The Pentateuch (Interpreting Biblical Texts Series)

In this volume Terence E. Fretheim seeks to introduce the Pentateuch to modern readers stressing its continuing capacity to speak a word of--or about--God. The two chapters of Part One provide an orientation to the critical study of the Pentateuch and present a proposal for reading the Pentateuch in terms of its rhetorical strategy. That strategy Fretheim argues is designed in such a way as to have a certain effect upon its readers most basically to shape their faith and life. The five chapters of Part Two focus on the individual books that comprise the Pentateuch.