Review of How to Read and Understand the Biblical Prophets

“How to Read & Understand the Biblical Prophets is essentially a book on the nature of Hebrew literature and the appropriate hermeneutical tools required for accurately interpreting the prophets. It is written at a popular level to instruct the beginner while also offering correction for the seasoned interpreter. It fills an important gap in the literature since most hermeneutical or Hebrew literature textbooks are too complex for the common reader, and most books on the prophets cover only the content of the prophets rather than how to read them (though see Chalmers recent work Interpreting the Prophets which has a similar goal to Gentry, yet both have different emphases and complement each other). This book is recommended as an excellent, thoroughly biblical, erudite, yet down-to-earth and practical handbook for all those wanting to learn how to properly read the biblical prophets.”

Excerpt from Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies . Read the full review here.