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Reading and Understanding the Old Testament: The Foundation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. By Dr. Thomas B. Lane

Reading and Understanding the Old Testament: The Foundation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is written for anyone who is interested in acquiring basic knowledge and understanding of the content of the Old Testament books. It is also written to enable readers to understand better the religious and theological foundation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as well as the background of their differences. All three religions root themselves in the Old Testament and call it the word of God. The book is unique in that instead of just describing some of the content it moves chapter by chapter through each Old Testament book using the actual verses of Scripture explaining clearly their meaning both for people in ancient times and our times today. The author respects and applies in a practical manner modern scholarship as he writes from the perspective of serious, religious Jews, Christians, and Muslims that the Scriptures are the inspired word of God. The readers of this book will definitely both experience and get a complete sense of the Old Testament Scriptures. It is strongly recommended reading. This book is the first in a three part series on the Bible. The second book will be on the Gospels and the third book on the New Testament letters and the book of Revelation.