Description: McConville reevaluated the way in which Deuteronomic theology is understood in modern Old Testament research by arguing the Deuteronomy is an early and formative factor in the development of Old Testament religion by examining its teaching about God, revelation, history, election and covenant, by tracing these themes through the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings.
Brief description: J. Gordon McConville is professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and is a member of the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University. He is the author of Law and Theology in Deuteronomy and Judgement and Promise: Interpreting the Book of Jeremiah.