The Books of the Old Testament, by Robert H. Pfeiffer (Harper) is an abridgement of his earlier Introduction. In the author’s own words, it “adds nothing, changes no conclusions, and omits ...

Divisions of the Bible. The Old Testament books are grouped in the following manner: 1) Historical books, which are arranged not in the order in which they were written but according to the order ...

THE BOOK OF ALL BOOKS By Roberto Calasso Translated by Tim Parks “The Book of All Books” is one of the last in a series of studies of myth by Roberto Calasso, who died in Milan this past July ...

Together, we discover Deuteronomy's Good News. Consider, for example, Robert Alter’s vivid translation of Deuteronomy 32:4–5: “The Rock, His acts are perfect, for all His ways are justice.