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The Pentateuch: Five Books about God's Grace

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  • Eric Davis

This article illustrates how each book of the Pentateuch is filled with God's grace.

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The Temptation Narrative of Genesis 3:1-6: A Prelude to the Pentateuch and the History of Israel

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  • Martin Emmrich

In this study the story of the temptation of Adam and Eve is placed in the wider context as a prelude to the Pentateuch. The article wants to demonstrate its significance for Israel as the people of God. It sees the two trees in the Garden of Eden as part of retribution theology functioning in the same way as the blessing and curse of Moses.

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What's in a Name? An Examination of the Usage of the Term “Hebrew” in the Old Testament

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  • Matthew Akers

The word "Hebrew" in the Old Testament refers to the covenant people of God, Israel. This name is used relatively sparingly in the Bible, with most of the occurrences appearing in the Pentateuch. This article considers the use of the term in its different contexts.

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Exodus 19-24 – Law and Narrative

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  • Joe M. Sprinkle

This article is written from the conviction that the laws of the Pentateuch need to be read contextually—they must be understood within their narrative and legal-literary frameworks. The author explores the relationship between laws and narratives in Exodus 19 through Exodus 24.

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The Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch

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  • Duane L. Christensen, Marcel Narucki

The function of Moses as a historical person and author of the Pentateuch is used as an illustration to resist the historical-critical approach to the biblical text as a tool of interpretation.

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The Canonical Approach to the Old Testament: Its Effect on Understanding Prophecy

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  • John H. Sailhamer

What is the canonical approach to the study of the Old Testament? The paper wants to apply this approach to the hermeneutical problem of prophecy and fulfillment, which Sailhamer sees as a question of the relationship between the Old and New Testament. The canonical approach takes the final shape of the Old Testament seriously.

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No Accounting

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  • R. C. Sproul Jr.

Why do we not delight in the Pentateuch? Is it just a matter of preference? What should our perspective toward the Pentateuch be?

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The Law of Life

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

This article discusses the Pentateuch (or Law) from the perspective of modernism and post-modernism.

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Ancient Promises

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  • R. C. Sproul

What value is there in the first five books of the Old Testament? These books (also known as the books of the Law, or the Pentateuch) are important to the doctrine of our redemption.

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Did Moses Write the Pentateuch?

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  • R. Dean Anderson

The author looks at different texts in the Pentateuch and the whole of the Bible in order to discuss the authorship of the Pentateuch. A lot of the material in the Pentateuch was revealed to Moses by God, but there is significant evidence which points to authorship other than or in addition to Moses.

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Faith is not a once–done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the triune God A. W. Tozer
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