Name: The Old Testament
ISBN: 9780801037146

Richard S. Hess

a historical, theological, and critical introduction

The Old Testament

Jonathan Tysick

An excellent, holistic introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. Hess covers all of the major topics of each Biblical book: textual matters, historical criticism, history of interpretation, historical background, literary criticism, theological and canonical observations. He furthermore gives the reader some observations regarding gender and ideological criticism. 

While written from a moderately evangelical perspective, it would be helpful for all graduate and seminary students. Hess helpfully points out how recent study in archeology and literary criticism invites the reader to be critical of some longstanding historical critical approaches. In the legacy of evangelicalism and other scholars like Brevard Childs, Hess is most interested in the final form of the text and reading it for the Church.

The Old Testament a historical, theological, and critical introduction

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