Baker Academic

The God of the Old Testament

R. W. L. Moberly

Baker Academic · Biblical Studies
Published March 2026 · ISBN 9781540972019

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Moberly offers robust readings of eight pivotal Old Testament passages that unpack the nature of God in Christian Scripture, demonstrating a Christian approach to reading the Old Testament that holds together the priorities of both scholarship and faith.

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About the author. R. W. L. Moberly (PhD, University of Cambridge) is emeritus professor of theology and biblical interpretation at Durham University, where he has taught for more than thirty years. He is the author of numerous books, including Old Testament Theology, The Bible in a Disenchanted Age, The Theology of the Book of Genesis, and Prophecy and Discernment. He is also an ordained priest in the Church of England.

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