In my assigned reading for Old Testament we're in the chapter about History. This book does a great job of giving a balanced, scholarly look at how we should read the Old Testament. It does challenge some of our notions, which I think is good.
There was a part of this chapter that explained how we should read the history books in the Old Testament, specifically 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, and 1-2 Chronicles. The warnings were not to take all described behavior as prescriptive and not to try to read every part looking for devotional or doctrinal material.
I do think that the whole Bible is about Jesus, but I also know that we need to be careful about over-allegorizing the Old Testament. To paraphrase Freud, sometimes a chariot is just a chariot.
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