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We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology Of Idolatry (2008)

by G.K. Beale(Favorite Author)

4.26 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

083082877X (ISBN13: 9780830828777)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

IVP Academic

review 1: I tried, I really did. But I think I'm on the twentieth page of him re-re-restating the same connection between the same three verses and re-re-stating the same observation about the structure of Baal worship, and I'm giving up. Useful as a technical text, but I should've known what I was in for when the "A Brief Note" section of the Introduction went on for 13 pages.I say this as someone who has spent months immersed in deep technical commentaries; the thesis of this book is solid and deserves to be more widely heard than this particular book will allow.
review 2: Beale, it goes without saying, is an amazing Biblical theologian. Here he argues that the Biblical text continually warns us that a person will become like the object they worship (e.g., Israel worsh... moreipped 'deaf' and 'dumb' idols and therefore eventually became 'deaf' and 'dumb' to the Word of the living God). Beale's insights are very helpful and the book is an enjoyable read. My only criticism is this: Beale's work depends much on the intertextual connections (i.e., allusions) he believes to be present in the Scripture. While there is no doubt that there are many allusions throughout the Scriptures that point to Beale's thesis, Beale frequently cites some of the most subtle and seemingly opaque supposed intertextual connections in support of his proposal. I believe Beale's thesis is correct and overall I think he does an amazing job of supporting it in this work. In the end, however, there are still several instances in which Beale 'stretches' some connections between texts in order to support his proposal. (Beale himself says he is taking a 'maximal' approach to intertextual allusions in this work, and that is clearly evident). I offer this criticism in humility, however, as I am no great Biblical theologian and I am certainly no G.K. Beale. ;) less

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