Exploring the Old Testament, Volume 1: A Guide to the Pentateuch
Author: Gordon Wenham Merchant: ChristianBook Manufacturer: Inter-varsity Press ISBN: 0830825517 Price: $20.99
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Description
The Pentateuch, or Torah, is the charter document of Israel's covenant faith, the foundation of Scripture and the key to understanding the biblical story. The themes that are first struck in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy resonate throughout the Bible. To understand the message of the Pentateuch is essential to interpreting what follows.Gordon Wenham has devoted much of his scholarly career to understanding the Pentateuch, and in this volume he reliably guides you through the corridors of the text, pointing out its features and explaining its difficulties. But Wenham also helps us comprehend the historical and textual questions modern scholarship has posed and the answers it has proposed. And where historical evidence supports or illumines the text, this too is skillfully blended into the discussion. Charts and outlines visually organize complex material, a glossary aids beginning students, maps give helpful spatial orientation to events and the double-column format makes for easy reading. Features:
'What Do You Think' boxes posing questions to consider
