Jesus Through the Old Testament: Transform your Bible understanding

by Graeme Goldsworthy

In this engaging book, Graeme Goldsworthy reflects with clarity and practical insight on reading and using the Old Testament. By showing us how Jesus is central to the Old Testament's message, he encourages us to reinstate it as essential and transformative to our lives, churches and mission in today's world. The author asks important Where is Jesus in the whole biblical storyline? How does the kingdom of God relate to him? In what way is he central to the divine revelation? This is a must-read for those who wish to transform their biblical understanding.

140 pages, Paperback

Published October 20, 2017

About the author

Graeme Goldsworthy is an Australian Anglican and Old Testament scholar. Now retired, Goldsworthy was formerly lecturer in Old Testament, biblical theology and hermeneutics at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of "According to Plan" (IVP, 1991), "Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture" (Eerdmans, 2000) and "Proverbs: The Tree of Life" (CEP, 1993). Goldsworthy has an MA from Cambridge University and a ThM and PhD from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.

Reviews

[Jamie Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Month 6: A book about theology
This was so great, makes me super keen to read through the Old Testament again! Lovely and succinct.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

[Theron John · Rating 4 out of 5]

This resource is a wonderful addition to any student of Scripture! This book by Graeme Goldsworthy covers much of the same content as his 'Gospel and Kingdom', but this particular book seems to be more accessible. Because it is more accessible, there were a couple of spots I wish Goldsworthy were clearer for those who may be Bible beginners in studying Scripture (an example of this critique is what he means when he discusses the issue of "literal"). Everything considered, this is a book I would encourage any Christian or Bible study group to get and go through!

[Brandon Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. Goldsworthy is a go to on biblical theology and he handles the texts so well. This book is great for any believer looking into how the bible is the story of redemption. Loved the explanations of how to find Jesus in the old testament, followed by exploring of texts throughout Genesis, History, Wisdom and Prophets and then culminates with Jesus the fulfillment. Diagrams and important notes are present throughout the whole book so I feels like a textbook but is written in some of the easiest English to understand, these two things easily catapult it up my list of great books. Easy reccomendation.

[Rob Messenger · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent help in both content and format, accessible to new Bible readers....

[Bob Mendelsohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Goldsworthy's treatment of the entire Older Testament, and it would be a very useful guide to understanding the complexities of the texts of the 39 books of the OT. He breaks the OT into three sections: literary, historical and theological. Then everything fits into (at least) one of those categories. That's useful.

I guess my disappointment with the book stems from the book's title. I was hoping to read Goldsworthy's theology on the messianic prophecies in the Older Testament, his christology from the OT, I would have called it. But what I got was a Bible college course (which isn't bad at all!) on the OT and some hints of what I expected. It's good value to be sure, but books like Hamashiach (Fruchtenbaum) and Y'shua (Rosen) treat what I was hunting much better.

He made a great layout of the OT in terms of the overarching theme of Kingdom, and then broke it into the following 7 units of what he called the 'storyline': creation, covenant, exodus, entry into the land, Jerusalem. Temple and Davidic King. That's another useful tool in sorting out the information in the Tenach. Still, I was hoping for more.

His DIY section as a postlude shows what he really wants for the reader. "suggesting some practical steps in reading the whole Bible as a book about Christ."

[Daniel Pass · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid stuff. Helpful walkthrough and explanation of the Bible and how it is constructed and is one big picture which is classic Goldsworthy. Sometimes hard to follow with his style of writing but good to be reminded of how God's word is unified and how to read it - What does this teach me about God or how does this point to Jesus and not cherry picking verses.

[Edagar perez · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good

Un libro pequeño pero muy bueno. Lo recomiendo porque me ha enseñado como ver a Cristo en el antiguo testamento. Viendo el tema general y los subtemas me a mostrado una base para poder exponer la palabra no solo en su debido contexto sino también cómo aplicar teología en mi pasaje.