A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised

Read the Old Testament from a biblical-theological perspective.

Featuring contributions from thirteen respected evangelical scholars, this gospel-centered introduction to the Old Testament will help anyone who teaches or studies Scripture to better see the initial outworking of God’s plan to redeem the world through Jesus Christ.

• Provides an accessible, Christ-centered introduction to the Old Testament for preachers and Bible teachers
• Designed to help people more effectively teach the Bible in any context
• Written from a Reformed, covenantal, and redemptive-historical perspective
• Benefits from the contributions of thirteen respected Old Testament scholars, including Richard P. Belcher Jr., John D. Currid, William B. Fullilove, Mark D. Futato, Michael J. Glodo, Peter Lee, Michael G. McKelvey, Richard L. Pratt Jr., Scott Redd, Daniel C. Timmer, Miles V. Van Pelt, Willem A. VanGemeren, and John J. Yeo
• Ideal for use as a Bible college or seminary textbook
• Foreword written by J. Ligon Duncan III
• Designed as a companion to A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament

Miles V. Van Pelt (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Alan Hayes Belcher, Jr. Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages and the director of the Summer Institute for Biblical Languages at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, where he has been serving for almost twenty-three years. He is passionate about teaching the biblical languages, biblical theology, and how the whole Bible, even the Old Testament, always points us to the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Ligon Duncan (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is  chancellor, CEO, and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served as the senior minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, for seventeen years. He is a cofounder of Together for the Gospel, a senior fellow of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and was the president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals from 2004–2012. Duncan has edited, written, or contributed to numerous books. He and his wife, Anne, have two children and live in Jackson, Mississippi.

Professor of Old Testament and Academic Dean, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina

John D. Currid (PhD, University of Chicago) is the Carl W. McMurray Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies in Jerusalem, Israel, and serves as project director of the Bethsaida Excavations Project in Israel (1995-present). He lectures and preaches worldwide.

Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Assistant Academic Dean, Reformed Theological Seminary, Atlanta