Toward Rediscovering the Old Testament

by Walter C. Kaiser Jr.

Book Overview

Toward Rediscovering the Old Testament gives an up-to-date, concise, and challenging presentation of several major areas of Old Testament study. After defining the problems, the author proposes models and solutions for some age-old dilemmas. Here are just some of the more than two dozen major questions that are discussed: What makes the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament authoritative for the church? How much continuity and discontinuity is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031037121X
• ISBN13: 9780310371212
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

a good primer on old testament biblical theology

This book is part of the "Toward" series that Kaiser has written. He takes somewhat of a middle road between dispensationalism and covenant theology by his promise-fulfillment method. The book has 3 parts: an overview of the history of OT theology, an overview of the "promise" concept in OT theology and thirdly an overview of how to apply the OT today. Basically this book would make an excellent textbook for an introduction to Old Testament biblical theology. One weakness is his strange insistence that Evangelicals must use higher-criticism (pg. 75), albeit in a modified way. Also, his insistence that "promise" is the dominant over-arching theme of the OT is somewhat weak as well. Though somewhat dated in the area of current trends in OT biblical theology, it is an excellent exposure to important questions and issues.