Description:
With this careful, nuanced exegetical volume in the New Studies in Biblical Theology, J. Daniel Hays provides a clear theological foundation for life in contemporary multiracial cultures and challenges churches to pursue racial unity in Christ.
Brief description:
J. Daniel Hays (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor emeritus of biblical studies at Ouachita Baptist University and senior professor of Old Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of twenty books, including Grasping God's Word, The Pentateuch: Life in the Presence of God, The Temple and the Tabernacle, The Baker Illustrated Bible Background Commentary, and God's Relational Presence.
Review Quotes:
Hays' book is an important step in both compelling us to embrace Scripture's vision of multi-ethnic people of God as well compelling us to work for practical expressions of this vision in our own churches.
--Evangelical Review of Theology, July 2007