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Weeks Gateway to the Old Testa by Noel Weeks
This book will help to buld a secure and lasting foundation for a life-time of study, while others for whom the Old Testament is already a well known companion will find insight which will help towards a deeper and even more rewarding grasp of the message.
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First published April 1, 1996
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April 20, 2018
This book has been Amazing! Noel Weeks kept pulling out gem after gem from the old testament and he doesn't even get past the book of Deuteronomy. The depth of the scriptures are so staggering and this book makes me want to pull out my bible and dig into the Old Testament to see all that I missed.
His general overview of the Old Testament as he begins the book is so eye opening. You almost forget that the bible is a compilation of books but Weeks brings that to light and shows how the different books should almost be read with different lenses. The context in which they were written, the background of the author all add meat to an enthralling book on the old testament.
In particular his dealing with the book of Deuteronomy at the end of the book is exceptional! It brought out how diligence at work and hospitality can be seen and brought out of the law concerning the borrowing of another person's Ox, you read that right, another person's Ox. How that the bible treats the issue of war differently from every other civilization and even more so he connects excommunication to the stoning of the people involved in egregious sins against God.
Amazing! The best book I have read so far this year!
His general overview of the Old Testament as he begins the book is so eye opening. You almost forget that the bible is a compilation of books but Weeks brings that to light and shows how the different books should almost be read with different lenses. The context in which they were written, the background of the author all add meat to an enthralling book on the old testament.
In particular his dealing with the book of Deuteronomy at the end of the book is exceptional! It brought out how diligence at work and hospitality can be seen and brought out of the law concerning the borrowing of another person's Ox, you read that right, another person's Ox. How that the bible treats the issue of war differently from every other civilization and even more so he connects excommunication to the stoning of the people involved in egregious sins against God.
Amazing! The best book I have read so far this year!
August 2, 2023
The book is divided into two parts.
I. The best survey of the Old Testament I have ever read. It's simple, clear, and can be read closely in the matter of an hour or two.
II. Expository essays on key passages in Genesis, Exodus, and Deuteronomy. These essays are of variable quality, but they contain great gems of theology and exegesis.
This is indeed a "Gateway to the Old Testament," and as I reach the back cover I have more of an appreciation for the changes the Lord has made under the New Covenant and the Christian's place in them. These concepts have never had this level of clarity in my mind before.
It also helps that Weeks writes like Martyn Lloyd-Jones. In fact, you could have fooled me into thinking this was written by Lloyd-Jones in parts.
I. The best survey of the Old Testament I have ever read. It's simple, clear, and can be read closely in the matter of an hour or two.
II. Expository essays on key passages in Genesis, Exodus, and Deuteronomy. These essays are of variable quality, but they contain great gems of theology and exegesis.
This is indeed a "Gateway to the Old Testament," and as I reach the back cover I have more of an appreciation for the changes the Lord has made under the New Covenant and the Christian's place in them. These concepts have never had this level of clarity in my mind before.
It also helps that Weeks writes like Martyn Lloyd-Jones. In fact, you could have fooled me into thinking this was written by Lloyd-Jones in parts.
April 2, 2011
A really useful and encouraging guide for my reading through the Pentateuch, and would recommend it for anyone who finds themselves unfamiliar with the message of the Old Testament as a whole.
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