Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch

Name: Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch
Brand: IVP Academic
SKU: 853091
Price: 21.20 USD
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Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Author: Gordon J. Wenham
ISBN: 9780830853090

By: Gordon J. Wenham

Product Description

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Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch offers a clear overview of the "five books of Moses," as well as an introduction to the historical and textual questions that modern scholarship has posed and the answers it has proposed. In this volume from the Exploring the Bible Series, renowned Pentateuch expert and author Gordon J. Wenham offers students a critically informed, textually sensitive introduction to the Pentateuch that explores and explains:

the basic features of the Pentateuch
the social world of the Bible
the latest scholarship on the composition of the Pentateuch
literary techniques and forms
theme, composition and rhetorical function of the Pentateuch

In this textbook, you will find double-column formatting for ease of use, annotated bibliographies for further reading, sidebar explorations of select historical and textual topics in greater detail, a glossary of terms, and relevant charts and maps.

Product Information

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Title: Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch
By: Gordon J. Wenham
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 223
Vendor: IVP Academic
Publication Date: 2016

Dimensions: 10.00 X 7.00 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 1 ounce
ISBN: 083085309X
ISBN-13: 9780830853090
Series: Exploring the Bible
Stock No: WW853091

Publisher's Description

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Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch offers a clear overview of the "five books of Moses," as well as an introduction to the historical and textual questions that modern scholarship has posed and the answers it has proposed.This critically informed, textually sensitive introduction to the Pentateuch introduces students to

the basic features of the Pentateuch
the social world of the Bible
the latest scholarship on the composition of the Pentateuch
literary techniques and forms
theme, composition and rhetorical function of the Pentateuch

In this textbook you will find double-column formatting for ease of use, annotated bibliographies for further reading, sidebar explorations of select historical and textual topics in greater detail, a glossary of terms, and relevant charts and maps.

Author Bio

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Gordon J. Wenham is lecturer in Old Testament at Trinity College, Bristol. He was formerly professor of Old Testament at the University of Gloucestershire and is well known for his commentaries on Genesis, Leviticus and Numbers, as well as other studies in the Pentateuch.

Editorial Reviews

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"This is a very readable introduction by one of the leading evangelical scholars currently working on the Pentateuch. Since this section of Scripture presents concepts and characters foundational for all that follows, this is a very important volume indeed."

David W. Baker, Ashland Theological Seminary

"An excellent stepping-stone into the world of the Pentateuch."

James R. Hamrick, Bible Study Magazine, November/December 2008

"Gordon Wenham offers a masterly overview of the Pentateuch, then presents and unpacks its problems clearly and fairly. He leads the reader to appreciate both its narratives and its laws, their significance for ancient Israel and their treatment by modern scholars. With his deep perception and respect for Scripture, he has created an outstanding introduction."

Alan Millard, University of Liverpool