Wonders from Your Law

SOLA Network's Asian American Book Awards Honorable Mention

Finding internal coherence within the Old Testament is a challenging task. Numerous scholars over the centuries have provided various, divergent frameworks to organize the content of the Hebrew Bible. Navigating both the Old Testament itself and the history of its interpretation can feel like a maze of complexity.

Biblical scholar Kevin Chen offers a way of understanding the Old Testament through the orienting lens of what he calls "nexus passages." Such passages pull the material of the Old Testament together through their high connectivity to other Scripture passages. In his thorough textual analyses, Chen shows how these nexus passages serve as lexical, thematic, and theological hubs for understanding the Old Testament. Both exegetical and intertextual, Wonders From your Law gazes deeply into the text for a constructive, evangelical approach to Old Testament theology.



Kevin S. Chen is professor of Old Testament Studies at Gateway Seminary in Ontario, CA. He previously taught at Christian Witness Theological Seminary in San Jose, CA, and Union University in Jackson, TN. He is the author of The Messianic Vision of the Pentateuch and is a contributor to the Worldview Study Bible.







Stephen G. Dempster is emeritus professor of religious studies at Crandall University, and author of numerous publications including Dominion and Dynasty and the Two Horizons Commentary on Micah.



Foreword by Stephen G. Dempster



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Abbreviations



1. Nexus Passages and the Story of Old Testament Theology as a Discipline



2. Genesis 1–3: Creation and Wisdom (Literature)



3. Exodus 15:1-18: The Exodus According to the Song of the Sea



4. Numbers 24: The Star from Jacob and a Deuteroevangelium



5. Deuteronomy 32: A Song for the Ages



6. 2 Samuel 7: Who Is the Son Worthy to Build the Lord's House?



7. Isaiah 52:13–53:12: The Suffering Servant



8. Jonah 2: Exodus 1.5



9. Psalm 72: A Messianic Peak in the Middle of the Psalter



10. Proverbs 8:22-31: Wisdom, the Beginning of the Lord's Way



11. Daniel 9: Daniel, Student of Scripture



Conclusion



Bibliography



General Index



Scripture Index