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Bruce Waltke has done a service to fellow Old Testament scholars, pastors, interested laypeople and the church at large.

For Waltke, the text of the Old Testament defines our theology, not vice versa. Refreshingly (from my evangelical perspective), Waltke comes across as less defensive toward "critical" scholarship than other evangelical scholars, but not at all shy of critiquing its faults. In his erudite perspective (Ph.D. Harvard, Th.D. Dallas Seminary with over 30 years of teaching the Old Testament), the Hebrew Bible contains texts written by a variety of authors, over hundreds of years, that underwent editing during various historical epochs, and is culturally situated (and therefore brings all of the benefits and challenges of a culturally situated perspective). Thus, he often comes to different conclusions from other evangelical scholars on topics of genre, science, evolutionary origins, sources, multiple authorship, redaction history, et al. Despite these possible areas of disagreement, many of which I also disagree with him, Waltke firmly believes that this compilation of texts that we call the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible finds itself as a part of God's revelation to humanity.

And Waltke loves this God. I would be remiss for not mentioning how clearly Waltke's love for God comes through these pages. He does not look at the Old Testament from a perspective of neutral reason (as if such a thing exists), but instead comes to the text very openly as a believer in this God. This love also comes across to the reader almost as a pastor ministering to his people while sharing God's words with them.

I highly recommend this volume for Old Testament classes, seminarians, pastors and laity interested in a refreshingly honest, but passionate discussion of what God has revealed through these texts.


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An Old Testament Theology An Exegetical Canonical and Thematic Approach Bruce K Waltke Charles Yu 9780310218975 Books Reviews

Both my wife have been working our way through the ~1000 pages, underlining as we go. Waltke clearly outlines his organizing principles up front to make it easier to follow his development of the topics.
One of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors.
Walk does an excellent job dealing with calvinist and non- calvinistic approach. He attempts to deliver a balanced view of the Old Testament, dealing with post modern issues. Excellent book! Ships fast.
This is for those who want to benefit from a leading, evangelical OT scholar with his reflections on the Bible after a lifetime of study and want breadth but not sacrifice depth. Waltke organizes the OT into a theology of gifts from God. He goes through the whole OT and provides a strong foundation for those who want to understand the theological structure of the OT. Buy this if you want a good, handy reference of biblical theology of the OT, and especially if you don't have commentaries for every OT book.
I was really impressed with the richness of this book. Bruce Waltke's goal in writing this book is to help Christians understand the OT, understand God's plan for them, understand how the OT relates to the NT, and how it relates to their lives today. Bruce assumes the authority of the 66 books of the canonical Protestant Bible. He teaches that the Old Testament's main storyline is about the kingship of God, God's kingdom as it breaks into our world (I disagree, I think it's about God's plan to redeem the world).

Waltke adopts a Reformed, covenant approach to interpreting scripture, rejecting the dispensational approach of his youth. He divides the Bible into several blocks of writing the Primary History (Genesis-2 Kings) Wisdom Literature, and prophetic literature.

There is a great chapter on narrative theology, addressing the different points of view in the text (God, the human characters, the narrator). I also loved the chapter on poetics and intertexuality. The beautiful symmetry and chiasm in Genesis 1-11 sheds much light on the interpretation of this passage. He also discusses typology and how some texts evoke and alude ot others within the canon.

In the Primary History section of the book, Waltke discusses the gift of the cosmos, how God overcame chaos and darkness to create a habitable world. He contends that Genesis 1 is designed to counter pagan ideas about the construction of the world. The world itself is not divine, God is.

He also discusses the literary form of Genesis 1-24a, contending that it is narrative history, not myth, and that it reflects an Ancient Near eastern Comogeny, an example of God's accomodation to the viewpoints held by the people of the time.

There is a discussion about the gift of Adam, or mankind. He believes that the "us" in 126 refers to the heavenly court, not to the second person of the Trinity. He mentions that Psalm 8 and Hebrews 25-10 are reflections on Genesis 126-28. There is also a discussion of theological anthropology the Hebrews words of body, soul, heart, spirit, and life.

Waltke also teaches that men and women are equal in creation, parenting, worship, prayer, and giftedness, but that the male is the hierarchical, government head, just as the Father as the governmental head of the Trinity.

Waltke also defends the essential historicity of the events in the Garden of Eden, the life of Abraham and the Exodus, as well as the fall of Jericho. For Waltke, Genesis-2 Kings really lays out the central theme of the OT.

I loved this book. I gained a lot of insight from the text from Waltke's exegesis. I highly recommend it.
I have used this book, among others, in three Old Testament seminary courses in the last year. This book was by far the most valuable for all of those courses. In fact, among the approximately 60 books I own on the OT, this is the single most useful.

Waltke's book is thorough in its coverage of many aspects of the OT the surrounding ancient near eastern (ANE) cultures and religions and literatures, interesting and relevant details of the history, insight into the OT text itself and the ancient Semitic languages, and excellent overviews of each of the OT books. Waltke's organization of the OT around the backbone of the "Primary History" is worth the price of admission. The Primary History has really helped me in organizing the OT books in my mind as I read them.

Be sure to not skip Part One, Introduction. Waltke gives you valuable tools here, such as application of literary analysis, for understanding the OT text.

Dr. Waltke's view of the hope and beauty of God's promises and God's word shines through on every page, including the chapter titles.
Bruce Waltke has done a service to fellow Old Testament scholars, pastors, interested laypeople and the church at large.

For Waltke, the text of the Old Testament defines our theology, not vice versa. Refreshingly (from my evangelical perspective), Waltke comes across as less defensive toward "critical" scholarship than other evangelical scholars, but not at all shy of critiquing its faults. In his erudite perspective (Ph.D. Harvard, Th.D. Dallas Seminary with over 30 years of teaching the Old Testament), the Hebrew Bible contains texts written by a variety of authors, over hundreds of years, that underwent editing during various historical epochs, and is culturally situated (and therefore brings all of the benefits and challenges of a culturally situated perspective). Thus, he often comes to different conclusions from other evangelical scholars on topics of genre, science, evolutionary origins, sources, multiple authorship, redaction history, et al. Despite these possible areas of disagreement, many of which I also disagree with him, Waltke firmly believes that this compilation of texts that we call the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible finds itself as a part of God's revelation to humanity.

And Waltke loves this God. I would be remiss for not mentioning how clearly Waltke's love for God comes through these pages. He does not look at the Old Testament from a perspective of neutral reason (as if such a thing exists), but instead comes to the text very openly as a believer in this God. This love also comes across to the reader almost as a pastor ministering to his people while sharing God's words with them.

I highly recommend this volume for Old Testament classes, seminarians, pastors and laity interested in a refreshingly honest, but passionate discussion of what God has revealed through these texts.