What every student of the Old Testament needs is a short volume, concise and comprehensive, manageable and affordable, on the biblical book he or she is studying. OLD TESTAMENT GUIDES have been designed with the student's needs in mind: -introduction to the contents of the biblical book -balanced survey of the important critical issues -concentration on theological perspectives -assesment of the most recent scholarship -cross-references to standard works on Old Testament history and theology -annotated bibliographies OLD TESTAMENT GUIDES are published by the Sheffield Academic Press for the...

A top Old Testament theologian known for his accessible and provocative writing probes what is necessary to understand and appropriate the Hebrew Bible as a fundamental resource for Christian theology and life today. This volume offers a creative example of theological interpretation, modeling a way of doing Old Testament theology that takes seriously both the nature of the biblical text as ancient text and also the questions and difficulties that arise as believers read this text in a contemporary context.

Walter Moberly offers an in-depth study of key Old Testament passages,...

A top Old Testament theologian explains why the Bible is unlike any other book and shows how faith in the God of the Bible is reasonable in the twenty-first century.