Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch offers a clear overview of the "five books of Moses," as well as an introduction to the historical and textual questions that modern scholarship has posed and the answers it has proposed. This critically informed, textually sensitive introduction to the Pentateuch introduces students to

• the basic features of the Pentateuch
• the social world of the Bible
• the latest scholarship on the composition of the Pentateuch
• literary techniques and forms
• theme, composition and rhetorical function of the Pentateuch

In this textbook you will find double-column formatting for ease of use, annotated bibliographies for further reading, sidebar explorations of select historical and textual topics in greater detail, a glossary of terms, and relevant charts and maps.

• 0830825444
• Exploring the Old Testament, Volume 2: A Guide to the Historical Books (Exploring the Bible)
• Exploring the Old Testament, Volume 3: A Guide to the Psalms & Wisdom Literature (Exploring the Bible: Old Testament)
• Jesus according to Paul (Understanding Jesus Today)
• Jesus the Messiah: A Survey of the Life of Christ