- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Moody Publishers; Rev Exp Su edition (Oct 9 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0802441270
- ISBN-13: 978-0802441270
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.1 x 3.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 699 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #600,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Gain a new understanding of the incredible events, great prophets and rich theological themes documented in the Old Testament historical books.
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David Howard introduces us to the 12 historical books of the Old Testament, providing fascinating cultural background information, sketching major themes, solving problems, and answering questions.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The best book ever on the Historical Books!,
By Kristian Lavrentidis (walt_stockholm@hotmail.com) (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books (Hardcover)
David Howard has compiled a great review of the Old Testament Historical books, probably the best work ever on this subject! Howard is lucid, scholarly, and exegetical; this book is a necessity for any student of the Old Testament! He does a great job on outlining, interpreting, and applying these books; he also has a great introductory chapter about the nature of narrative material. No one is left in the dark about the various aspects of the Historical books after reading this! He also includes plenty of detail and indices for the reader. This book is truly great!
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4.5 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book ever on the Historical Books!,
By Kristian Lavrentidis (walt_stockholm@hotmail.com) - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books (Hardcover)
David Howard has compiled a great review of the Old Testament Historical books, probably the best work ever on this subject! Howard is lucid, scholarly, and exegetical; this book is a necessity for any student of the Old Testament! He does a great job on outlining, interpreting, and applying these books; he also has a great introductory chapter about the nature of narrative material. No one is left in the dark about the various aspects of the Historical books after reading this! He also includes plenty of detail and indices for the reader. This book is truly great!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent resource,
By M. J. Keel - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books (Hardcover)
This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in research and teaching on the Old Testament (OT). It starts off with an introduction to OT literature then in each chapter gives historical information and theological analysis of all of the OT historical books. If you have ever found it useful to go to a commentary to get an overview of an OT book you will find this book doubly useful. Howard is a good writer to boot. Highly recommended for bible students, pastors, teachers, and anyone else interested in studying the bible in depth.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A wonderful resource for understanding the OT historical books...,
By Chad Oberholtzer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books (Hardcover)
I read David Howard's "An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books" for a seminary course, taught by Dr. Howard himself. Having used several OT introductions, this is one of my favorites. It is comprehensive and rigorous, while also being readable and accessible to those outside of academia. Howard is an evangelical, which is reflected in his utmost reflect for the biblical text and his commitment to the doctrine of inspiration. However, he is thoroughly aware of the breadth of scholarship outside the evangelical world and makes frequent reference to ideas and approaches from outside the evangelical mainstream, while remaining sympathetic to his own tradition. My primary critique of the book centers around the occasions when Howard defaulted to an evangelical position on a particular topic, seemingly for no other reason than that it was the evangelical position. The argument seemed to be that if evangelical scholars largely agreed on a particular point, then their opinion was conclusive. I would have preferred in those moments if he had taken a bit of time to flesh out the reasons for the evangelical consensus.Of course, a book with the goal of analyzing all of the books from Joshua through Esther will necessarily have to skim over some key points, so if Howard missed some opportunities for potentially helpful explanations, this is an understandable shortcoming of the nature of an introductory text. Nonetheless, his approach remained quite thorough throughout, and I anticipate that I will refer back to this book whenever I am studying one of the OT historical books, to help me understand basic things like authorship, date, and setting, as well as more complex things like themes and theology. I would recommend this textbook to anyone willing to learn from a thoughtful evangelical scholar about the OT historical books. |
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