The The papers in this volume, read at the 1993 meeting of the Tyndale Fellowship Old Testament Study Group in Cambridge, reflect the ethos of Tyndale Houses to further appreciation of the Bible as both an outstanding ancient text and inspired divine revelation.

Genesis 12-50 is both placed within its Near Eastern context (providing a helpful antidote to some of the extreme skepticism with which these chapters have at times been discussed) and viewed in theological terms in order to demon-strate its influence on the unfolding biblical drama in both Old and New Testaments.

Richard Hess is Lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew at Glasgow Bible College; Gordon Wenham, Principal Lecturer in Old Testament, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher • Education; and Philip Satterthwaite, an Affiliated Lecturer in Oriental Studies at the University of Cambridge.