Torah Story, Second Edition by Gary Edward Schnittjer

Torah Story, Second Edition

An Apprenticeship on the Pentateuch

Gary Edward Schnittjer

Zondervan Academic · Print & ebook · April 18, 2023

The gospel story begins in Torah.

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Who it’s for
Explore the Pentateuch’s structure and its connections to the wider Christian Bible.
Themes
Torah’s redemptive narrative, Torah and the Christian Bible, Intertextual Scripture reading
Genres
Pentateuch Studies, Bible Study Guides

About this book

The gospel story begins in Torah. What culminates at Golgotha starts with the rebellion in the garden. The Torah's story can be framed as a question: How will the word of God overcome the human revolution? Torah Story offers a student-friendly introduction to the redemptive narrative housed in the first five books of the Bible. Every main chapter introduces a section of Torah with attention to its basic structure.

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This is followed by another look at how this portion of Torah connects to the rest of the Christian Bible. The dynamic design includes opportunities in every chapter to make the most of Torah study including: - Helps for getting started (focus questions, key terms, outline) - An interactive workshop with challenge questions and advanced questions - Suggestions for research projects - Next steps for further study A refreshingly new approach to the Torah--neither an introduction nor a commentary--Torah Story provides an apprenticeship on the Old Testament's first five books. But it also provides a model of how to read Scripture intertextually with an eye to the New Testament gospels. It leaves no doubt as to the overarching unity of the message and composition of the Pentateuch. The second edition is streamlined and simplified throughout, with updated examples and new sidebars and imagery.

Torah’s Structure

Explore the Pentateuch’s structure and its connections to the wider Christian Bible.

Come here for

  • The structure of Torah’s first five books
  • Connections between Torah and the Christian Bible

Expect

  • Chapter focus questions, key terms, and outlines
  • Workshop questions and suggestions for further study

Where it sits

Pentateuch Studies71%
Bible Study Guides45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Old Testament Interpretation
  • Bible Study Guides
  • Pentateuch Studies
  • Jewish Scriptures
Authors
Gary Edward Schnittjer
Publisher
Zondervan Academic
Published
April 18, 2023
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Torah’s redemptive narrative · Torah and the Christian Bible · Intertextual Scripture reading
Reading lane
Old Testament Interpretation