The second part of the Christian Old Testament is known as the “Historical Books.” The adjective “historical” suggests a ...

The chapter on this subject is one of Strawn’s strongest. He draws out the many ways Old Testament genres—the Psalms, narratives like the exodus—have historically been and continue to be sources of ...

For the sheer comprehensiveness of prayer genres, the Psalms are unparalleled ... If that were the Old Testament’s only contribution to our spirituality, it would be plenty; but of course ...

One of the ways the Old Testament brings comfort to the anxious is by its dependence on two personable literary genres. The first is historical narrative, which is found in books like Genesis or ...

It’s a contradiction in genres analogous to religious contradictions: An aggressive drama and a respectful satire, HBO’s new series pits mentalities of the Old Testament against those in the ...

Further analysis found the Old Testament was more violent than the New Testament, and more than twice as violent as the Quran. Mr Anderson summarises: "Of the three texts, the content in the Old ...