Winding Quest: The Heart of the Old Testament in Plain English - Softcover

Alan T. Dale

9780198338284: Winding Quest: The Heart of the Old Testament in Plain English

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198338287 ISBN 13: 9780198338284

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1972

Winding Quest sets out to enable ordinary readers and especially young people to read the Bible with pleasure and understanding. Hence it is written in plain English; its selection and arrangement follow the work of the best modern scholars to make clear what is the heart of the Old Testament, its variety of literary form, its living situation and its present relevance. The book tries to help the reader to approach the Old Testament with both critical awareness and imagination, and is intended to be an introduction to the admirable translations of the full text. Winding Quest sets out to enable ordinary readers and especially young people to read the Bible with pleasure and understanding. Hence it is written in plain English; its selection and arrangement follow the work of the best modern scholars to make clear what is the heart of the Old Testament, its variety of literary form, its living situation and its present relevance. The book tries to help the reader to approach the Old Testament with both critical awareness and imagination, and is intended to be an introduction to the admirable translations of the full text.

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