The Pentateuch: Interpreting Biblical Texts Series

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.

• Author
• Terence E. Fretheim, Gene Milton Tucker, Charles B. Cousar

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 183

• Publisher
• Abingdon Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780687008421

• Genres
• theology, religion, faith

• Release date
• 1996