Carol M. Bechtel

I found the essays too scholarly for a general readership but not scholarly enough for an academic audience. The book's topic should appeal to many, but the way the topic was handled left much to be desired. Each essay purported to address a singular topic and generally focused on a single Scripture passage; however, the contributing authors seemed to often lose focus of the overarching book theme, focusing instead on their own little niche of Old Testament scholarship. The individual essays show more did not hold together well on their own, and as a collection, they suffered even more. Not recommended. show less