Seeking Wisdom’s Depths and Torah’s Heights celebrates Samuel E. Balentine’s innovative and influential work in the field of biblical studies with essays from prominent biblical scholars and from Balentine’s former students, who are up-and-coming in the field. Balentine’s creative theological inquiry, interdisciplinary analysis, and pioneering work in the reception history of the book of Job inspired this volume, and its essays bring the Bible into conversation with quantum physics, psychology, ethics, and theology while exploring the reception of Torah and wisdom in literature, painting, sculpture, and the performing arts.
Barry R. Huff is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Principia College. His dissertation, advised by Samuel E. Balentine, analyzes the use and transformation of the Torah’s priestly terms, themes, texts, and theologies in the book of Job.
Patricia Vesely is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Christian Ethics at Memphis Theological Seminary. She earned her PhD under Samuel E. Balentine at Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2017. Vesely is the author of Friendship and Virtue Ethics in the Book of Job.
“Rich with exegetical insights, this volume makes provocative forays into terrain long scouted with perspicacity by Sam Balentine. In these pages, creation is explored as wild, as ruined, as generative of moral yearning and spiritual awe. Here are musings on the art of translation and visual exegesis, on clashing epistemologies and formation of the ethical imagination, on fearlessness and fragility as dimensions of life in community, and more. Highly recommended!”
—Carolyn J. Sharp Professor of Homiletics Yale Divinity School
“This volume is a stunning tribute to Samuel E. Balentine, a scholar and teacher beloved for his curiosity and creativity, his penetrating engagement with biblical texts and their theological-ethical implications, and his wise, generous collegiality. Inspired by and reflective of Sam’s expansive interests and deep scholarly commitments, these essays celebrate and demonstrate without question Sam’s significant and enduring impact on biblical studies.”
—Christine Roy Yoder J. McDowell Richards Professor of Biblical Interpretation Columbia Theological Seminary
Seeking Wisdom’s Depths and Torah’s Heights celebrates Samuel E. Balentine’s innovative and influential work in the field of biblical studies with essays from prominent biblical scholars and from Balentine’s former students, who are up-and-coming in the field. Balentine’s creative theological inquiry, interdisciplinary analysis, and pioneering work in the reception history of the book of Job inspired this volume, and its essays bring the Bible into conversation with quantum physics, psychology, ethics, and theology while exploring the reception of Torah and wisdom in literature, painting, sculpture, and the performing arts.
Barry R. Huff is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Principia College. His dissertation, advised by Samuel E. Balentine, analyzes the use and transformation of the Torah’s priestly terms, themes, texts, and theologies in the book of Job.
Patricia Vesely is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Christian Ethics at Memphis Theological Seminary. She earned her PhD under Samuel E. Balentine at Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2017. Vesely is the author of Friendship and Virtue Ethics in the Book of Job.
“Rich with exegetical insights, this volume makes provocative forays into terrain long scouted with perspicacity by Sam Balentine. In these pages, creation is explored as wild, as ruined, as generative of moral yearning and spiritual awe. Here are musings on the art of translation and visual exegesis, on clashing epistemologies and formation of the ethical imagination, on fearlessness and fragility as dimensions of life in community, and more. Highly recommended!”
—Carolyn J. Sharp Professor of Homiletics Yale Divinity School
“This volume is a stunning tribute to Samuel E. Balentine, a scholar and teacher beloved for his curiosity and creativity, his penetrating engagement with biblical texts and their theological-ethical implications, and his wise, generous collegiality. Inspired by and reflective of Sam’s expansive interests and deep scholarly commitments, these essays celebrate and demonstrate without question Sam’s significant and enduring impact on biblical studies.”
—Christine Roy Yoder J. McDowell Richards Professor of Biblical Interpretation Columbia Theological Seminary
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