The Baylor Early Christian History Collection assembles five engaging studies focusing on early Christian history. Neatly bookending this collection are John Kessler’s book on Old Testament theology and Stefan Alkier’s fresh historical and theological explorations of the Resurrection. These volumes, along with the other provocative books included in this collection, provide foundational knowledge for studying the work of Christ as recorded in the Gospels, and the history of the early church. Together, they also maintain the crucial connection between individual events and the greater narrative of Scripture. Touching on an array of interesting topics such as christology and the origin of the New Testament canon, this insightful collection offers a substantive addition to any Bible scholar’s library.

Old Testament Theology provides a foundational tool for a theological reading of the Old Testament. In the book’s central chapters, John Kessler delineates six differing representations of the divine-human relationship, with special emphasis on the kind of response each one evokes from the people of God. He traces these representations through the Old Testament into the New Testament, and he reflects on their significance for the values and character formation of the people of God today. Old Tes...