John Carl Jeske (1924–2014)

"This easy-to-understand guide to the Old Testament, from the creation story of Genesis through the prophecy of Malachi, will help you to make sense of the Old Testament words that God had written for the world to read. Connecting Sinai to Calvary brings readers face-to face with their ancient ancestors in faith, It tells the story of God's chosen people, who worshiped the one true God and who also tested the patience of that same merciful God. From its enlightening perspective, Connecting show more Sinai to Calvary shows today's readers that a loving God was intimately involved in the daily life of his Old Testament people. But the author John Jeske, a forceful writer who taught the Old Testament in a lively style for many years, also connects the dots between a remote mountaintop in Sinai and a lonely hill outside Jerusalem. Jeske leads readers to conclude that Jesus Christ is the central figure in the Old Testament." From the back of the book. show less

Book written on he historical background of the Babylonian Captivity of the Jewish people. Thinking of the centuries earlier when God had raised up the descendants of Abraham to become the united kingdom of Israel .The glory years did not last long and a s;lit in the kingdom of Israel and the ten northern tribes broke away and formed a kingdom of its own

“Genesis is the first of the five books of Moses, and it unfold God’s work through the biographies of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and others stating with the words “In the beginning…,” it presents the beginnings, or origins of the universe, the human race, sin, death, and God’s gracious work of bringing fallen humanity back to himself.” – written on the back of the book

NIV text and commentary.