logo
Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch, By Gordon J. Wenham

Exploring the Old Testament

A Guide to the Pentateuch

Exploring the Bible Series

1

by Gordon J. Wenham

Exploring the Old Testament
Paperback
$36.99
  • Length: 223 pages
  • Dimensions: 7 × 10 in
  • Published: September 02, 2016
  • Imprint: IVP Academic
  • ISBN: 9780830853090
Other Formats:

Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch offers a clear overview of the "five books of Moses," as well as an introduction to the historical and textual questions that modern scholarship has posed and the answers it has proposed.This critically informed, textually sensitive introduction to the Pentateuch introduces students to

  • the basic features of the Pentateuch
  • the social world of the Bible
  • the latest scholarship on the composition of the Pentateuch
  • literary techniques and forms
  • theme, composition and rhetorical function of the Pentateuch

In this textbook you will find double-column formatting for ease of use, annotated bibliographies for further reading, sidebar explorations of select historical and textual topics in greater detail, a glossary of terms, and relevant charts and maps.

REVIEWS

"This is a very readable introduction by one of the leading evangelical scholars currently working on the Pentateuch. Since this section of Scripture presents concepts and characters foundational for all that follows, this is a very important volume indeed."David W. Baker, Ashland Theological Seminary
"Gordon Wenham offers a masterly overview of the Pentateuch, then presents and unpacks its problems clearly and fairly. He leads the reader to appreciate both its narratives and its laws, their significance for ancient Israel and their treatment by modern scholars. With his deep perception and respect for Scripture, he has created an outstanding introduction."Alan Millard, University of Liverpool
More
Request an Exam or Desk Copy

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations
Key to Panels
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Abbreviations
1. What Is the Pentateuch? Basic Features
2. Genesis 1--11
3. Genesis 12--50
4. Exodus
5. Leviticus
6. Numbers
7. Deuteronomy
8. Theme of the Pentateuch
9. Composition of the Pentateuch
10. Rhetoric of the Pentateuch
11. Epilogue
Glossary
Index

More

You May Also Like

Ten: Words of Life for an Addicted, Compulsive, Cynical, Divided and Worn-Out Culture, By Sean Gladding
Ten
Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation, By H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe
Reading the Bible on Turtle Island
Exodus: An Introduction and Commentary, By Paul Williamson
Exodus
Exodus: An Introduction and Commentary, By Paul R. Williamson
Exodus
First Nations Version, Bonded Leather: An Indigenous Bible Translation of the New Testament, By Terry M. Wildman
First Nations Version, Bonded Leather
First Nations Version Psalms and Proverbs: An Indigenous Bible Translation, By Terry M. Wildman
First Nations Version Psalms and Proverbs
First Nations Version Psalms and Proverbs: An Indigenous Bible Translation, By Terry M. Wildman
First Nations Version Psalms and Proverbs
Thinning the Veil: Encountering Jesus Christ in the Book of Revelation, By Shane J. Wood
Thinning the Veil
New Explorations in the Lost World of Genesis: Advances in the Origins Debate, By John H. Walton
New Explorations in the Lost World of Genesis
How to Read Genesis, By Tremper Longman III
How to Read Genesis

ABOUT Gordon J. Wenham

Gordon J. Wenham

Gordon J. Wenham is lecturer in Old Testament at Trinity College, Bristol. He was formerly professor of Old Testament at the University of Gloucestershire and is well known for his commentaries on Genesis, Leviticus and Numbers, as well as other studies in the Pentateuch.

Related Titles