God's Word to Israel

by Joseph Jensen and Joseph Jensen OSB

Book Overview

Many who recognize the abiding value of the Old Testament as God's Word neglect its study because they see it as a difficult and forbidding subject. Although Father Jensen cannot reduce the difficulty, he uses a combination of the historical, literary, and thematic approaches top resent as unified a treatment as possible, one that with even a modest degree of effort will produce rich rewards. No attempt has been made to cover every aspect of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814652891
• ISBN13: 9780814652893
• Release Date: August 1982
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

College Textbook

This book was used in my Theology class which studied the Bible. Joseph Jensen's writing made certain passages that were unclear make sense by sighting and explaining some of the theories and logic behind arguments. There were maps, timelines, and other such things to make reading and understanding the bible easier.

AN EXCELLENT OT INTRODUCTION

From the catholic point of view, an excellent book. Never rely on one text, however. I suggest also the one by Boadt and the older one by Ellis.