This work is the rigorous implementation of an insight that is beautiful in its simplicity and its fertility. There are mighty columns in this temple, each of which may be circled and inspected, but there is also the temple that they support. My first impulse upon entering this temple is...to fall silent.
~Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography, at the 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Panel Review
One of the most intellectually invigorating works of biblical scholarship I have read in years. Coherence in presentation of the biblical understanding of God requires a degree of erudition and courage that few scholars but Feldmeier and Spieckermann could muster. God of the Living is an indispensable resource and stimulus for study.
~C. Clifton Black, Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
Here are two masters of the biblical text who offer a fresh, thick probing of the character of God in the Bible. Their daring capacity to move between the Testaments overcomes the 'radical monotheism of the Second Person' in the New Testament. God of the Living is a major contribution to the on-going work of theological interpretation.
~Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary
Two leading scholars have joined forces to produce a remarkable, original synthesis on the conception of God as it appears in the Christian Bible. Feldmeier and Spieckermann provide much food for thought in this rich and powerful book.
~Guy Stroumsa, Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Feldmeier and Spieckermann have given new life to the venerable but frequently questioned discipline of biblical theology. Their work shines with the spirit of collaboration as they navigate the diversity of scripture—both its tensions and its testimonies—in a way that is compelling and transformative. God of the Living will be a standard reference for many years to come.
~William P. Brown, Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary
God of the Living is a profound volume, worthy of careful study.
~Michael Chan, Luther Seminary, Word & World
Critically informed, exhaustive in treatment, integrative in conception, this volume makes a rare contribution: a scholarly presentation of images of God in both the OT and the NT.
~Mark W. Hamilton, Abilene Christian University, Restoration Quarterly
[Feldmeier and Spieckermann] present a co-written volume on God from an Old Testament and a New Testament perspective – much to be applauded in these days of over-specialization. The weighty resulting volume is a strong statement of a largely traditional way of conceptualizing ‘biblical theology’: the presentation of [a consistent] picture of God across the canon.
~Richard S. Briggs, St John’s College, Modern Believing
An impressive work…representing the greatest minds in Biblical Theology does more than present God as they leaf through the pages of the Bible but they also take the historical matters contained within the text and bring them to light for the reader.
~Don Haflich, The Reformed Register
[ God of the Living] will encourage teachers and students, in academy and church, to formulate a holistic biblical theology of their own, and will provide resources for doing so. Baylor University Press, and the translator Mark E. Biddle, are to be commended for making the book available in English almost immediately on publication of the German volume.
~M. Eugene Boring, Brite Divinity School TCU, Review of Biblical Literature
… a hefty, worthwhile contribution by two colleagues teaching Old and New Testament.
~Holger Szesnat, Pacific Theological College, Theological Book Review
The straightforward title of this volume directly communicates what the subject matter is, but it cannot convey its extraordinary character. Feldmeier and Spieckermann, specialists in New and Old Testament respectively, together undertake an exploration of the nature and character of God that ranges across the canon. The result is no mere catalogue of texts and themes but a bold and often beautiful exposition of the God who lives and who brings life into being.
~Beverly Roberts Gaventa, The Christian Century
