Close
(0) items
You have no items in your shopping cart.
All Categories
    Filters
    Preferences
    Search
    Authors: John Sailhammer

    Meaning of the Pentateuch by John Sailhammer

    $79.99
    Ship to
    *
    *
    Shipping Method
    Name
    Estimated Delivery
    Price
    No shipping options

    About the Book

    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 dissected, weighed and examined, its text peeled back for its underlying history, its discourse analyzed and its words weighed. Could there be any stone in Sinai yet unturned?

    Surprisingly, there is. From a career of study, John Sailhamer sums up his perspective on the Pentateuch by first settling the hermeneutical question of where we should set our attention. Rather than focus on the history behind the text, Sailhamer is convinced that it is the text itself that should be our primary focus. Along the way he demonstrates that this was in fact the focus of many interpreters in the precritical era.

    Persuaded of the singular vision of the Pentateuch, Sailhamer searches out clues left by the author and the later editor of the Pentateuch that will disclose the meaning of this great work. By paying particular attention to the poetic seams in the text, he rediscovers a message that surprisingly brings us to the threshold of the New Testament gospel.

    Table of Contents

    Preface
    Introduction

    Part One: Approaching the Text as Revelation
    1 Understanding the Nature and Goal of
    Old Testament Theology
    2 Finding the Author's Verbal Meaning
    3 What Is the "Historical Meaning" of Biblical Texts?
    4 Finding the Big Idea in the Final Composition of the Text

    Part Two: Rediscovering the Composition of the Pentateuch Within the Tanak
    5 Textual Strategies Within the Tanak
    6 The Composition of the Pentateuch
    7 Textual Strata and Strategy in the Pentateuch

    Part Three: Interpreting the Theology of the Pentateuch
    8 The Nature of Covenant and Blessing in the Pentateuch
    9 Is There a "Biblical Jesus" of the Pentateuch?
    10 The Purpose of Mosaic Law in the Pentateuch
    11 The Theme of Salvation in the Pentateuch
    Conclusion