Old Testament Essentials: Creation, Conquest, Exile and Return (IVP Essentials)
Overview
“Christians love the Bible, but they often do not know what to do with the Old Testament,” writes Westmont College professor Tremper Longman. Further, he points out that it includes many types of writing—history, prophecy, poetry, wisdom and apocalyptic. In this helpful volume he offers different strategies for understanding each of these important types of writing. Jesus made a point to tell his disciples that the whole Old Testament anticipated his coming (see especially Luke 24:25–27, 44–45). And so each session includes a special feature called “Anticipating the New Testament.” Through this you will begin to discover the links between the two testaments and gain a fuller sense of our unfolding salvation history.
Top Highlights
“The biblical story of creation was written in the light of these ancient rival claims of creation, not in the light of modern scientific ideas.” (Page 15)
“The depiction of the creation week is a literary presentation of the great truth that the biblical God, and no others, created creation.” (Page 16)
“To be created from the breath of God, on the contrary, expresses a profound understanding of the dignity of humanity” (Page 17)
“the march begins again in Numbers 10:11 as they head to the Promised Land.” (Page 82)
“human beings represent God’s presence, power and authority in the world.” (Page 18)
- Title: Old Testament Essentials: Creation, Conquest, Exile and Return
- Author: Tremper Longman III
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. › Textbooks
- ISBNs: 9780830871940, 9780830810512, 0830871942, 083081051X
- Resource ID: LLS:LDTSTMNTSXLRTRN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:08:25Z
Tremper Longman III serves as Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College. He has written over 35 books, including commentaries on Genesis, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Daniel, Nahum, and Revelation. His books have been translated into 18 different languages. In addition, as a Hebrew scholar, he is one of the main translators of the popular New Living Translation, and has served as a consultant on other popular Bible translations, including The Message, the New Century Version, the Christian Standard Bible, and the Common Bible. He has also edited and contributed to a number of study Bibles and Bible dictionaries, most recently The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
He earned his BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, his MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary, and both his MPhil and PhD from Yale University. Dr. Longman and his wife, Alice, have three sons and eight grandchildren.