Sometimes the clearest evidence that God has not deserted you is not that you are successfully past your trial but that you are still on your feet in the middle of it.

— Dale Ralph Davis (b. 1944), Alttestamentler, Pastor und Autor

Topics: Illness & Weakness, Faith & Trust, Courage & Strength

Dale Ralph Davis

Dale Ralph Davis (* 1944) ist ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Alttestamentler, Pastor und Autor, der unter anderem am Reformed Theological Seminary lehrte. Er steht für eine theozentrische Auslegung der alttestamentlichen Geschichtsbücher, die hebräische Erzähltexte in ihrer eigenen Botschaft ernst nimmt, statt sie vorschnell typologisch zu überformen. Bibellesern hilft er bis heute, komplexe historische Texte des Alten Testaments verständlich zu erschließen und Gottes Handeln im Alltag zu erkennen.

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