The Pentateuch

• Author(s): Terence E. Fretheim,
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Pages: 183
• ISBN_10: 0687008425
  ISBN_13: 9780687008421
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Biblical Studies / General , Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament , Religion / Biblical Meditations / General , Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General , Religion / Reference ,

Description:... In this volume, Terence E. Fretheim seeks to introduce the Pentateuch to modern readers, stressing its continuing capacity to speak a word of--or about--God. The two chapters of Part One provide an orientation to the critical study of the Pentateuch and present a proposal for reading the Pentateuch in terms of its rhetorical strategy. That strategy, Fretheim argues, is designed in such a way as to have a certain effect upon its readers, most basically to shape their faith and life. The five chapters of Part Two focus on the individual books that comprise the Pentateuch.