This third volume of collected Essays by a well-known Old Testament scholar contains seminal articles that cover areas within the Old Testament as well as topics that deals with New Testament interpretations of the Old like the Servant Songs and Priesthood. Some articles touch on topics that lie outside the Bible like the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Nag Hammadi Coptic Gnosticism found in the Egyptian desert. In both the influence of the Bible is highlighted and their influence on the New Testament is stressed. The articles are really interpretative, like the one on Israel
This third volume of collected Essays by a well-known Old Testament scholar contains seminal articles that cover areas within the Old Testament as well as topics that deals with New Testament interpretations of the Old like the Servant Songs and Priesthood. Some articles touch on topics that lie outside the Bible like the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Nag Hammadi Coptic Gnosticism found in the Egyptian desert. In both the influence of the Bible is highlighted and their influence on the New Testament is stressed. The articles are really interpretative, like the one on Israel