{"product_id":"chosen-and-unchosen-conceptions-of-election-in-the-pentateuch-and-jewish-christian-interpretation-9781575061719","title":"Chosen and Unchosen: Conceptions of Election in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2011 RBY Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies\/Société canadienne des études bibliques\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqually 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 \u003ci\u003eChosen and Unchosen\u003c\/i\u003e to be an indispensable resource as they mull over these difficult questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Election and Nonelection: Why Bother?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Election in Jewish and Christian Interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Introducing Election and Nonelection: Christian Interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheological Dictionaries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld Testament (and Biblical) Theologies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Jewish Election Theologies: Exclusion and Disgrace?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel S. Kaminsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Novak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Wyschogrod\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon D. Levenson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Jewish Interpretation and the Way Forward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Election and Nonelection in the Pentateuch: Test Cases\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Blessing or Curse? Abraham, Election, and the Nations:The Story of King Abimelech\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWives, Sisters, a Righteous Nation, and a God-Fearing King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. An Unchosen Figure Who Saves a People (Exodus 2:1-10)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Numerous and Special People, a People Promised Land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birth, the Hiding, and the Finding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaming, Ownership, and Adoption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummary and Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Numbers: Balaam and Yhwh’s Irrevocable Love for Israel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNumbers and the Book of Balaam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Text: Numbers 22-24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Israel and the Nations in Deuteronomy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeuteronomy 4: Allotted to Whom and Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeuteronomy 7: Herem and Election?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeuteronomy 10:12-22\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Chosen and Unchosen: Can Good Come from a God Who Favors?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePutting It Together\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Good Come from a God Who Favors?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1. The Tendency to View Balaam as Sinner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2. Herem in the Old Testament: An Overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerem as Sacrifice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreliminary Observations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerem as a Divine Command?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary versus Ancient Sensibilities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA God Who Gets His Hands Dirty?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Smoking Gun (or Bloody Sword): The Herem Never Happened\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps Judgment?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndexes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Scripture\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041462387031,"sku":"9781575061719","price":41.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781575061719.jpg?v=1750950371","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chosen-and-unchosen-conceptions-of-election-in-the-pentateuch-and-jewish-christian-interpretation-9781575061719","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}