Description: Helps readers understand many of the Old Testament's puzzling and difficult passages, providing a framework for interpreting the Old Testament and using it in Christian ethics.
Brief description: Andrew Sloane joined the faculty of Morling College (the Baptist Theological College of NSW) in 2002 as lecturer in Old Testament and Christian thought. He initially trained as a doctor before turning to theology. He completed his theological education at Morling College and has worked in Baptist churches in Sydney and Newcastle and lectured at Ridley College in Melbourne. He has written on Old Testament, interpretation, ethics and philosophy. On April 15, 2008, Andrew Sloane spoke in a forum at the University of Melbourne opposite Peter Singer (professor of practical ethics at Princeton and Melbourne University