The Pentateuch
The Pentateuch by Terence E. Fretheim, published by Abingdon Press in 1996, offers an insightful introduction to the Pentateuch for modern readers. This 183-page volume emphasizes the text’s enduring relevance and its ability to convey messages about God. Fretheim presents a critical study of the Pentateuch, proposing a reading approach that highlights its rhetorical strategies, which are intended to influence the faith and lives of its audience.
Readers will find that the book is structured into two main parts. The first part provides foundational insights into the critical study of the Pentateuch, while the second part delves into the individual books within this significant section of the Old Testament. Fretheim’s work engages with themes of biblical criticism and interpretation, making it a valuable resource for those interested in religion and biblical studies. This edition is presented in English and measures 9 inches in height and 6 inches in length.
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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.
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