Hope for the World from the Old Testament is a collection of essays offered in honour of Professor J. Gordon McConville on his 70th Birthday. Written by friends, colleagues and former doctoral students, this collection of essays reflects on the theme of hope in and from the Old Testament. In a world that so often struggles to find hope due to ever-present tension, disappointment and anxiety, how does the Old Testament encourage us to lift our eyes and see a better future, both here and now and in the end? With essays addressing a wide variety of Old Testament texts, from Genesis to Jeremiah to the Song of Songs, hope is to be found throughout the first testament-hope that challenges and changes our perspective on present reality.