Description
Fresh exploration of a key biblical theme
About the Author
Professor of New Testament Studies at Grace College and Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, USA. Author of Asking the Right Questions (Crossway), She Must and Shall Go Free: Paul's Isaianic Gospel in Galatians (De Gruyter), Rebels and Exiles (IVP Academic) and Philippians (Mentor Commentary); contributor to the Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary and the ESV Expository Commentary; co-author of Making All Things New (Baker Academic).
Reviews
When most Christians hear the expression 'the servant of the Lord', they think of the portrait of the suffering servant painted in Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12. This is not so much wrong as reductionistic. Displaying a variety of dominating characteristics, other servants of the Lord (whether that terminology is used or not) repeatedly surface in Scripture, including Adam, Moses, Joshua, David, the apostles. Jesus appears as the servant par excellence, the One who fulfils the patterns they establish. After Jesus, it soon transpires that his apostles are also servants, and collectively his redeemed followers are to be a servant people. In this distinctive volume of biblical theology, Dr Harmon connects the dots that some of us have overlooked, and enriches not only our understanding but also our discipleship. * D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA *
Book Information
ISBN 9781789742107
Author Matthew S. Harmon
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Apollos
Publisher Inter-Varsity Press