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UNION WITH CHRIST Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology Vol. 5, No. 1 / April 2019 5, No. Vol. Westminster International Theological Reformed Seminary Evangelical Philadelphia Seminary uniocc.com Vol. 5, No. 1 / April 2019 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFORMED THEOLOGY AND LIFE Editorial Board Members Africa Flip Buys, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Henk Stoker, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Philip Tachin, National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria Cephas Tushima, ECWA Theological Seminary, Jos, Nigeria Asia In-Sub Ahn, Chong Shin University and Seminary, Seoul, Korea UNION WITH CHRIST Wilson W. Chow, China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong Matthew Ebenezer, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Dehra Dun, India Editorial Committee and Staff Benyamin F. 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Single issues may be purchased at $14.00 per copy. Inquiries concerning subscription and orders should be sent to [email protected]. This periodical is indexed in the ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB®), a product of the American Theological Library Association. Email: [email protected], www: www.atla.com. ISSN 2380-5412 (print) ISSN 2473-8476 (online) Copyright © 2019 International Reformed Evangelical Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary. All rights reserved. Unio cum Christo® is a registered trademark of Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Printed in the United States of America and Indonesia CONTENTS Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology 5 Editorial: Dr. Edward J. Young (1907–1968) / ALLAN M. HARMAN OLD TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION AND THEOLOGY 13 The Canon of the Old Testament / WALTER C. KAISER JR. 27 Motifs and Old Testament Theology / BRYAN D. ESTELLE 45 On Finding the Theological Message of Old Testament Books: A Plea for Paying Attention to the Redemptive-Historical Context / GERT KWAKKEL 61 Too Many to Choose from? The English Translation Controversy / LANE KEISTER GENESIS AND LEVITICUS 77 The Torah of Eden and the Conception of Ishmael: Genesis 3:6 and 16:3–4 / RON BERGEY 87 The Paradigmatic Role of Genesis 3 for Reading Biblical Narratives about Desire / CEPHAS T. A. TUSHIMA 103 How the Dwelling Becomes a Tent of Meeting: A Theology of Leviticus / L. MICHAEL MORALES THE PROPHETS 121 The Immanuel Prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 at the Crossroads of Exegesis, Hermeneutics, and Bible Translation / STEFAN FELBER 137 Divine Forgiveness in the Book of Jeremiah / H. G. L. (ERIC) PEELS 155 Reading Jonah Backwards: Reconsidering a Prophet’s Repentance / STEPHEN COLEMAN 3 4 UNIO CUM CHRISTO ›› UNIOCC.COM PROVERBS AND WISDOM 173 Preaching Christ from Proverbs / IAIN DUGUID 191 Gerhard von Rad (1901–1971): A Reluctant Modernist’s Approach to Wisdom Literature / CHARLES KELLY TELFER INTERVIEW 207 Interview with Bruce K. Waltke / PETER A. LILLBACK BOOK REVIEWS 219 Influential Old Testament Theologies / ANDREW T. ABERNETHY 222 Richard Belcher Jr. Finding Favour in the Sight of God: A Theology of Wisdom Literature / JEONG KOO JEON 225 Henri Blocher. Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle / PIERRE-SOVANN CHAUNY 232 Gregory A. Boyd. Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence / PAUL WELLS 235 Brent A. Strawn. The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment / RICHARD P. BELCHER JR. 239 Pierre Courthial. A New Day of Small Beginnings / JEAN-MARC BERTHOUD 247 Contributors 251 Notice: Torah Scroll at the Westminster Library EDITORIAL Dr. Edward J. Young (1907–1968)1 ALLAN M. HARMAN ear the end of my arts course at the University of Sydney, I was given a copy of Edward J. Young’s Isaiah Fifty-Three (1952). I knew of him and his colleagues at Westminster Theological Seminary, but this was my first exposure to his writings. The simplicity with which he wrote and the rich devotional tone Nof the book struck me immediately. That book was but the first of several of Young’s books that I had read before I went to study at Westminster. During master’s and doctoral studies at Westminster, I had the privilege of taking several courses with Dr. Young. For some courses, such as Aramaic and Syriac, I was his only student at the time and hence had much personal contact with him. On one occasion I went and asked him for some informa- tion on a passage in Syriac, and he read the text aloud and commented that he would love to have time just to carry on such reading. I quickly realized what a remarkable man and scholar he was. A brilliant linguist,