I have profited more than I can say from Desi Alexander’s essays, his work on the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, and especially his books The Servant King and From Paradise to the Promised Land, so I am eager to dive into his latest book, which arrived in my mailbox just moments ago, From Eden to the New Jerusalem: Exploring God’s Plan for Life on Earth.
Congratulations to our co-contributor on this new book!
October 20, 2008 at 9:06 pm |
[...] by Jim Hamilton on October 20, 2008 Over at the Biblical Theology blog I’ve just posted on T. Desmond Alexander’s book, From Eden to the New Jerusalem: Exploring God’s Plan [...]
October 20, 2008 at 11:01 pm |
Great! When will it be available in the U.S.?
October 21, 2008 at 5:02 pm |
[...] Jim Hamilton notes that T. Desmond Alexander has written a new book, From Eden to New Jerusalem. The table of contents and an excerpt can be seen here. [...]
October 22, 2008 at 9:29 am |
Speaking of books on Biblical theology- What would be your top 3 books for someone to read as an introduction?
October 22, 2008 at 1:56 pm |
Tony,
Great to hear from you! You call for 3, so I’ll give you three and three only:
Stephen Dempster, Dominion and Dynasty,
Tom Schreiner, New Testament Theology, and
T. Desmond Alexander et al., New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (see esp the articles on BT in the first section of the dictionary.
Blessings!
Jim
November 5, 2008 at 4:28 pm |
[...] was a great biblical theology of the Pentateuch. He has followed that work up with his newest work, From Eden to the New Jerusalem. From the Table of Contents, it looks like a great introduction to Biblical [...]
December 6, 2008 at 11:13 am |
I have been informed that Kregel will be publishing From Eden to the New Jerusalem in July 2009.
January 7, 2009 at 4:29 am |
Having read most of the book I have to say that it is phenomenal work! We recently did a live review show in which we talk briefly about this work. You can listen at http://www.reformedforum.org/rmr3/. Thank you Dr. Alexander.