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Looking for a clear, comprehensive survey of the Old Testament? Here it is! This readable, scholarly volume gives you invaluable information about the background, content, and message of the Old Testament, as well as the latest interpretative options. Updated endnotes and bibliographies, plus additional charts, illustrations, maps, and a new chapter on archaeology make this a phenomenal resource at a phenomenal price!
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The "Pentateuch" is made up of the first five books of the Old Testament - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
The "Pentateuch" is made up of the first five books of the Old Testament - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Detailed, Readable, and Evangelical.,
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This review is from: Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful text for the student of the Old Testament. The authors are very detailed in their descriptions of each Old Testament book. Not only do they provide a fairly lengthy section in each chapter about the historical setting of the book, but they also provide a review of the message, certain criticisms, theology, date and composition, and certain scholarly events surrounding the text (i.e. hypothesis, theories about the text, etc.). Moreover, the book is filled with photographs, maps, charts, and many other visual aids. The authors have also provided the reader with geographical aids via descriptions, maps, etc. Another important element about this book is the authors' handling of Hebrew poetry. The authors give a description of what Hebrew poetry is, how it works, how to read it, and what its purpose was in context. So as you can see this is a very detailed book. If you are wanting a text that focuses solely on the Old Testament, is detailed and very descriptive, then I don't believe you will find a better text than this one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent,
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This review is from: Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament (Hardcover)
Quite simply, this is an absolutely excellent resource for any study of the Old Testament. It is evangelical, scholarly, balanced, accessible, and provides the reader with the necessary links to New Testament theology which are useful for both academic and pastoral preparation. Pastors, give this to your graduating students heading into a bachelors program. If pastors would teach the material contained in this book to their congregations, many headaches caused by poor application of Old Testament passages and theology would be avoided.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Tedious for most readers,
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This review is from: Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament (Hardcover)
This text is used as a college textbook in my Bible and Theology Batchelor of Science program. As such, I expect a college level text to be challenging reading. However, even for the best reader this book is tedious, unless reserved strictly for use as a resource. Unfortunately to use it as a resource, a good index is necessary. This book has only an index of names and an index of authors available, making the indices hardly worthwhile. It does have some great charts as sidebar content but without an index to them they may be missed. Illustrations are in black and white or blue and white. Color photos are reserved for the book jacket only. The book, while maintaining a fairly conservative theological approach holds rather closely to a JEDP theory regarding the formulation of the Old Testament. This may be confusing to some who were taught to believe that Moses wrote the books of the law. No alternative theory is given that I could find. If you are purchasing this book for a resource, there may be one which is better indexed and more visually appealing. If for casual reading or basic instruction in Old Testament history or literature, please choose something written for this purpose. You will not be satisfied by this book. My readability score for this book is zero!
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