Survey of the Old Testament- Everyman's Bible Commentary

by Paul N. Benware

Book Overview

"The New Testament Scriptures will never be properly understood by a person if the Old Testament Scriptures essentially remain a mystery to him," says Paul Benware.

Most Christians do not have a clear understanding of the pattern, unity, or progression of the Old Testament. They can tell stories of Moses, Noah, and David, but they aren't sure how all these events fit together. And they don't fully appreciate the doctrines found in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802421237
• ISBN13: 9780802421234
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"

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This detailed commentary explains a lot of the history of the Old Testament. This was a required text for a Bible class that I took and I fell in love with it. I now own Benware's Survey of the New Testament as well. This book seems to coincide with scripture and give some detailed information while using many good references including the Bible. Each section is outlined so that it is easy to follow giving the reader the dates that each book of the Bible was written, Purpose of each book and Summary. As a student of the Bible, I recommend this book in your collection. Christian Fobian, Author of Why Christ?

Solid Book

Dr Benware was my college professor at the Moody Bible Institute over twenty years ago. He offers a very fundamental view of the Old Testament; coming from a dispensational point of view. The book is a compilation of the notes of his college course, with the added depth and polish of many years teaching experience in addition to his personal study of the Old Testament. The book also has some charts and lists which summarize a significant amount of subject matter into an easy to understand visual presentation. Dr Benware is a talented speaker and the book reads with the ease of being in his classroom. We are currently undertaking an Old Testament survey in an adult Sunday school class and this book provides a great basis to develop the curriculum for that class. In addition to reading the Old Testament, I would recommend this book for those seeking a better understanding of the overall picture of the first 39 books of the Bible.

Excellent conservative interpretation of the Old Testament

An in-depth analysis of each book in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). Each book's authorship, date, purpose, basic outline, and summary is described. This is written from a Fundamentalist Christian viewpoint. The author believes in the inerrancy of the Bible. Thus he believes that Moses wrote Genesis, and Daniel wrote Daniel. A very fine book for fundamentalist Christians; quite unsuitable for mainline or liberals.