Mark Driscoll, one of America's most influential pastors, answers the nine most common questions about the Old Testament — questions about authorship, what Jesus says about the Old Testament, how the Old Testament books were chosen as Scripture, and more — and gives an overview of the various kinds of Old Testament literature.

Two appendices include a comprehensive list of further resources and a checklist for reading through the entire Old Testament.

On the Old Testament is part of an ongoing series of books you will actually read. The average person can read these books (minus the appendixes) in roughly one hour. The hope is that the big truths packed into these little books will make them different from the many other books that you would never pick up or would pick up only to quickly put down forever because they are simply too wordy and don't get to the point.