Koert van Bekkum
Koert van Bekkum is Professor of Old Testament at the Theologische Universiteit Utrecht, and Guest Professor of Old Testament at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven
Koert van Bekkum, Jaap Dekker (eds)
Righteousness and Suffering in Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology
Traditionally, Christian theology interprets biblical righteousness and suffering as mirroring Christ’s righteous suffering. Yet how does this theological reading relate to scholarly exegesis and biblical theology? The question, for instance, is what role the Old Testament, with its emphasis on human righteousness and suffering, plays in this context. This volume—the unique result of a fruitful cooperation of Evangelical and Reformed biblical scholars and theologians from the Netherlands and France—explores this issue. Drawing on Gert Kwakkel’s exegetical and hermeneutical reflections in studying the Psalms of Innocence, Abram’s righteousness, and Job’s suffering, it shows how a healthy combination of thorough biblical exegesis and careful theological reflection might look.
Forthcoming publication. Pre-orders will open a few weeks before publication date.
Editors
Jaap Dekker
Jaap Dekker is Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Identity at the Theologische Universiteit Utrecht (Henk de Jong-Chair), and Extraordinary researcher at the Faculty of Theology, North-West University, Potchefstroom.
- Title
- Righteousness and Suffering in Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology
- Editors
- Koert van Bekkum
- Jaap Dekker
- Price
- € 165,00 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789048579761
- Format
- Hardback
- Number of pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 31 - 12 - 2026
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 23.4 cm
- Category
- Religion and Theology
- Discipline
- Social and Political Sciences
- Imprint
- ATF Press
1 Introduction
Old Testament
2 Koert van Bekkum – The Righteous Who (Might) Suffer in Genesis to 2 Kings
3 Arie Versluis – Joseph as Righteous Sufferer
4 Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman – Miriam’s Suffering and Righteousness: Jewish Explanations of the Stillbirth in Numbers 12:12
5 Csaba Balogh – In Whom You Trust? King Hezekiah’s Piety in the Light of the Textual History of Isaiah 36:4-10 // 2 Kings 18:1-25
6 Jaap Dekker – Ethnicity and Ethics: The Righteous People of YHWH in the Book of Isaiah
7 Ronald Bergey – The Rhetorical Role of Reiteration in the Suffering Servant Poem (Is 52:13–53:12)
8 Hetty Lalleman – ‘Are You Really Righteous, God?’ Jeremiah’s Cry in Jeremiah 12:1 in the Context of His Suffering
9 Henk de Waard – ‘YHWH Is Our Righteousness’ (Jer 23:6, 33:16): The Meaning of a Symbolic Name of the Davidic Sprout and the City of Jerusalem
10 Eric Peels – Guilty or Not Guilty? The Interpretation of Jeremiah 49:12-13
11 Christian Hilbrands – Judgement, Suffering, and Justice: The Oracles against the Nations as Reflections of YHWH’s Universal Rule
12 Rodrigo de Sousa – Righteousness from the Depths: Jonah’s Prayer and the Paradoxes of Divine Deliverance
13 Michaël de Luca – Psalm 58: A Violent Need for Justice
14 Egbert Brink – A Crushed Spirit Who Can Bear? Exegetical and Interdisciplinary Reflection on Proverbs 18:14
15 Pierre Berthoud – ‘My Intercessor Is My Friend’: The Centrality of a Mediator in Reconciliation (Job 32:6–33:33)
New Testament
16 Donald Cobb – The Gospel of the Kingdom and the Danielic Son of Man
17 Arco den Heijer – ‘Certainly, This Man Was Righteous’ (Luke 23:47): The Suffering of the Righteous One(s) in the Gospel of Luke
18 Arjan van den Os – Suffering for the Royal Truth: The Nature of Jesus’s Kingship and Kingdom in the Pilate-Jesus Dialogue (John 18:33-38a)
19 Myriam Klinker-De Klerck – Suffering from Illness as a Source of Shame
Systematic Theology
20 Barend Kamphuis – Divine and Human Suffering
21 Hans Burger – Ecological Justice and the Voice of the Suffering: The Emergence of a Theme
22 Paul Wells – Violence, Tolerance, and Justification by Faith Alone
23 Ad de Bruijne – Abraham Kuyper and the Martyrs of the End Times
Old Testament
2 Koert van Bekkum – The Righteous Who (Might) Suffer in Genesis to 2 Kings
3 Arie Versluis – Joseph as Righteous Sufferer
4 Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman – Miriam’s Suffering and Righteousness: Jewish Explanations of the Stillbirth in Numbers 12:12
5 Csaba Balogh – In Whom You Trust? King Hezekiah’s Piety in the Light of the Textual History of Isaiah 36:4-10 // 2 Kings 18:1-25
6 Jaap Dekker – Ethnicity and Ethics: The Righteous People of YHWH in the Book of Isaiah
7 Ronald Bergey – The Rhetorical Role of Reiteration in the Suffering Servant Poem (Is 52:13–53:12)
8 Hetty Lalleman – ‘Are You Really Righteous, God?’ Jeremiah’s Cry in Jeremiah 12:1 in the Context of His Suffering
9 Henk de Waard – ‘YHWH Is Our Righteousness’ (Jer 23:6, 33:16): The Meaning of a Symbolic Name of the Davidic Sprout and the City of Jerusalem
10 Eric Peels – Guilty or Not Guilty? The Interpretation of Jeremiah 49:12-13
11 Christian Hilbrands – Judgement, Suffering, and Justice: The Oracles against the Nations as Reflections of YHWH’s Universal Rule
12 Rodrigo de Sousa – Righteousness from the Depths: Jonah’s Prayer and the Paradoxes of Divine Deliverance
13 Michaël de Luca – Psalm 58: A Violent Need for Justice
14 Egbert Brink – A Crushed Spirit Who Can Bear? Exegetical and Interdisciplinary Reflection on Proverbs 18:14
15 Pierre Berthoud – ‘My Intercessor Is My Friend’: The Centrality of a Mediator in Reconciliation (Job 32:6–33:33)
New Testament
16 Donald Cobb – The Gospel of the Kingdom and the Danielic Son of Man
17 Arco den Heijer – ‘Certainly, This Man Was Righteous’ (Luke 23:47): The Suffering of the Righteous One(s) in the Gospel of Luke
18 Arjan van den Os – Suffering for the Royal Truth: The Nature of Jesus’s Kingship and Kingdom in the Pilate-Jesus Dialogue (John 18:33-38a)
19 Myriam Klinker-De Klerck – Suffering from Illness as a Source of Shame
Systematic Theology
20 Barend Kamphuis – Divine and Human Suffering
21 Hans Burger – Ecological Justice and the Voice of the Suffering: The Emergence of a Theme
22 Paul Wells – Violence, Tolerance, and Justification by Faith Alone
23 Ad de Bruijne – Abraham Kuyper and the Martyrs of the End Times
