Forecast: Given Brueggemann's stature in Old Testament scholarship and the fresh perspectives of this work, his introduction is likely to become a standard text in seminaries and theological schools.

Were Adam and Eve real people? Did Joshua really bring down the city of Jericho, and did Moses actually cross the Red Sea? And, more importantly, do such questions truly matter? Traditional Old ...

Although not all may agree, I nominate as the most important work in Old Testament studies to appear during 1964 the first volume of the Anchor Bible, Genesis, a translation and commentary by Ephraim ...