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The Old Testament As Literature (Approaching the Old Testament)
Foundations For Christian Interpretation
Status: Active
Isbn: 1540961311
Isbn-13: 9781540961310
UPC:
Speedy#: 34678X
CPC Super: Biblical Studies
CPC Primary: Old Testament Studies
CPC Sub: Old Testament Introduction
Author: Longman III Tremper
Publisher: Baker Pub Group/Academic
On Hand: 5
Case Qty: 20
Binding: Hardcover
Price: 34.99
Due Date:
Weight lbs.: 1.29
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About:
In the first of a three-volume project covering the foundations of Old Testament interpretation, a leading scholar explores the language and literature of the Old Testament as keys to understanding the biblical text.

Tremper Longman has studied and taught the Old Testament and its interpretation for four decades. Now, in a planned three-book project, he presents his mature thoughts on the essentials of Old Testament interpretation.

This first volume explores the importance of reading the Old Testament as literature. We need to recognize that each culture tells its stories and writes its poems in different ways. To read and understand the Old Testament texts the way the ancient authors intended, we need to be aware of the conventions of Hebrew storytelling and poetry. In part one, dealing with literary theory, Longman investigates how texts create meaning, the history of the study of the Old Testament as literature, and how genre dictates reading strategy. He explores the Hebrew conventions of both narrative and poetry in conversation with contemporary literary analysis. Part two delves into practice, using the tools gained in part one to look at and interpret a variety of Old Testament narratives and poetry.

Longman's accessible writing and balanced judgments make this book suitable for the classroom and the church.

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