The Old Testament

The first point that must be made here is that the point of view of the authors of this meaty volume is tinged heavily by their Christian evangelical attitudes. The authors consider the Old Testament to be not only a historical study of a time and place in history (the Middle East, during the two thousand years before Christ,) but also the precursor to the New Testament, in a purely religious sense (1).

Thus, the authors emphasize the importance of the old Testament as the foundation upon which Christianity is based, as well as being the ultimate authority cited by both Christ and the Apostle Paul when validating their worldly missions. In fact, even though the content of Christ's and Paul's teachings differs somewhat, their erudition with regard to the teachings of the Hebrew prophets, and the message of the other sacred writings, links them together, in proclaiming the fulfillment of the old Testament, and the beginning of the New (1-5).

In order to make their case more strongly, the authors use the word "typology," which denotes a link between events in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Many of the sayings of Christ were echoing sentiments expressed in the Old Testament, as well

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rds, is it law or is it history? The authors are hard pressed to answer that question, but they give it their best. The authors think that there is real evidence that the hand of Moses is present in these writings, even though no authorship can be discerned with any real accuracy, because no author is mentioned and the stories in the five books are somewhat disjointed. However, later in the Old Testament (Exodus), there is mention of the fact that Moses was compelled by Yahweh to write down certain laws for the people of Israel, so as to keep them true to the Covenant they had made with the Lord (61-62). The major problem of existence as presented in the Pentateuch is the problem of sin. In the beginning, the world is idyllic, except for Man, who insults God by disobeying His laws. However, in the process of becoming the same as he was in the time of Adam, Man is provided with God's grace, which helps him to be the best he can be. God therefore equips Man with the tools necessary to help him fulfill God's plans (87). In the chapter on the book of Genesis (88-116), the authors discuss something of fundamental importance to any study of biblical text: the question of whether or not the flood story is original, a Hebrew st
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