The Elder Testament

Christopher R. Seitz (Ph.D. Yale) is Senior Research Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto.

The work's primary strength lies in its coherent and robust theological vision of the Elder Testament as an authoritative theological witness with its own venerable integrity--a vision both traditional and innovative. Seitz's mastery of canonical hermeneutics shines throughout the text, providing a solid backbone for his theological claims. Seitz's erudition shines through in his careful textual readings and his command of theological hermeneutics and early patristic interpretation. --Stephen L. Cook "Review of Biblical Literature" [The Elder Testament] will make an excellent textbook for those who are looking for a theologically interested approach to Israel's scriptures that engages critical issues. --Don Collett "International Journal of Systematic Theology" As T.S. Eliot put it in Little Gidding, the end of our exploration is to return to our starting point and to know that place for the first time. This is clearly the case with this new offering from Christopher Seitz, The Elder Testament: Canon, Theology, Trinity. By drawing on his own history in the evolution of Scriptural scholarship, Seitz makes an important contribution to the burgeoning but often imprecisely thought-through field of 'theological interpretation' of Scripture. --John Behr "Pro Ecclesia" Seitz has produced a valuable work that raises the most important questions every Christian reader of the Elder Testament should ask about the nature of canon, theology, and Trinity, and how these concerns weave together in the process of reading the Bible as Christian Scripture. Every reader has implicit assumptions about these matters, and Seitz has performed a great service by helping readers become aware of how these assumptions govern our reading. --Paavo Tucker "Stone-Campbell Journal" Chris Seitz has done a great service, both to the scholarly community and to the church, with his latest book, The Elder Testament: Canon, Theology, Trinity. It is the product of many years of reading and teaching the Old Testament --Hans Boersma "Pro Ecclesia" Seitz has written a stimulating and substantial work that advances the project of interpreting scripture canonically. --Collin Cornell "Scottish Journal of Theology" ...A remarkable tour de force, a re-envisioning of theological study of the Old Testament, whose implications merit serious thought on the part of Christian theologians. --Walter R.W.L. Moberly "Modern Theology"