A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised

Read the Old Testament from a biblical-theological perspective. Featuring contributions from thirteen respected evangelical scholars, this gospel-centered introduction to the Old Testament will help anyone who teaches or studies Scripture to better see the initial outworking of God’s plan to redeem the world through Jesus Christ.

Table of Contents:
Foreward J. Ligon Duncan III Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Miles V. Van Pelt Genesis John D. Currid Exodus John D. Currid Leviticus Michael G. McKelvey Numbers Michael J. Glodo Deuteronomy John Scott Redd Joshua Daniel C. Timmer Judges Michael J. Glodo 1–2 Samuel Michael G. McKelvey 1–2 Kings William B. Fullilove Isaiah Willem A. VanGemeren Jeremiah Peter Y. Lee Ezekiel Michael G. McKelvey The Twelve Daniel C. Timmer Psalms Mark D. Futato Job Richard P. Belcher Jr. Proverbs Willem A. VanGemeren Ruth John J. Yeo Song of Songs Miles V. Van Pelt Ecclesiastes Richard P. Belcher Jr. Lamentations Peter Y. Lee Esther Peter Y. Lee Daniel Richard P. Belcher Jr. Ezra–Nehemiah Mark D. Futato 1–2 Chronicles Richard L. Pratt Jr Appendix A: The Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9 Richard P. Belcher Jr. Appendix B: The Role of Heavenly Beings in Daniel Richard P. Belcher Jr. Contributors General Index Scripture Index

About the Author :
Miles V. Van Pelt (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Alan Belcher Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages, academic dean, and director of the Summer Institute for Biblical Languages at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He also serves on the pastoral staff of Grace Reformed Church in Madison, Mississippi. He and his wife, Laurie, have four children. Ligon Duncan (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the chancellor & CEO and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served as the senior minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, for seventeen years. He is a cofounder of Together for the Gospel, a senior fellow of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and was the president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals from 2004-2012. Duncan has edited, written, or contributed to numerous books. Ligon and his wife, Anne, have two children and live in Jackson, Mississippi. JOHN D. CURRID is the Carl McMurray Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the author of several books and Old Testament commentaries. A PhD graduate in Syro-Palestinian archaeology (University of Chicago), he has extensive archaeological field experience from projects throughout Israel and Tunisia. WILLEM VANGEMEREN is director of the Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies program and professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Miles V. Van Pelt (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Alan Belcher Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages, academic dean, and director of the Summer Institute for Biblical Languages at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He also serves on the pastoral staff of Grace Reformed Church in Madison, Mississippi. He and his wife, Laurie, have four children.