Reading the Pentateuch as Christian Scripture

Reading the Pentateuch as Christian ScriptureContemporary readers often struggle with the Pentateuch, finding it difficult to understand, if not outright boring or even offensive. In this accessible survey textbook, David J. H. Beldman and Michael J. Rhodes help students discover that the Pentateuch is the critical launching pad and starting point for encountering God and God's ways in the world. These texts are the "big bang" of the Bible: The entire universe of the scriptural story spins out

offer moral counsel

the fourth of eighteen volumes in the Paideia series

Book order influences meaning and application

In an attempt to bridge the Old and New Testament worlds

Sloan argues that the proper framework for understanding Jesus's legal instruction is his announcement of Israel's covenantal restoration

and further reading suggestions are included

complements the successful Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalms series

Wenig adds a step to the preaching method that has been widely accepted and utilized by Robinson's former students

These differences have caused denominational ruptures that have yet to heal

Markus Bockmuehl advocates the recovery of a plural but common conversation on the subject of what the New Testament is about

Each volume

"Writing with the lens of a theologian