Discusses six crucial passages from the Old Testament, offering a commentary and new insights into their meaning. Employing a historical-critical method, this text takes account of archaeological, philological and historical research.

The Bible has been the site and center of countless commentaries, but perhaps none are as original as "Thinking Biblically." This extraordinary venture sets the words of a distinguished biblical scholar, Andre LaCocque, and those of a leading philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, in dialogue around six crucial passages from the Old Testament, revealing the familiar texts as vibrant, philosophically consequential, and unceasingly absorbing.