For a pastor preparing a sermon, this work might be inspiring, despite of its occasional linguistic difficulty, in addressing the idea of fulfillment of promise and prophesy, as well as the many roles played by Christ throughout history, in body and in spirit -- king, leader, star, prophet, amongst others. A lay reader with a specific interest in Christ's role as a prophet might enjoy reading this book, as might a Christian therapist with an interest in how a single figure can play multiple roles, shift and remain the same throughout history -- an analogy, one could say with an individual human being in the context of...

One must be careful of the author's sweeping claims made in the introduction and the conclusion, however, of the 'right' singular way to read the Bible and to view the history of Israel in the context of modernity.