{"product_id":"dictionary-of-the-old-testament-pentateuch-the-ivp-bible-dictionary-series-9780830817818","title":"Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLogos Book Award Winner ECPA Gold Medallion Finalist The first five books of the Old Testament lay the foundation on which the rest of Scripture stands. Its great themes  epochal events and towering figures set down vectors on which the biblical story is played out. The very shape of the rest of the Old Testament would collapse were the Penteteuch to be removed. The structure of New Testament thought would be barely intelligible without it. Here we meet the great ancestral figures of Israel--Abraham  Isaac and Jacob--and the towering figure of Moses  whose presence dominates four of these five books. The creative act of God  the paradisal garden  the exile of Adam and Eve  the judgment of the great flood  the call of Abraham from among the nations  the covenant of Abraham  the exodus from Egypt  the giving of the law at Sinai  the plan of the tabernacle  the varied experiences of Israel in the wilderness  and the announcementof the covenant blessings and curses--all of these and more contribute to a work of world-formative power. This dictionary explores the major themes and contours of the Pentateuch. Behind and beneath the grandeur of the Pentateuch  issues of historicity have both puzzled and beckoned. But whereas in the mid-twentieth century many English-speaking scholars were confident of archaeological support for the patriarchal accounts  the climate has now changed. In the most extreme cases  some contemporary scholars have radically challenged the antiquity of the ancestral stories  arguing for their final composition even as late as the Hellenistic era. This dictionary examines and weighs the historical issues and poses possible solutions. The documentary hypothesis  the former reigning critical consensus  is now widely rumored to be on life support with no heir apparent. Meanwhile  conservative scholars reconsider what indeed a claim to Mosaic authorship should entail. This dictionary offers an assessment of the array of questions surrounding these issues and considers some possible ways forward for evangelical scholarship. At the same time  there has been a fruitful turning to the nature  message and art of the received text of the Pentateuch. Literary studies of brief episodes  sprawling sagas  complex narrative and even the fivefold composition of the Pentateuch itself have delivered promising and exciting results. This dictionary offers both appreciative panoramasand close-up assessments of these developments and their methods. The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is the first in a four-volume series covering the text of the Old Testament. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament and its background  this encyclopedic work is characterized by close attention to the text of the Old Testament and the ongoing conversation of contemporary scholarship. In exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch  editors T. Desmond Alexander and David W.Baker  with an international and expert group of scholars  inform and challenge through authoritative overviews  detailed examinations and new insights from the world of theancient Near East. The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is designed to be your first stop in the study and research of the Pentateuch  on which the rest of the Bible is built. Reference volumes in the IVP Bible Dictionary Series provide in-depth treatment of biblical and theological topics in an accessible  encyclopedia format  including cross-sectional themes  methods of interpretation  significant historical or cultural background  and each Old and New Testament book as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665893122101,"sku":"ByrdShop_0830817816","price":65.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780830817818.jpg?v=1782413197","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dictionary-of-the-old-testament-pentateuch-the-ivp-bible-dictionary-series-9780830817818","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}