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The one used in my OT course was Roland Kenneth Harrision Introduction to the OT, and was about 1500 pages. Great for background material and survey, probably would be the good to for the meaty issues involving the OT....I'm looking for a moderate to advanced lay level survey of the Old Testament. Any media is welcome as long as it follows a covenant theology hermeneutic. Any suggestions?
Brett, quick question, are you looking for more of an introduction that addresses matters like authorship, date, occasion, etc., or are you looking for more of a theological introduction? The volume that immediately springs to mind is the RTS-produced volume A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament. I have read several chapters in here, and it is outstanding, and, of course, thoroughly covenantal.
the RTS-produced volume A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament.
That looks good. The NT counterpart volume looks good too.
Question (hopefully not to derail this thread): Why did they choose to follow the canonical order of the Hebrew Bible rather than the order in the WCF?
I have read through that book many times , and can also agree that is an excellent book to use for OT studies....My favorite survey is Gleason Archer. He savages the Documentary Hypothesis. There are also a lot of cool pictures about ancient Ugaritic and stuff. He does hold to old earth and he is premill. Don't know if that is a deal-breaker.
That looks good. The NT counterpart volume looks good too.
I received an email this morning from BOT with a new OT survey volume by Allan Harman entitled Learning About the Old Testament: A Biblical-Theological Introduction.
Looks like it'll probably be along roughly the same lines as the RTS volumes.
I read Harman's two-volume commentary on the Book of Psalms for my devotions several years ago, and found it to be excellent. So, I would expect his OT survey volume to be good, as well.
Hill and Walton is a fine OT intro. But it sounds like you are looking for a survey. Plus H&W seem to emphasize cohesion with the theme of God's presence and blessing. So you will not get the covenant structure you are looking for. But there are other Bib Theo themes you can use to frame the Scriptures.Great suggestions and comments. I will certainly look into the options. My family (my sons, wife, parents and a sister) are meeting every other Lord's Day to go through a survey and I'm not thrilled with the material that we are currently using.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiKv57J6LDUAhXK4CYKHYhhCk4QFghpMAA&url=https://www.amazon.com/Survey-Old-Testament-Second/dp/0310229030&usg=AFQjCNFEYp-F1TcmvFRyg0TdZKq9US_HOw&sig2=z2g1eNQtnYYFZ1srOHmkZg
It does have a video series which accompanies it, which is nice. But it certainly lacks the cohesiveness of the covenantal hermeneutic that so brilliantly displays the integrity of the OT with itself and the NT.