Metaphysics and the God of Israel: Systematic Theology of the Old and New Testaments

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Some reflections on the concept of rationality for a systematic theology of the Old and New Testaments -- The first two days of creation: time and space -- YHWH the God of Israel, divine self-determination, and the mechanics of divine action -- God the self-determining self and some classical problems of the doctrine of creation -- The sixth day of creation: the creation of humankind and the Imago Dei -- The seventh day of creation: 'our God who art in heaven' in the world -- The self-determining self and Israel's historical experience of YHWH -- YHWH in the Exodus narrative: the self-determining self who is also a desisting, forbearing self -- God and primeval history -- God and the Deuteronomistic history -- The Gospel narrative, subsitutionary atonement, and the 'directional eye' fo the evangelist -- Substitutionary atonement and the origins of Divine triunity.