What's the best Introduction to th Old Testament book?
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I've been thinking about the same question. It would have to be very recent (I would say from this ongoing decade) and based on very scholarly research and be based on both the Qumran scrolls and the Septuagint (LXX) to be good.
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Can't get much better than John J. Collin's "Introduction to the Hebrew Bible."
There are a few Introductions that are old enough to be free that still hold up over time and have great insights despite being outdated. Thus, Driver's "Introduction to Old Testament Literature (9th Edition, 1913)."
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Bible Content and Interpretation
A. Essential Reading
God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible, Vaughan Roberts
Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind, Tremper Longman III
According to Plan: the Unfolding Revelation of God in in the Bible, Graeme Goldsworthy
Playing by the Rules, Robert H. Stein
Survey of the Bible, William Hendricksen
B. Further Reading
Christ of the Covenants, O. Palmer Robertson
He Gave Us Stories, Richard Pratt, Jr.
Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament, Christopher Wright
Let the Reader Understand, Dan McCartney & Charles Clayton
The Progress of Redemption, William Van Gemeren
C. Advanced/Comparison Reading
Biblical Theology, Geerhardus Vos
Introduction to the Old Testament, Raymond Dillard & Tremper Longman III
The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, Vern Poythress
Introduction to the New Testament, Carson, Moo, and Morris
The Coming of the Kingdom, Herman Ridderbos
New Testament History, F.F. Bruce
Hermeneutics, Authority and Canon, Carson and Woodbridge
Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation, ed. Moises Silva
A. Essential Reading
God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible, Vaughan Roberts
Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind, Tremper Longman III
According to Plan: the Unfolding Revelation of God in in the Bible, Graeme Goldsworthy
Playing by the Rules, Robert H. Stein
Survey of the Bible, William Hendricksen
B. Further Reading
Christ of the Covenants, O. Palmer Robertson
He Gave Us Stories, Richard Pratt, Jr.
Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament, Christopher Wright
Let the Reader Understand, Dan McCartney & Charles Clayton
The Progress of Redemption, William Van Gemeren
C. Advanced/Comparison Reading
Biblical Theology, Geerhardus Vos
Introduction to the Old Testament, Raymond Dillard & Tremper Longman III
The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, Vern Poythress
Introduction to the New Testament, Carson, Moo, and Morris
The Coming of the Kingdom, Herman Ridderbos
New Testament History, F.F. Bruce
Hermeneutics, Authority and Canon, Carson and Woodbridge
Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation, ed. Moises Silva
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and might I add,
The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, Edmund Clowney
The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, Edmund Clowney
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There's a newer Edition, from 2014, which soon ships, it might still be available for pre-order. It also comes as "Shorter Introduction Hebrew Bible":
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A good one is called "What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About" for an introduction
Christianbook.com: What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: Edited By: Jason S. DeRouchie By: Jason S. DeRouchie, Editor: 9780825425912 <-Link to Christian books for an example of it.
Christianbook.com: What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: Edited By: Jason S. DeRouchie By: Jason S. DeRouchie, Editor: 9780825425912 <-Link to Christian books for an example of it.
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In my signature You can see a thread where commentaries are being discussed, some of them have great introductions.
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To me the best introduction to the Bible is the Book of Enoch...it explains how and why man fell from God.
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Personally, I started my Hermeneutics studies after learning of the Documentary Hypothesis. Gnosticsteachings.org (they get pretty deep into Hebrew letter and word formation), Hebrew4Christians.com, and StudyLight.org were good online resources for me. Genesis 1-4 and the resurrection of Jesus were read in a new light because of those things and it set the tone for the rest of the OT. Beyond that I tend to take it verse-by-verse. StudyLight has an excellent interlinear function where it highlights the words in both languages and all are individual links to their individual definitions and pictograph versions.
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When I posted there was no information that it would be, or when it would be, available in Biblie Study software. So I was originally talking about the print version. The Bible Study software version is $42.95: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
...with an abrevatiated Edition which can be had for $24.95: A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
... both of these are currently still pre-pub orders - therefore the lower price. Both are by the same author:
...with an abrevatiated Edition which can be had for $24.95: A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
... both of these are currently still pre-pub orders - therefore the lower price. Both are by the same author:
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Doesn't pertain to the entire Old Testament, but you might check out Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Moses to start. It is a Christological exegesis of much of the Torah.
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I like the Gospel of John.
It is believed that the gospels were written in the order; Mark, Matthew, Luke, John. Each shows a better understanding of the 'mystery' which was ordained before the world began and kept secret until the cross. Mark started the story with the preaching of John the baptist. Matthew pushed the beginning to Abraham and Luke to Adam. But John goes clear to Ge 1:1 and from the first three words discerns:
1. The Word is the Son who created
2. The Word was in the beginning.
3. The Word was with God.
4. The Word was God.
5. All things were created by him.
6. God spoke and created the world in silence with no witnesses.
7. No one has seen the Father except for the Eternal Son.
8. The Son reveals the father.
9. The word is the life, light, and bread.
10. The purpose of the Bible (from the word bereshith) is that God alone is God - the creator. (bereshit, by the metaphor of the letters "A revelation to man. It is revealed that God spoke and created the heavens and the earth. His word did not return void. What he intended to do, he finished.)
11. From the beginning there was a covenant with man.
The material between Ge 1:1 and the appearance of Adam are the parts of the mystery that became clear to John after Luke wrote his gospel.
It is a great introduction because a silent aleph is recapitulated in 'bereshith' saying the same as Ge 1:1 which explodes into Ge 1. With each day being a table of contents entry to a larger portion of scripture, it in turn explodes into the rest of scripture.
John, the most capable teacher of the mystery, gives the best introduction to the Old Testament and how it should be read as Wisdom literature; always and everywhere pointing to Christ.
It is believed that the gospels were written in the order; Mark, Matthew, Luke, John. Each shows a better understanding of the 'mystery' which was ordained before the world began and kept secret until the cross. Mark started the story with the preaching of John the baptist. Matthew pushed the beginning to Abraham and Luke to Adam. But John goes clear to Ge 1:1 and from the first three words discerns:
1. The Word is the Son who created
2. The Word was in the beginning.
3. The Word was with God.
4. The Word was God.
5. All things were created by him.
6. God spoke and created the world in silence with no witnesses.
7. No one has seen the Father except for the Eternal Son.
8. The Son reveals the father.
9. The word is the life, light, and bread.
10. The purpose of the Bible (from the word bereshith) is that God alone is God - the creator. (bereshit, by the metaphor of the letters "A revelation to man. It is revealed that God spoke and created the heavens and the earth. His word did not return void. What he intended to do, he finished.)
11. From the beginning there was a covenant with man.
The material between Ge 1:1 and the appearance of Adam are the parts of the mystery that became clear to John after Luke wrote his gospel.
It is a great introduction because a silent aleph is recapitulated in 'bereshith' saying the same as Ge 1:1 which explodes into Ge 1. With each day being a table of contents entry to a larger portion of scripture, it in turn explodes into the rest of scripture.
John, the most capable teacher of the mystery, gives the best introduction to the Old Testament and how it should be read as Wisdom literature; always and everywhere pointing to Christ.
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