Review: The Temple and the Tabernacle: A Study of God’s Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation by J. Daniel Hays
Review: The Temple and the Tabernacle: A Study of God’s Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation J. Daniel Hays Baker Books 2016 First impressions count. Academic comes to mind when I first looked at this book. And in some respects it is, but don’t let that scare you off. Hays has written a book that is informative, thought provoking, and accessible to folks like me (a non-academic) and only about 200 pages long. There are no five questions for discussion at the end of each chapter either and that is a plus for a work like this one. A bibliography for those that want to know who this author consulted and endnotes for even more information are included. Pictures, charts, and graphic renderings break the narrative at appropriate spots and help the reader to more fully grasp the discussion that surrounds them. The content covers not only the tabernacle and temple architecture and furnishings, but also the history from ea...