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Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament (Second Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Since its initial publication in 1982, Old Testament Survey has served as the standard textbook on the background, content, literary quality, and message of the Old Testament. The second edition of this excellent work has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account new research in the field of Old Testament studies. The book now also includes important new contributions from six...

(3) Earlier books (i.e., the preexilic prophets) have no such references. This evidence indicates that the tradition is a growing one. The connection to Moses is extended from some laws, to all laws, then to the whole Pentateuch.8 The tradition’s continued growth is further seen in the frequent New Testament references to the whole Pentateuch as the “law” or “book of Moses” (Mark 12:26; Luke 2:22; Acts 13:39) or simply “Moses” (Luke 24:27), and to the whole Old Testament as “Moses and the prophets” (16:29).
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