The Old Testament as Literature: Foundations for Christian Interpretation HC
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Product Code: 9781540961310
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Tremper Longman has studied and taught the Old Testament and its interpretation for four decades. Now, in a planned three-book project, The Old Testament as Literature, he presents his mature thoughts on three ways of approaching the Old Testament text: as literature, as history, and as a source of theology. This first volume explores the importance of reading the Old Testament as literature. Each culture tells its stories and writes its poems in different ways. To read and understand the Old...