A Beginner's Guide to the Old Testament

by Robert Davidson

A valuable and well-researched insight into the rather closed, often puzzling collection of books that we know as the Old Testament.

148 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

About the author

Robert Davidson is a professional writer and editor based in Highland Scotland. He is the founder and managing director of Sandstone Press and the author, co-author, and editor of many books as well as a published poet, lyricist and libretist. Before altering his life’s course he worked for over thirty years (having left education early) as a civil engineer. It is this experience that informs Site Works.

Davidson has been Secretary of the Neil Gunn Memorial Trust since its inception in 1986 and was reviews editor of Northwords magazine from 1999 to 2001. As managing editor for the following three years, he shifted the focus of the magazine from new writing to a more broadly based arts content. He established Sandstone Press in Dingwall in 2002, and is managing editor of it and its online magazine, Sandstone Review.

Davidson has published two collections of poems, The Bird & The Monkey (Highland Printmakers, 1996) and Total Immersion (Scottish Cultural Press, 1998). He was editor of the water-themed anthology After The Watergaw (Scottish Cultural Press, 1998). The book length sequence 'Columba' was published in its entirety by Poetry Scotland and was performed as part of the Cromarty Book Festival in 2002, and his libretto Dunbeath Water was performed at Highland Festival 2004.

Books written by Robert Davidson have been short listed for the Saltire Society, Scottish Arts Council, and Boardman Tasker Awards.

Reviews

[Sophie Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really easy, accessible read which demystifies a lot of the OT for the Christian reader. Has encouraged me to have a stab at Leviticus.