Controversy rages on about Gods choosing people for salvation. Are only the few elect? Rather than typically beginning with the preconceptions of systematic theologies, Dr. William Klein takes up this question by searching for a biblical theology of election. He surveys the OT contexts of Gods choosing individuals--prophets, priests, kings--to serve divine purposes, and considers Gods election of the nation of Israel as his special people. This OT study proposes that Gods election is both individual and corporate, but not always determinative. Individuals entered the people of God by birth,...