Understanding the Old Testament (2 vols.)

Reinhard Kratz and James E. Atwell offer two important resources for students of the Old Testament. Kratz provides an exceptional introduction to the narrative works of the Old Testament, beginning with the Chronistic writings and moving on to the Torah, the prophets and the priestly writings. Atwell demonstrates the Old Testament’s historicity in the midst of the culture and religion in which it was developed, namely the Ancient Near East and Canaan.