Edmund P. Clowney (1917–2005)

The author studies characters and passages from the Old Testament and explains to the reader how Christ is revealed through the passage, the character's life, or similar means. This book lends itself well to personal or group Bible studies because of the discussion and application questions accompanying each chapter. If my pastor were not so wonderful at explaining many of the concepts covered in this book, I'm certain I would have gotten much more out of it than I did. There are many other show more places in the Tanakh that Christ can be discovered. This book is not intended for an academic audience, but more for a lay audience that it is interesting in deepening its knowledge of what the Bible, and specifically the Old Testament books, teach about Christ. The book is also not comprehensive. This review is based on an advance e-galley provided by the publisher through NetGalley. show less

A very enjoyable and an informative read. The author's writing style is very enjoyable to read and is never difficult to understand.

The subject at hand concerns the discovery of the Lord Jesus Christ in the types of the Old Testament: how certain stories, persons or institutions point to Him as their fulfillment. The author begins with the Creation in Genesis 1 and goes through Old Testament history up to the close of Malachi. He recounts the story of God's people and shows how the greater show more fulfillment is in Christ the Lord. Christ is the Old Testament prophecy-fulfiller. show less

An excellent introduction to biblical typology. Clowney had a tremendous influence on the late Tim Keller and it is clear that the ideas in this book is where Keller got his “Jesus is the true and better…” motif.

I love this series. I'm not from the same tradition as Clowney but he does a great job dealing with the church.