Journal: Southeastern Theological Review
Volume: STR 06:1 (Summer 2015)
Article: Introduction To The Volume
Author: STR. Editor

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Introduction To The Volume

STR. Editor

Unlike many of the other “themed” editions of Southeastern Theological Review, the current volume is occasional. We are delighted to have received high-quality essays, which have gone through the normal double-blind peer review process. The product, we hope, speaks for itself. As our readers will expect by now, this edition of STR is international and ecumenical in scope, and the essays coalesce around the major research interests that our journal aims to explore: theology (systematic, historical, moral, and applied), biblical studies (Old and New Testaments and biblical theology), philosophy (philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and apologetics and culture), and missiology (missions, evangelism, public square).

In our first essay, James Mulroney explores the Greek of Hab 2:2–5, its meaning, and how it has been received in New Testament texts. This is a close piece of exegetical reasoning which gives insight on the messianic nature of the reception of Hab. 2:4. Mulroney does not believe that the verse is inherently “messianic” in the Hebrew or Greek, but it is rightly received as such, fitting to New Testament to theology and Christian hermeneutics in the light of Jesus.

Our second essay is an interview with Michael Goheen on the publication of his new volume on missiology: Introducing Christian Mission Today. This is a rich work and the interview exposes the motivations, aims and distinctives of the volume (without giving too much away!). This is, by all counts, a landmark text in the field of missiology and worth the effort of sustained reflection from its readers.

An essay by Jonathan Pennington follows Goheen’s interview. Pennington explores the connections between James K.A. Smith’s research in the Cultural Liturgies series and his own research on the Gospels in the New Testament. His is a constructive critique of Smith’s work and a fresh take on research into the Gospels. This

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essay will, no doubt, serve as a window from which readers will see his future work on ethics and the Sermon on the Mount.

David Firth draws attention to the place of God’s instruction in the Psalter. His work is detailed and helps to uncover the important, if underdeveloped, theme of God’s instruction for both the Psalter and biblical scholarship on the Psalter. He provides solid evidence that the theme of God’s instruction is not only present, but significant in the Psalter, and Firth goes further to outline particular functions that the theme serves in the theology of the Ps...

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