THE ORIGINAL STORY: God, Israel, and the World

by John Barton

Book by BARTON, John, and Julia Bowden

318 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

John Barton is Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford. His publications include The Theology of the Book of Amos (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Oracles of God: Perceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Israel after the Exile (2007).

For the Canadian poet, see John Barton.

Reviews

[Andy Todd · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had to read this as a set text for a mission/ministry training course. It is packed with valuable information, much of it written in a high scholarly style. But it adopts a layout that is, regrettably, increasingly common, using multiple columns with callouts, text boxes, graphics and cartoons. I hated it. Many of these callouts are repeated whenever a particular term is used, so that some appear half-a-dozen times or more. And some are simply patronising e.g. 'Never confuse the Ark of the Covenant with Noah's ark'. Well, duh.

[Erin Gingrich]

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