Every professor has to wonder, with skepticism, how much of the assigned material the students will actually read. (That is, if they have even purchased the textbook in the first place!) Whether they skim or read all of it, your students will recall the key points of the lesson if you use Discovering the Old Testament.
Discovering the Old Testament defines key terms in sidebars and highlights them within the text. Each chapter includes summary statements and review questions to help students focus on what they've learned.
Discovering the Old Testament combines all the elements you're looking for in a survey of the Old Testament - thorough, sound Biblical scholarship, combined with an eye-catching format and a writing style that's easy to understand. Every page is full color, in an attractive format, with maps and pictures to enhance the material.
In Discovering the Old Testament, you'll find:
Objectives defined for each lesson.
Personal questions to help students relate the Bible to their lives.
Sidebars to explain theological points.
Keywords identified and defined on each page.
Study questions for review of the material.
Summary statements at the end of each chapter to help students focus on what they've learned.
Listing of resources for further study at the end of each chapter.
An eye-catching format that's attractive to the young college student. EVERY page is in full color.
Dr. Alex Varughese is professor emeritus of biblical literature at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, where he taught in the religion department for thirty-two years, until 2014. He also served as a religion professor at Eastern Nazarene College, an adjunct faculty member for Nazarene Theological Seminary, and a visiting lecturer in a number of overseas theological schools. He is a retired ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. His education includes BS and MS degrees (University of Kerala, India), MA in Religion (Olivet Nazarene University), MDiv (Nazarene Theological Seminary), and M.Phil and PhD degrees in biblical studies (Drew University). Varughese currently serves as the managing editor for the Centennial Initiative Textbook project for the Church of the Nazarene and as the general editor of the New Beacon Bible Commentary (NBBC) series. His contributions include writing and editing Discovering the Old Testament, Discovering the New Testament, and Discovering the Bible, and co-authoring the NBBC volumes on Jeremiah 1-25, Jeremiah 26-52, and Genesis 12-50.
JIM EDLIN is professor of biblical literature and languages at MidAmerica Nazarene University. He holds an M.Div. from Nazarene Theological Seminary and a Th.M and Ph.D. in Old Testament studies from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His previous publications include Daniel: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Traditon and Discovering the Old Testament.
Robert D. Branson is emeritus professor of biblical literature at Olivet Nazarene University. Previously, he taught at Warner Southern College and Eastern Nazarene University. He is also the author of NBBC Judges.
Timothy M. Green is dean of the Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, where he also serves as professor of Old Testament literature and theology. He received his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Vanderbilt University, with a focus in literary-theoloical and cultural-anthropological analyses of the text.
