Yesterday Today and Tomorrow

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. This is the first systematic and comprehensive study of the biblical view of time and history as it occurs in the Old Testament. The author specifically focuses on the use and function of certain formal expressions involving the Hebrew word yom ''day''. The first chapter formally surveys the use of yom in the Old Testament. Chapters 2 3 and 4 investigate respectively The Day Past The Day Present and The Day Future. They discuss first the various genres of historical narration: legend saga annals etc; second various kinds of discourse in which the meaning of ''today'' is spoken about; and third the prophetic and apocalyptic genres in which the future is being defined from the present point of view.