Dominion And Dynasty Summary

Dominion and Dynasty: A theology of the Hebrew Bible is written by Stephen G. Dempster, Ph.D. According to his biographical information found on the Crandall University website, Dempster was born in Simcoe, Ontario. He then attended college at the University of Western Ontario, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree. After graduating from Western Ontario, Dempster continued his studies at Westminster Theological Seminary where he earned a Master’s degree and University of Toronto earned another Master’s degree, as well as his Ph.D. In addition to these studies, Dempster has done additional studies at Jerusalem University in Israel. His main interests in the Old Testament are Biblical Theology and the discipline of Old Testament Canon. Currently Dempster is teaching several different classes at Crandall University. Since writing Dominion and Dynasty, Dempster has published several journal articles, chapters for different books, and some online articles.

Summary
Dempster begins his book, Dominion and Dynasty, with an introduction of how different biblical texts appear different to different people (15). Then moves to show the Scriptures that make up the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, or the Judeo-Christian Old Testament, and how they are meant to be viewed not just as individual works, but as a whole. Each …show more content…
It is my opinion, based on the extensive work that Dempster has put into studying the Tanakh in the original Hebrew language that Dominion and Dynasty would probably be able to stand on its own. However, with my limited amount of experience, I am tempted to see Dominion and Dynasty as the result of Dempster’s own passion for the Tanakh rather than being a convincing argument for the Tanakh’s over the Old Testament’s order of