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An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Old Testament is more than a religious history of the nation of Israel. It is more than a portrait gallery of heroes of the faith. It is even more than a theological and prophetic backdrop to the New Testament. Beyond these, the Old Testament is inspired revelation of the very nature, character, and works of God. As renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke writes in the preface of this...

narrators rely on a well-disposed, active reader who takes the plot to heart and lets it be inscribed in the soul. In other words, they use rhetoric to communicate their message. Consequently the theologian must reflect critically on their rhetoric in order to engage with their messages. The approach of this theology is also canonical and thematic, because to think critically about the Old Testament, the Christian theologian must integrate the Old Testament writers’ messages with those of the inspired
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