The Essential Old Testament Companion - Hardcover

Muhlestein, Kerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 162108471X ISBN 13: 9781621084716

Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc, 2013

Synopsis

Third in a series of scripture guides, this companion is meant to be a user-friendly fellow traveler on your journey through the Old Testament. Between its covers youll find a thorough overview for every book in the millennia-old sacred text, highlighting key concepts and passages and offering helpful character descriptions and story line summaries. This guide offers accessible lists of main themes, suggestions for how we might liken the scriptures to ourselves, and insights into what the Old Testament teaches us about the nature and character of Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament. Useful before, during, and after reading portions of the Old Testament, this engaging guide, filled with imagery, is a perfect resource for family and personal study as well as preparation for talks and lessons.

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About the Author

DR. KERRY MUHLESTEIN is an associate professor of ancient scripture and ancient Near Eastern studies at Brigham Young University, where he is the associate chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture. He received his B.S. cum laude from BYU in psychology with a Hebrew minor. In order to learn Hebrew, he spent time at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies in the intensive Hebrew program. He received an M.A. in ancient Near Eastern studies from BYU and then his Ph.D. from UCLA in Egyptology. He has taught courses in Hebrew and religion at BYU and UVU; history at Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA; and religion and history at BYU–Hawaii. He is involved with the American Research Center in Egypt and as a master's degree student at BYU he worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls database project. He was also instrumental in arranging for the first-ever Egyptology Conference in Hawaii at BYU–Hawaii. He often travels to Egypt, where he heads up the BYU Egypt Excavation Project.Dr. Muhlestein focuses mainly on ancient Egypt, the Hebrew Bible, and the Pearl of Great Price. His research focuses on the texts and iconography of Egyptian religion, international contact between ancient Egypt and her neighbors, the Egyptian juridical process, Egyptian literature, and the overlap of the Biblical and Egyptian worlds, including the ancient and modern history of the Pearl of Great Price. He and his wife, Julianne, have six children. He and his family spent a year in Jerusalem while he taught at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 162108471X
• ISBN 13: 9781621084716
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 548