OLD TESTAMENT SPECIAL TOPICS
By
Dr. Bob Utley, Retired Professor of Hermeneutics
The following Old Testament Special Topics are taken from our verse by verse commentaries. They deal with:
1. Word studies
2. Theological issues
3. Hermeneutical issues
4. Cultural issues
5. Geographical issues
6. “Hot button” issues in the church today
We hope this will be a quick way for you to access these topics.
A B
C D E F
G H I J
K L M N
O
P Q R S
T U V W
A
Abomination
Additions to Deuteronomy
Age and Formation of Earth
This Age and the Age to Come (The Two Ages)
Age of Accountability
Alcohol (fermentation) and Alcoholism (addiction)
Almsgiving
Amen
Amorite
Ancient Near Eastern Calendars
Ancient Near Eastern Weights and Volumes
The Angel of the Lord
Angels and the Demonic
Anointing
Anthropomorphic Language to describe God
Apocalyptic Literature
Apostasy
B
Believe, Trust, Faith, and Faithfulness in the OT
Blameless, Innocent, Guiltless, Without Reproach
Blessing
Boasting
Bob’s Evangelical Biases
The Two Books
Burial Practices
Characteristics of Israel’s God
Chariots
Cherubim
Coming On the Clouds
Consequences of Idolatry
Cornerstone
Covenant
Covenant Promises to the Patriarchs
YHWH’s Covenant Requirements of Israel
Cremation
Crucial Introductory Articles to NT Apocalyptic
Cubit
Curse
Date of the Exodus
Day (Yom)
That Day
The Dead
The Death Penalty in Israel
The Deity of Christ from the OT
Degrees of Rewards and Punishment
The Demonic in the OT
The Demonic (Unclean Spirits)
Eastern Literature
Eden
Edom and Israel
Effective Prayer
Eighth Century Prophets (the historical setting)
Election/Predestination and the Need for a Theological Balance
Exodus 20:13-17 (the Ten Commandments)
F
Faith
The Faithful Remnant
The Fall
Fatherhood of God
Feasts of Israel
Fertility Worship of the Ancient Near East
Fire
Food Laws (see OT Food Laws)
Forever (‘Olam)
Forgiveness in the OT
G
Giants
Glory
God Described as Human
God Hardened
God Tests His People
Grieving Rites
H
Haggai
Hand
Hang
The Heart
Heaven
Hebrew Grammar
Hebrew Poetry
Hermeneutical Approach to Genesis 1-11
Historical Allusions to Persian Kings
Holy
Homosexuality
Horns used by Israel
Human Sexuality
Human Speech
I
Intercessory Prayer
Israel (the name)
Israel’s Mandated Response to Canaanite Fertility Worship
Jesus the Nazarene
Judge, Judgment, Justice (טפת) in Isaiah
The Kingdom of God
Kings of the Divided Monarchy
Kings of Egypt
Kings of Greece
Kings of Mesopotamia
Know
L
Land, Country, Earth
(ץרא)
Laying on of Hands
Lions in the Old Testament
Location of Mt Sinai
The Lord Hardened
Lord of Hosts
Lovingkindness (Hesed)
M
Matthew 27:9
Medo-Persian Empire Survey of the Rise of Cyrus II
Messiah
Molech
Monotheism
Moon Worship
Moses’ Authorship of the Pentateuch
N
“The Name” of YHWH
Names for Deity
Natural Resources
New Testament Holiness/Sanctification
New Testament Theological Development on the Fall
The Number Twelve
The Old Testament as History
The Old Testament Food Laws
Old Testament Historiography Compared with Near Eastern Cultures
Old Testament Historical Narrative
Old Testament Predictions of the Future vs. New Testament Predictions
OT Prophecy
Old Testament Titles of the Special Coming One
P
Passover
Peace (shalom)
Peace and War
Perseverance
Personal Evil
Personhood of the Spirit
Possess the Land
Post Exilic Chart
Predestination (Calvinism) vs. Human Free Will (Arminianism)
Pre-Israelite Inhabitants of Palestine
The Problems and Limitations of Human Language
Prophet (the different Hebrew terms)
Prophecy
Prophetic Models vs. Apostolic Models
R
Racism
Ransom/Redeem
The Red Sea
The Remnant, Three Senses
Repentance in the Old Testament
Rewards and Punishments
Righteousness
The Route of the Exodus
S
Sabbath
Sacrifices in Mesopotamia and Israel and Their Significance
Sacrificial Systems of the Ancient Near East
Salvation
Satan
Satanic Attempts to Thwart the Messianic Line in Genesis
Seraphim
The Serpent
Shadow as Metaphor for God’s Protection and Care
Shalom (peace)
Sheol (Where Are the Dead)
“The Sons of God” in Genesis 6
Spirit in the Bible
Symbolic Numbers in Scripture
T
The Ten Commandments (see Exodus 20:13-17)
Tensions Between Old Covenant Prophetic Models and New Covenant Apostolic Models
“Tensions” Taken from Crucial Introduction to Vol. 12
Teraphim
Terms for God’s Revelation
Terms Used for Tall/Powerful Warriors or People Groups (Giants)
God Tests His People
Textual Criticism
Thousand (eleph)
Tithe in the Mosaic Legislation
Tithing
Titles of the Special Coming One
The Two Books of God
The Trinity
Trust
Twelve
W
Wealth
Weights and Volumes
Where Are the Dead?
Why Do OT Covenant Promises Seem so Different from NT Covenant Promises?
Why God Clothed Adam and Eve with Animal Skins
Why Are End-time Events so Controversial?
The Wildernesses of the Exodus
Wine and Strong Drink
Wisdom Literature
Women in the Bible
Wonderful Things (אלפ)
Worship
Y
YHWH’s Covenant Requirements of Israel
YHWH’s Grace Acts to Israel
YHWH Hardened
Yom (day)
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