The Pentateuch is the foundation for understanding the Old Testament and the Bible as a whole. Yet through the centuries it has been probed and dis...
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Feb 01, 2010
Pastoralmusings
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What can be said about John H. Sailhamer? He is professor of Old Testament at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Brea, CA, an author of several books, and a very intelligent man.
The Meaning of The Pentateuch covers the gamut of Biblical studies. Not only does it deal with the meaning of the Pentateuch, but it also gives a crash course in hermeneutics, Biblical theology, Old Testament theology, as well as interacting with covenant theology and dispensationalism. Considering this More...
The Meaning of The Pentateuch covers the gamut of Biblical studies. Not only does it deal with the meaning of the Pentateuch, but it also gives a crash course in hermeneutics, Biblical theology, Old Testament theology, as well as interacting with covenant theology and dispensationalism. Considering this More...
Jul 27, 2010
Bob
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Few 600 page books on theology are intended to help the average Bible student as much as the learned theologian. Even fewer succeed in that aim. But I figured something was special about this book when John Piper encouraged everyone who cared about “meaning” to get this book, because it will “rock your world”. Rock my world, it did! And more.
I can’t claim this book is an easy read. I had to work my way through parts of it. But the effort was worth it. Sprinkled throughout the book ar More...
I can’t claim this book is an easy read. I had to work my way through parts of it. But the effort was worth it. Sprinkled throughout the book ar More...
Feb 16, 2010
Jason
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I definitely learned from interacting with this book. However, I am still not persuaded of some of the author's central points, for example, that the laws of the Mosaic covenant were added in response to Israel's sin. There is a great deal to be learned from attending to the structure of the Pentateuch; nevertheless, I felt Sailhamer was stretching his structural readings too far and putting more weight on them than they can legitimately carry.
Jul 13, 2011
Neil
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Sailhamer was quite repetitive over the course of the book, and I felt some of his writing was slightly redundant.
Apr 06, 2011
Gulp! I have seen unabridged dictionaries smaller than this. Might take me a while!
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