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I am just starting this book which has been on my radar for awhile now. I am fascinated with the Old Testatment, what was going in the minds of authors, and how all this relates to New Testament.

A careful, informed, and surprisingly faith-strengthening guide to reading the OT in its real-world context. What Walton offers here is not all the answers we'd like. What he offers is to help the reader begin the journey toward a more faithful reading of Scripture, where one can become untethered from common modern assumptions and start reading it in the conceptual world Israel actually shared with its neighbors.

When there’s something strange in the Old Testament there’s probably a wonky ancient practice or ritual to explain it