-In the Old Testament we read God\'s word as it was spoken to his people Israel.
For those many modern readers who find the Old Testament to be strange and foreign soil, the NICOT series serves as an auth.
Today, thousands of years later, we hear in these thirty-nine books his inspired and authoritative message for us.- These twin convictions, shared by all of the contributors to The New International Commentary on the Old Testament, define the goal of this ambitious series of commentaries. -In the Old Testament we read God\'s word as it was spoken to his people Israel