Widely known and respected for his biblical scholarship, he completed significant work in the study of theology and science, particularly dealing with creation and evolution. Laird Harris (1911-2008) served as Professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary. He is author of An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical and Thematic Approach as well as commentaries on Genesis, Proverbs, and Micah. His teaching appointments at Dallas Theological Seminary, Regent College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and at Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando, have earned him a reputation as a master teacher with a pastoral heart. Waltke is a preeminent Old Testament scholar. Virtually exhaustive bibliographies of published material relating to the words discussed are also included, as is a special section of Aramaic words used in the Old Testament.īruce K. The articles focus on theological meanings of importance and do not include lengthy, technical, linguistic discussions.
#Twot stands for theological wordbook of the old testament plus
There are more than 1,400 articles written by 43 Old Testament scholars, plus some 400 sub-entries giving definitions only. The busy pastor or earnest Christian worker who has neither the time nor the background for detailed technical study, yet desires to understand important terms, will enjoy this practical resource. Keyed to Strong’s Concordance, the TWOT, an exhaustive biblical reference tool, has been a longtime favorite of serious students of the Bible-pastors and laypeople alike. This extensive scholarly work, the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), includes discussions of every Hebrew word of theological significance in the Old Testament, plus brief definitions of all other words found in the Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon.
Despite numerous typographical errors (which. The bibliographies alone are worth the price of the two volumes. An index correlates the numbers of the Hebrew words as given in Strong’s Concordance with the numbers as given in the Wordbook, making its contents readily accessible to the reader who knows little or no Hebrew. Words from the same Hebrew root are both listed by root and cross listed in alphabetical order. Further, every Old Testament word not chosen for essay treatment is listed with a one-line definition. Its entries include all the significant theological words of the Hebrew Bible. Less exhaustive than the multi volume Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament being published by Eerdmans, the Wordbook could prove to be of more practical help to students and pastors. Laird Harris, Gleason Archer, and Bruce Waltke, the Wordbook contains the contributions of 46 evangelical Old Testament scholars.
This is not to say that evangelicals will agree with everything that is said in these books, but that they will profit by reading them.Īppearing last month just in time for inclusion in this survey, was the long-awaited, two-volume Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Moody). Five were chosen, however, from several categories that should be on the “must” list for all evangelicals.
It is always difficult to select which books should be designated the “most significant books of the year,” especially when the quality is often so nearly equal. The current crop is again characterized by great variety in subject matter, theological perspective, and depth of insight. and abroad in large numbers-and that is good news. Books about the Old Testament continue to roll off presses in both the U.S.
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