This new edition of a popular evangelical survey of the Old Testament has been thoroughly updated and features a beautiful new interior design. It is lavishly illustrated with four-color images, maps, and charts and retains the pedagogical features that have made the book so popular:
· chapter outlines, objectives, and summaries
· study questions
· sidebars featuring primary source material, ethical and theological issues, and contemporary applications
· lists of key terms, people, and places
· further reading recommendations
· endnotes and indexes
Spring '26 Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall '25 Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '25 Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall '24 Required FLBC textbook for Minor Prophets course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '24 Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '23 Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall '23 Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '23 Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall '22 Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.
Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '22 Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall '21 Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.
Required FLBC textbook for Pentateuch course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '21 Required FLBC textbook for Historical Books and Minor Prophets courses taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall '20 Required FLBC textbook for Intro to Biblical Studies course taught by Pr. Adam Osier, Dean of FLBC.
Required FLBC textbook for Major Prophets course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Arnold and Beyer’s Encountering the Old Testament is one of the most recent theologically conservative, college-level surveys of the entire Old Testament. It helpfully interacts with more recent scholarship, while maintaining, with few exceptions, the traditional interpretations of the Old Testament books. It is also full of beautiful, pertinent pictures and maps.
—Dr. Brent Olson
The story of Jonah is one of the most well-known parables in the Bible. It is also the most misunderstood. Many people, even those who are nonreligious, are familiar with Jonah: A rebellious prophet who defies God and is swallowed by a whale. But there’s much more to Jonah’s story than most of us realize. In Rediscovering Jonah, author Timothy Keller reveals the hidden depths within the book of Jonah. Keller makes the case that Jonah was one of the worst prophets in the entire Bible. And yet there are unmistakably clear connections between Jonah, the prodigal son, and Jesus. Jesus in fact saw himself in Jonah. How could one of the most defiant and disobedient prophets in the Bible be compared to Jesus? Jonah’s journey also doesn’t end when he is freed from the belly of the fish. There is an entire second half to his story—but it is left unresolved within the text of the Bible. Why does the book of Jonah end on what is essentially a cliffhanger? In these pages, Timothy Keller provides an answer to the extraordinary conclusion of this biblical parable—and shares the powerful Christian message at the heart of Jonah’s story.
Fall '25 Required FLBC textbook for Minor Prophets course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Fall '24 Required FLBC textbook for Minor Prophets course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '23 Required FLBC textbook for Minor Prophets course taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '23 Required FLBC textbook for Minor Prophets course, taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
Spring '22 Required FLBC textbook for Minor Prophets course, taught by Dr. Brent Olson, Professor of Old Testament.
