Category Archives: OT Theology

Psalm 119: A Love Song to Law (Part 1)

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Darrell Buchanan

To speak of a love song to the law sounds strange to our ears. In our culture, to speak of law is to speak of something that binds and restrains human freedom. At the same time, if the number of … Continue reading →

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Devotional Interpretation

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Darrell Buchanan

In a course on biblical interpretation last year, I briefly addressed what I called a devotional reading of the Bible and tried to contrast it with what we would be learning in the class. I recently came across John Goldingay’s … Continue reading →

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The Great Divine Clean-Up

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Darrell Buchanan

Great quote from John Dominic Crossan in The Historical Jesus: Five Views (IVP: 2009): Eschatology is not about the destruction of the earth but about its transfiguration, not about the end of the world but about the end of evil, … Continue reading →

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