Does your knowledge of the Old Testament feel like a grab bag of people, books, events and ideas? How many times have you resolved to really understand the OT? To finally make sense of it? Perhaps you are suffering from what Sandra Richter calls the “dysfunctional closet syndrome.” If so, she has a solution. Like a home-organizing expert, she comes in and helps you straighten up your cluttered closet. Gives you hangers for facts. A timeline to put them on. And handy containers for the clutter on the floor. Plus she fills out your wardrobe of knowledge with exciting new facts and new perspectives. The whole thing is put in usable order–a history of God’s redeeming grace. A story that runs from the Eden of the Garden to the garden of the New Jerusalem.
Abigail loves Saturdays―especially when her family goes hiking! Follow Abigail and her family as they hike through lush landscapes, encounter fascinating animals, and marvel at a big, beautiful waterfall. On their adventure, Abigail learns about caring for creation ― about loving and stewarding the world God created.
Written by parent and university professor Sandra Richter and brought to life with enchanting illustrations by Michael Corsini, Abigail and the Waterfall is more than just a storybook―it’s an invitation for families to discuss what the Bible says about caring for the environment, animals, and the beautiful world around us.
This monograph is a comparative, socio-linguistic reassessment of the Deuteronomic idiom, lĕšakkēn šĕmô šām, and its synonymous biblical reflexes in the Deuteronomistic History, lāśûm šĕmô šām, and lihyôt šĕmô šām. These particular formulae have long been understood as evidence of the Name Theology – the evolution in Israelite religion toward a more abstracted mode of divine presence in the temple. Utilizing epigraphic material gathered from Mesopotamian and Levantine contexts, this study demonstrates that lĕšakkēn šĕmô šām and lāśûm šĕmô šām are loan-adaptations of Akkadian šuma šakānu, an idiom common to the royal monumental tradition of Mesopotamia. The resulting retranslation and reinterpretation of the biblical idiom profoundly impacts the classic formulation of the Name Theology.
In addition to her own published books, Dr. Sandra Richter has contributed numerous chapters to a wide range of edited volumes—spanning scholarly academic works to accessible theology for everyday readers.
Environmental Approaches in Old Testament Studies.
Does God Really Command Women to Marry Their Rapists? A Study of Deuteronomic Law.
What Do I Know of Holy? On the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit in Scripture.
The Archaeology of Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim and Why It Matters to Deuteronomy.
The Mt. Ebal Site in the Context of the History of Biblical Scholarship.
What’s Money Got to Do with It? Economics and the Question of the Provenance of Deuteronomy in the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods.
Placing the Name, Pushing the Paradigm: A Decade with the Deuteronomistic Name Formula.
When God Sends a Missionary: The Prophet Jonah.
Eighth Century Issues: The World of Jeroboam II and the Reign of Hezekiah.
