Old Testament

Newly issued in a series of part volumes, the OBC is now available in an affordable and portable format for the study of specific sections of the Bible. The Pentateuch, or Torah ('the law'), comprises the first five books of the Hebrew Bible,...

This book brings together aspects of controversy about the Bible at the end of the millennium with emphasis on the Old Testament and the history of Israel. The central question is how far the Bible gives a vision into a real world of the past and...

This revised edition includes rewritten material on historical questions in chapter 3; added material on the theme of liberation theology in chapter 7; a revised version of "The Old Testament as Liberation"; and a revised version of chapter 4.

In this latest addition to the Handbooks for Old Testament Exegesis series, Peter T. Vogt continues the tradition of excellence established by previous volumes. Divided into three parts, Interpreting the Pentateuch first provides an overview of the...