ThereareseveralexcellentOldTestamenttheologiesavailabletoday,buttheytendtobelargeanddauntingforbeginningstudentsandotherswhoarehard-pressedfortime.RobinRoutledge’sOldTestamentTheologyisgaugedtomeettheneedsofreaderswhowanttodineonthemeatofOldTestamenttheologybutdonothavetimetolingeroverhorsd’oeuvresanddessert.Andhisthematicapproachmakesiteasyforselectivereaderstofindwhattheyneed.RoutledgeprovidesasubstantialoverviewofthecentralissuesandthemesinOldTestamenttheology.Inastylethatisclear,conciseandnuanced,Routledgeexaminesthetheologicalsignificanceofthevarioustextswithintheirwidercanonicalcontext,notingunityandcoherencewhileshowingawarenessofdiversity.ReaderslookingforasubstantialoverviewofthecentralissuesandthemesinOldTestamenttheologywillfindthatinthemainbodyofthetext,andthosewithmorespecificinterestswillfindmoredetaileddiscussionandreferencestofurtherreadinginthenumerousandexpansivefootnotes.
