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Toward a Future for Old Testament Theology (2021)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2021). Toward a Future for Old Testament Theology. In S. Hildebrandt, K. Peters, & E. Ortlund (Eds.), From Words to Meaning: Studies on Old Testament Language and Theology for David J. Reimer (1-16.). Sheffield Phoenix Press

Salvation in the Old Testament (2021)
Journal Article
Moberly, R. (2021). Salvation in the Old Testament. Journal of Theological Interpretation, 15(2), 189-202

Method and Truth (2020)
Journal Article
Moberly, R. (2020). Method and Truth. Harvard Theological Review, 113(4), 528-542

Justice and the Recognition of the True God: A Reading of Psalm 82 (2020)
Journal Article
Moberly, R. (2020). Justice and the Recognition of the True God: A Reading of Psalm 82. Revue biblique (1946), 127(2), 215-236. https://doi.org/10.2143/rbi.127.2.3287570

This essay attempts a fresh reading of Psalm 82 as a resource for Christian thought and practice. Characteristic premodern and modern readings – that the psalm is an admonition to human judges, and that the psalm depicts a move from polytheism to hen... Read More about Justice and the Recognition of the True God: A Reading of Psalm 82.

Scriptural Impressionism: The Use of the Bible in Katherine Sonderegger's Systematic Theology (2019)
Journal Article
Moberly, R. (2019). Scriptural Impressionism: The Use of the Bible in Katherine Sonderegger's Systematic Theology. Anglican Theological Review, 101(2), 267-276

This paper focuses on urban air rights, property rights for the ownership, development and trading of the airspace above land parcels. A three-fold contribution is made to the study of urban financialization. First, urban air rights are explicated as... Read More about Scriptural Impressionism: The Use of the Bible in Katherine Sonderegger's Systematic Theology.

The Ecclesiology of Israel's Scriptures (2018)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2018). The Ecclesiology of Israel's Scriptures. In P. Avis (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of ecclesiology (33-54). Oxford University Press

Theological Interpretation, Second Naiveté, and the Rediscovery of the Old Testament (2017)
Journal Article
Moberly, R. (2017). Theological Interpretation, Second Naiveté, and the Rediscovery of the Old Testament. Anglican Theological Review, 99(4), 651-670

This essay is in four parts. The first briefly sketches some of the problems for Christian understanding and use of the Old Testament posed by contemporary ecclesial and academic culture. The second part considers some of the extensive conceptual res... Read More about Theological Interpretation, Second Naiveté, and the Rediscovery of the Old Testament.

Scriptural Echoes and Gospel Interpretation: Some Questions (2017)
Journal Article
Moberly, R. (2017). Scriptural Echoes and Gospel Interpretation: Some Questions. Journal of Theological Interpretation, 11(1), 5-20

This essay raises questions about Richard Hays’s book in three main areas. First, there is a discussion of the possible limits to metalepsis, and when it may be appropriate to decline to find metalepsis in a biblical citation. Second, there are quest... Read More about Scriptural Echoes and Gospel Interpretation: Some Questions.

Canon and Religious Truth: An Appraisal of A New New Testament (2017)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2017). Canon and Religious Truth: An Appraisal of A New New Testament. In T. H. Lim, & K. Akiyama (Eds.), When texts are canonized (108-136). Brown Judaic Studies

I hope that some of the well-worn questions about the nature, purpose, and function of the biblical canon may be cast in a fresh light if we step back from familiar debates about canon in antiquity and choose a con temporary focus instead. Thus, I pr... Read More about Canon and Religious Truth: An Appraisal of A New New Testament.

The Old Testament in Christianity (2016)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2016). The Old Testament in Christianity. In S. Chapman, & M. Sweeney (Eds.), The Cambridge companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. (388-406). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511843365.020

Some issues in life are not capable of final resolution. Questions such as ‘What is the good life?’ and ‘How can we get good government?’ and ‘Whom can I trust?’ are not amenable to definitive answers in the same way as many mathematical and scientif... Read More about The Old Testament in Christianity.

The Old Testament in Christianity (2016)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2016). The Old Testament in Christianity. In S. B. Chapman, & M. A. Sweeney (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (388-406). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511843365.020

Some issues in life are not capable of final resolution. Questions such as ‘What is the good life?’ and ‘How can we get good government?’ and ‘Whom can I trust?’ are not amenable to definitive answers in the same way as many mathematical and scientif... Read More about The Old Testament in Christianity.

Theological Thinking and the Reading of Scripture: An Auseinandersetzung with Susannah Ticciati (2016)
Journal Article
Moberly, R. (2016). Theological Thinking and the Reading of Scripture: An Auseinandersetzung with Susannah Ticciati. Journal of Theological Interpretation, 10(1), 103-116

This article considers the relationship between the Bible and theology via the work of Susannah Ticciati, who works with the Bible from the perspective of theology. An exposition of Ticciati’s account of election and divine jealousy in Rom 9–11 and D... Read More about Theological Thinking and the Reading of Scripture: An Auseinandersetzung with Susannah Ticciati.

Theological Approaches to the Old Testament (2016)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2016). Theological Approaches to the Old Testament. In J. Barton (Ed.), The Hebrew Bible : a critical companion (480-506). Princeton University Press

Learning to be a Theologian (2015)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2015). Learning to be a Theologian. In J. Byron, & J. N. Lohr (Eds.), I (Still) Believe (201-210). Zondervan

Bible and Church, Bultmann and Augustine: A Response to David Congdon (2015)
Journal Article
Moberly, R. (2015). Bible and Church, Bultmann and Augustine: A Response to David Congdon. Journal of Theological Interpretation, 9(1), 39-48

I respond here to Congdon’s 2014 response to my 2012 essay on Bultmann and Augustine. I argue that although Congdon offers a useful account of Bultmann’s theology and ecclesiology on its own terms, he does not sufficiently relate this to the question... Read More about Bible and Church, Bultmann and Augustine: A Response to David Congdon.

Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture (2013)
Book
Moberly, R. (2013). Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture. Baker Academic

Leading Old Testament theologian Walter Moberly probes what is necessary to understand and appropriate the Hebrew Bible as a fundamental resource for Christian theology and life today. This accessible, provocative volume offers a creative example of... Read More about Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture.

'Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?' (Job 1-2,28) (2013)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2013). 'Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?' (Job 1-2,28). In A. T. Lincoln, J. G. McConville, & L. K. Pietersen (Eds.), The Bible and spirituality : exploratory essays in reading the Bible spiritually (20-37). Cascade

Election and the Transformation of Herem (2013)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2013). Election and the Transformation of Herem. In G. A. Anderson, & J. S. Kaminsky (Eds.), The call of Abraham : essays on the election of Israel in honor of Jon D. Levenson (67-98). University of Notre Dame Press

Biblical Hermeneutics and Ecclesial Responsibility (2013)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2013). Biblical Hermeneutics and Ecclesial Responsibility. In S. E. Porter, & M. R. Malcolm (Eds.), The Future of Biblical Interpretation: Responsible Plurality in Biblical Hermeneutics (133-156). Paternoster

Pneumatic Biblical Hermeneutics: A Response. (2012)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2012). Pneumatic Biblical Hermeneutics: A Response. In K. L. Spawn, & A. T. Wright (Eds.), Spirit & Scripture: Examining a Pneumatic Hermeneutic (160-165). T. & T. Clark International

Prophecy (2011)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2011). Prophecy. In I. McFarland, D. Fergusson, K. Kilby, & I. Torrance (Eds.), Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology (413-414). Cambridge UP

Miracles in the Hebrew Bible (2011)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2011). Miracles in the Hebrew Bible. In G. H. Twelftree (Ed.), The Cambridge companion to miracles (57-74). Cambridge University Press

The State of the Art in Biblical Hermeneutics (2010)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2010). The State of the Art in Biblical Hermeneutics. In C. Hill, M. Kaiser, L. Nathaniel, & C. Schwoebel (Eds.), Communion Already Shared and Further Steps: 20 Years after the Meissen Declaration (247-264). Otto Lembeck

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament (2010)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2010). Preaching Christ from the Old Testament. In G. J. Kent, P. J. Kissling, & L. A. Turner (Eds.), 'He Began with Moses...': Preaching the Old Testament Today (233-250). Inter-Varsity Press

Is Election Bad for You? (2010)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2010). Is Election Bad for You?. In J. Middlemas, D. J. Clines, & E. K. Holt (Eds.), The centre and the periphery : a European tribute to Walter Brueggemann (95-111). Sheffield Phoenix Press

Exemplars of Faith in Hebrews 11: Abel. (2009)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2009). Exemplars of Faith in Hebrews 11: Abel. In R. Bauckham, D. R. Driver, T. A. Hart, & N. MacDonald (Eds.), The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology (353-363). Eerdmans

Pentateuch (2009)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2009). Pentateuch. In K. D. Sakenfeld (Ed.), The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible: Me-R: Volume 4 (430-438). Abingdon Press

The Theology of the Book of Genesis (2009)
Book
Moberly, R. (2009). The Theology of the Book of Genesis. Cambridge University Press

The book of Genesis contains foundational material for Jewish and Christian theology, both historic and contemporary, and is almost certainly the most appealed-to book in the Old Testament in contemporary culture. R. W. L. Moberly’s The Theology of t... Read More about The Theology of the Book of Genesis.

Johannine Christology and Jewish-Christian Dialogue. (2008)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2008). Johannine Christology and Jewish-Christian Dialogue. In M. Bockmuehl, & A. J. Torrance (Eds.), Scripture's Doctrine and Theology's Bible: How the New Testament Shapes Christian Dogmatics (45-58). Baker Academic

On Learning Spiritual Disciplines: A Reading of Exodus 16. (2007)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2007). On Learning Spiritual Disciplines: A Reading of Exodus 16. In J. McConville, & K. Moeller (Eds.), Reading the Law: Studies in Honour of Gordon J. Wenham (213-227). T. & T. Clark International

Jonah, God’s objectionable mercy and the way of wisdom (2003)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2003). Jonah, God’s objectionable mercy and the way of wisdom. In D. F. Ford, & G. Stanton (Eds.), Reading texts, seeking wisdom (154-168). SCM Press

We have been invited to consider the relationship between Scripture and Theology with special reference to wisdom. The significance of wisdom in relation to biblical study can be conceived in at least two quite different ways. On the one hand, there... Read More about Jonah, God’s objectionable mercy and the way of wisdom.

The Christ of the Old and New Testaments. (2001)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (2001). The Christ of the Old and New Testaments. In M. Bockmuehl (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Jesus (184-199). Cambridge University Press

'Theology of the Old Testament'. (1999)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (1999). 'Theology of the Old Testament'. In D. W. Baker, & B. T. Arnold (Eds.), The Face of Old Testament Studies: A Survey of Contemporary Approaches (452-478). Baker Books

'On Learning to be a True Prophet: The Story of Balaam and his Ass'. (1999)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (1999). 'On Learning to be a True Prophet: The Story of Balaam and his Ass'. In P. J. Harland, & R. Hayward (Eds.), New Heaven and New Earth: Prophecy and the Millennium: Essays in Honour of Anthony Gelston (1-17). Brill Academic Publishers

'Toward an Interpretation of the Shema'. (1999)
Book Chapter
Moberly, R. (1999). 'Toward an Interpretation of the Shema'. In C. Seitz, & K. Greene-McCreight (Eds.), Theological Exegesis: Essays in Honor of Brevard S. Childs (124-144). Eerdmans

Genesis 12-50. (1992)
Book
Moberly, R. (1992). Genesis 12-50. JSOT Press