Dr Nathan MacDonald - Publications
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Books
Not Bread Alone: The Uses of Food in the Old Testament (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).
What did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008).
Deuteronomy and the Meaning of 'Monotheism' (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, II/1; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003).
Winner of the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise 2007
Edited books
Divine Presence and Absence in the Persian Period (edited with I.J. de Hulster; Forschungen zum Alten Testament II; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming).
Decisive Meals (edited with L. Sutter Rehmann and K. Ehrensperger; Library of New Testament Studies, 449; London: T&T Clark, forthcoming 2012).
The Book of Genesis and Christian Theology (edited with M.W. Elliott and G.M. Macaskill; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, forthcoming 2012).
The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology (edited with R.J. Bauckham, D.R. Driver and T.A. Hart; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009).
A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in Its Ancient Contexts (edited with R.J. Bauckham, D.R. Driver and T.A. Hart; Library of New Testament Studies, 387; London: T&T Clark, 2008).
Journal articles
'The Hermeneutics and Genesis of the Red Cow Ritual in Numbers 19', Harvard Theological Review (forthcoming).
'Response to Patrick Madigan, "The Curse of Monotheism"', Heythrop Journal 51 (2010), pp. 1075-1077.
'Issues in the Dating of Deuteronomy: A Response to Juha Pakkala', Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 128 (2010), pp. 431-435.
'Israel and the Old Testament Story in Irenaeus’ Presentation of the Rule of Faith', Journal of Theological Interpretation 3 (2009), pp. 267–284.
'The Imago Dei and Election: Reading the Old Testament and Its Scholarship with Karl Barth', International Journal of Systematic Theology 10 (2008), pp. 303-327.
'The Literary Criticism and Compositional Logic of Deuteronomy I-IV', Vetus Testamentum 56 (2006), pp. 203-224.
'Listening to Abraham - Listening to YHWH: Justice and Mercy in Genesis 18.16-33', Catholic Biblical Quarterly 66 (2004), pp. 25-43.
'1 Kings viii 23: A Case of Repunctuation?', Vetus Testamentum 53 (2003), pp. 115-117.
Essays in edited volumes
'Did God Choose the Patriarchs? Reading for Election in Genesis', in N. MacDonald, M.W. Elliott and G. Macaskill (eds.), Genesis and Christian Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, forthcoming 2012), pp. 245-266.
'The Spirit of God', in N. MacDonald and I.J. de Hulster (eds.), Divine Presence and Absence in the Persian Period (FAT II; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming).
'"The Eyes of All Look to You": The Generosity of the Divine King', in N. MacDonald, L. Sutter Rehmann and K. Ehrensperger (eds.), Decisive Meals (London: T&T Clark International, forthcoming 2012).
'Happiness in the Pentateuch', in B. Strawn (ed.) Happiness in the Bible (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
'Hospitality and Hostility: Reading Genesis 19 in Light of 2 Samuel 10', in D. Lipton (ed.), Know Your Neighbour: Universalism and Particularism at Sodom and Gomorroah: Essays in Memory of Ron Pirson (The Ancient Near East and Its Literature; Atlanta: SBL, forthcoming).
'Numbers', in J.N. Lohr and R.S. Briggs (eds.), The Pentateuch: A Theological Introduction (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, forthcoming 2012), pp. 113-144.
'A Text in Search of Context: The Imago Dei in the First Chapters of Genesis', in D. Baer and R.P. Gordon (eds.), Festschrift (LHBOTS; London: T&T Clark International, forthcoming).
'Anticipations of Horeb: Exodus 17 as Inner-Biblical Commentary', in D. Lipton and G. Khan (eds.), Studies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert P. Gordon (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 149; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2011), pp. 7-19.
'Edom-Seir in the Narratives and Itineraries of Numbers 20-21 and Deuteronomy 1-3', in G. Fischer, D. Markl and S. Paganini (eds.), Tora für eine neue Generation (BZAR, 17; Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 2011), pp. 83-103.
'Monotheism and Isaiah', in H.G.M. Williamson and D. Firth (eds.), The Interpretation of Isaiah (Leicester: IVP, 2009), pp. 43-61.
'Introduction', in Bauckham, Driver, Hart and MacDonald (eds.), The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009), pp. 1-12
'Moses as Exemplar of Faith', in Bauckham, Driver, Hart and MacDonald (eds.), The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009), pp. 374-382.
'Food and Diet in the Priestly Material of the Pentateuch', in R. Muers and D. Grummet (eds.), Eating and Believing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vegetarianism and Theology (London: T. & T. Clark International, 2008), pp. 17-30.
'Introduction', in Bauckham, Driver, Hart and MacDonald (eds.), A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in Its Ancient Contexts (Library of New Testament Studies, 387; London: T&T Clark, 2008), pp. 1-8.
''Gone Astray': Dealing with the Sotah (Num. 5.11'31)', in S. Walters (ed.), Go Figure! Essays on Figuration in Biblical Interpretation (Princeton Theological Monographs; Eugene, OR: Pickwick Press, 2008), pp. 47-64.
'Aniconism in the Old Testament', in R.P. Gordon (ed.), The God of Israel (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, 64; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp. 20-34.
'Recasting the Golden Calf: The Imaginative Potential of the Old Testament's Portrayal of Idolatry', in S.C. Barton (ed.), Idolatry: False Worship in the Bible, Early Judaism, and Christianity (London: T. & T. Clark International, 2007), pp. 22-39.
'Food and Drink in Tobit and Other "Diaspora Novellas"' in M.R.J. Bredin (ed.), Studies in the Book of Tobit: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Library of Second Temple Studies, 55; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2006), pp. 165-178.
'"Bread on the Grave of the Righteous" (Tob. 4.17)', in M.R.J. Bredin (ed.), Studies in the Book of Tobit: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Library of Second Temple Studies, 55; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2006), pp. 99-103.
'Whose Monotheism? Which Rationality? Reflections on Israelite Monotheism in Erhard Gerstenberger's Theologies in the Old Testament', in R.P. Gordon and J.C. de Moor (eds.), The Old Testament in its World (Oudtestamentische Studiën, 52; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2005), pp.158-167.
'Driving a Hard Bargain? Genesis 23 and Models of Economic Exchange', in M.I. Aguilar and L.J. Lawrence (eds.), Anthropology and Biblical Studies: Avenues of Approach (Leiden: Deo, 2004), pp. 79-96.
'The Origin of "Monotheism"', in L.T. Stuckenbruck and W.E.S. North (eds.), Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, 263; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2004), pp. 204-215.
'From Augustine to Aquinas and Beyond', in T. Gray and C. Sinkinson (eds.), Reconstructing Theology: A Critical Assessment of the Theology of Clark Pinnock (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2000), pp. 21-48.
Dictionary articles
'Monoteismo', in P. Bolognesi, L. De Chirico and A. Ferrari (eds.), Dizionario di Teologia Evangelica (Marchirolo, Varese: Edizioni Uomini Nuovi, 2007), pp. 468-470.
'Cedar', 'Cereals', 'Communal Meals. I. Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', 'Date/Date Palm. I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', 'Eating and Drinking. I. Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', 'Famine and Drought. I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', 'Feeding Miracles. I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', 'Fig/Fig Tree I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', 'Food. I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', 'Fruit. I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', in H.-J. Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopaedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin: W. de Gruyter, forthcoming).
(with Daniel Driver) 'Canonical Criticism. I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament', and 'Childs, Brevard', in H.-J. Klauck et al. (eds.), Encyclopaedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin: W. de Gruyter, forthcoming).
Reviews
Reviews in Biblical Interpretation, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, European Journal of Theology, Expository Times, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Journal of Religion, Journal of Theological Studies, Review of Biblical Literature, SOTS Booklist, Themelios, Theological Book Review, Vetus Testamentum and Zeitschrift fur altorientalische und biblische Reschtsgeschichte.