★★★★★ 5
Most Amazing
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To look at the New Testament through the same thought process of those that wrote it is nothing short of ingenious. It takes nothing away from the Word being written by the Holy Spirit through men. In fact, it adds to the validity of the cohesion between the Old and New Testament while giving insights rooted in God’s Word written centuries before the coming of Christ.
It does include the Apocryphal books as well and it’s citations of OT are well documented to work both from the OT to the NT or from the NT to the OT which is the purpose of this book.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who desires to dig deeper into the thought process of God and move beyond the regular commentary process that tends to be limited to the author’s insights and singular theological perspective.
Further, if you desire to answer the question of why is this written or how did this come to be, many passages point to multiple references from the OT giving substance to Paul’s letter to encourage a young pastor to hold onto what has been given to him. Not a new teaching as we would assume, but a correct understanding of the Hebrew Testament in light of Jesus death, resurrection, and ascension into the Ancient of Days court as described in Daniel 7. Jesus is clearly more than a teacher when viewed through the eyes of the Hebrew Testament, He is the second person of the Holy Trinity for which this Old Testament confirms multiple times over.
The downside of this extensive commentary is the use of technical jargon and the assumption that the reader has fluency in Hebrew and Greek. However, if you are a student who sits in the front of the classroom because you want to learn more and miss nothing (and not up there because the teacher desires to keep a closer eye on you) this book will not disappoint you. On the contrary, you will find it’s usefulness beyond sermon and Bible Study preparation. You will get the opportunity to sit in the dirt and learn from the Master as Mary did and will find it is hard to move onto the rest of your list that needs to get done for the day.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2022


