What is your favourite Old Testament Theology?

Currently I'm thinking that I won't order it. I would have mostly been interested in the parts where it compares to the NT:

Unix said:

I'm thinking of purchasing this: Theology of the Old Testament Collection (11 vols.), it's on a sale this month (78% off). What do You think of that collection when You read the product-page?

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The one I mainly use, is: Handbook on the Old Testament Series (4 vols.). It's more like an introduction to the books of the OT. It's on a sale right now, You find the coupon-code at: Get big back-to-school savings. The software is freeware:

childofdust said:

Heh, all the ones I've read so far were pretty bad.

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Optimax said:

Faith.

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Excellent choice.

My most favorite theologies based in the Old Testament are found in Genesis 1-3. I think faith is the most covered concept theology though and it is required for Gen 1-3.

Iosias said:

What is your favourite Old Testament Theology?

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Prophecies about the New Covenant:

31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to[d] them,[e]”
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.” Jer 31:31-34

24 “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ez 36:24-27

But also Ecclesiates's general wisdom about life:

3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

I've been making lots of differents choices since I wrote in this thread last time. I did read from it for a short period, but actually returned that Handbook ... series for a refund. Also, I didn't buy that theology collection, I still only have one volume from it: Into the Hands of the Living God by Lyle Eslinger (2009).

I agree with both of You about Numbers. What I have on it is for example Onkelos on the Torah Understanding the Bible Text by Drazin and Wagner. I got it for $15 used, it's with bonded leather hard cover. For Exodus I use mostly Childs (1974) in the OTL -series which I have both under Accordance and on my Kindle Paperwhite, but I also like the Eerdmans Critical Commentary:

Tzaousios said:

Me too! I like the Pentateuch in general, especially parts of Deuteronomy and Numbers. Since I am a historian by trade, however, the historical books hold a special place in my heart. :

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Achilles6129 said:

I like Exodus

The book of Numbers is a good one too. Or the first 8 chapters of Genesis.

Exodus is one of my favorite books in the entire Bible.

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I didn't previously comment on Eichrodt - I have it now, since I have most of OTL (under Accordance, and in print I have some volumes unavailable under Bible Study softwares).

By now I've read through about half of Waltke's Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical and Thematic Approach, which I only have on my BlackBerry Playbook tablet with PlayBook OS 2.0. At the turn of the Year I tried to install the tiny account on my desktop computer but can't download any of my purchases, I created a log file and will contact the vendor of the software (not Accordance but a platform where I could get it at the very cheapest price and which is inferior to most).

I've deepened my studies of Isaiah 40-66: I've duplicated the volume I mentioned by Goldingay (which I had in print and had read a section from a dozen times) and at the same time got volume one which covers 40:1-44:23 - so now I have those two volumes under a Bible Study software. I also bought Blenkinsopp's treatment of Is 56-66 a while ago in print (and I also have almost all of of AYBC under Accordance).

Additionally I'd like to mention I specifically bought a print copy (I got it within this country from a used books dealer) of: History, Memory, Hebrew Scriptures - A Festschrift for Ehud Ben Zvi (2015), hardcover, edited by Ian Douglas Wilson and Diana Edelman. There are several contributors, some of which I recognise since before.

This Week Tuesday I finally got home my cowhide leather-bound copy of the Complete Jewish Study Bible, 2016 updated text Edition. I don't have it under Bible Study software, the updated Bible text is not even available yet electronically, so I thought I'd just use this paper Bible, which is one of only two Study Bibles I have. Of course I use lots of other versions, such as the 1895 Revised Version, 1977 New American Standard Bible, 1970 New American Bible (i.e. not any later revisions), 2003 Holman Christian Standard Bible, Confraternity Version Old Testament (of which I have two paperback copies and use one daily - it's not complete btw), those except for perhaps the NASB which I don't have in a convient enough format, are the ones I use daily.
Other versions I like a lot include Rieu's 1952 Four Gospels (would use it more if I would dare to wear my fragile hardcover copy), Moffatt (and the NT commentary series he edited - although I don't yet have the OT of his Bible), and I might look into Richmond Lattimore's revision of the RSV but haven't done so yet and don't have any form of a copy.

Otherwise I often use my Oxford Bible Commentary which I have under a Bible Study software.

Ahhh thread necromancy...