I am left wondering who would profit from this book. Even for a non-evangelical authence, there are too many non-supported assertions made throughout the work. Further, there is precious little coverage of the OT in this book: while A Modest Proposal and Through the Looking Glass may make for fun reading, it would be better to discuss extensive sections from Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, or Job instead. For the intended authence (college students needing a basic introduction to the OT) a far better work would be Encountering the Old Testament (EOT) by Bill Arnold and Bryan Beyer (2d ed.; Baker, 2008). EOT is evangelical in perspective, quite visually engaging (with many full-color photographs and maps, plus CD-ROM), easy to read, and far more even and extensive in its coverage of the individual OT books than Dick's work.