A Biblical Itinerary: In Search of Method, Form and Content. Essays in Honor of George W. Coats

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A Biblical Itinerary is dedicated to George Coats, former Professor of Old Testament at Lexington Theological Seminary, Kentucky and author of Rebellion in the Wilderness, From Canaan to Egypt, and Moses: Heroic Man, Man of God, and other books. The essays collected here, reflecting many of George Coats's interests, include 'Structure and Meaning in the Sinai-Horeb Narrative' (Joseph Blenkinsopp), 'Biblical and Early Islamic Moses' (Malcolm Clark), 'What Does the Bible Say? A Question of Text and Canon' (David Gunn), 'On the Task of Old Testament Theology' (Rolf Knierim); 'Scripture and the Formation of Christian Identity' (Roy Melugin); 'Some Reflections on the Canonical Moses: Moses and Abraham' (Rolf Rendtorff), and other papers by Trent Butler, Eugene Carpenter, James Crenshaw, John Roffey, Lawson Stone, Gene Tucker and John Van Seters.

Eugene Carpenter is Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew and Chairperson of the Division of Religion and Philosophy at Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana.