Offerings, Sacrifices & Worship in the Old Testament

by Johann Heinrich Kurtz

Offerings, Sacrifices and Worship in the Old Testament is a comprehensive study of the sacrificial offerings and worship prescribed by God in the Old Testament. The author, from an evangelical perspective, analyzes the exacting details of the various Old Testament sacrifices. Topics that are covered include:
• The ritual of the sacrifices;
• The bloodless sacrifices;
• Daily, weekly, and monthly sacrifices;
• Varieties of bleeding sacrifices;
• Sacrifices and special seasons;
• The feast of Passover, Pentecost, the Day of Atonement and others. Christians cannot completely understand the full meaning and full significance of Jesus' death until they understand what God required of his people in the Old Testament.
• Learn how offerings and sacrifices differed from each other
• Discover the true purpose of the Passover and the Day of Atonement
• Comprehend the role of the priest in the sacrificial offerings and worship of God
• Understand why God required the bloody killing of sacrificial animals
• Recognize how atonement relates to the reader.

464 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

1809-1890

Reviews

[Caleb Lawson · Rating 2 out of 5]

"The imposition of hands, therefore, may be more exactly defined as the consecration to death, and that a vicarious, penal death." - J. H. Kurtz

Oof. Certainly not a page turner. Kurtz lists so many dead Germans I wasn't sure at times if I was reading OT theology or if I had accidentally reopened my WWII books. Atkinson is definitely a more engaging read! I'm sure Kurtz made some profitable contributions to understanding the Levitical sacrificial system in his day, but this work needs some serious editing and paring down. I simply couldn't really follow his flow of thought. I don't think the time gap is the major issue as I love reading the English Puritans, I just didn't enjoy this book really at all.