From Moses to Qumran: Studies in the Old Testment by H.H. Rowley

"In this distinguished collection of his biblical essays Professor Rowley deals with some of the important, contemporary issues in Biblical studies. He begins with a lively discussion on the kind of authority which we can look for in the Bible as a whole. For Professor Rowley the supreme test of authority is Christ Himself which means that the two Testaments of the Bible "belong to one another and neither is complete without the other." Christ is the test of the Old Testament revelation, and the New Testament is the guarantee of the inspiration and authority of the Old. Professor Rowley then deals with the question of this growth of the idea of one God and the place of Moses in this development; the Mening of sacrifice in the Old Testament, and the place of Ritual in the thought of the Hebrew Prophets. In a profound and stimulating essay on The Book of Job and its Meaning. professor Rowley shows his skill in linking scholarship and personal faith as he also does in the discussions on Jeremiah. In a final essay on The Qumran Sect and Christian Origins, Professor Rowley brings his detailed knowledge and great authority to bear on the biggest Biblical discovery of recent years in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Community to which they belonged. In these essays the learning and wisdom of the Old Testament scholarship are skilfully employed: Professor Rowley's gifts in Old Testament knowledge and exposition are seen at their very best."