jerusalem University College. Along with his teaching at Crandall University and authorship of Dominion and Dynasty, he has written many journal and online articles. He has also contributed chapters in other books, and currently has another book in progress, which is a commentary for Micah. As a theologian of the Old Testament, his study of the Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, in its final canonical form gives him new insight of the overall arrangement and theology of the Old Testament.
Summary
Theology of the Old Testament is to be understood and properly interpreted in its context. However, it has been the source of many different theologies due to the differences of theologians (15-16). This particular literary work presents a new idea of looking at the Old Testament through a wide-angle lens, viewing it as a whole Text (16-20). The Old Testament and Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, is made up …show more content…
The author is diligent to give a brief summary of what is taking place in the Text and who is involved. He then highlights the major factors being discussed in the Text that focus on the fulfillment of God’s promise of the dynasty and dominion. For example in the Tamar and Judah story, their relationship produces a divine progeny through a gentile woman and the significance to the staff of Judah left behind to her, and its relationship to the future rule over the nations (90). He attempts to make a connection in each section of the Text to this theme and does a thorough job by keeping a wide-angle point of
Summary
Theology of the Old Testament is to be understood and properly interpreted in its context. However, it has been the source of many different theologies due to the differences of theologians (15-16). This particular literary work presents a new idea of looking at the Old Testament through a wide-angle lens, viewing it as a whole Text (16-20). The Old Testament and Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, is made up …show more content…
The author is diligent to give a brief summary of what is taking place in the Text and who is involved. He then highlights the major factors being discussed in the Text that focus on the fulfillment of God’s promise of the dynasty and dominion. For example in the Tamar and Judah story, their relationship produces a divine progeny through a gentile woman and the significance to the staff of Judah left behind to her, and its relationship to the future rule over the nations (90). He attempts to make a connection in each section of the Text to this theme and does a thorough job by keeping a wide-angle point of