Deuteronomic History

by Terence E. Fretheim

Book Overview

"We would be naive to think that we can hear these narratives with the same clarity that the first hearers did. An equal naivete, however, would be to suggest that we have no access to their situation, or that it is irrelevant to know how the texts originally functioned. One way to proceed is to juxtapose narratives with issues faced by the people of God in the context to which the narratives were addressed. To lay contextual issues alongside narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687104971
• ISBN13: 9780687104970
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent introduction

This is an excellent introduction to the Deuteronomic history section of the Bible's Old Testament. But the author is Terence Fretheim (not Frethaim--is anyone listening who can make this correction?!).