Ron du Preez has produced an excellent exegetical and theological study related to the question of the relevance of the Israelite festivals for Christians. Apart from preface, introduction, and conclusion the book consists of three major parts and two appendices. The first part deals with Old Testament issues and raises nineteen questions, among them “ ‘Yahweh’s feasts’ or ‘Jewish festivals’?,” “Are feasts unchangeable moral laws?,” and “The seventh-day Sabbath, a ‘feast day’?”

Part two addresses New Testament concerns and covers another six questions. These questions include the following “Didn’t the apostles keep the feasts?,” “Weren’t some feasts fulfilled after Christ?,” and “Shouldn’t we keep Passover until heaven?” Part three contains a study of E. G. White materials on the issue of the festivals. This time, thirteen questions are raised and answered, for example, “Was Ellen White herself a feast-keeper?”, “Is ‘every divine institution’ ‘to be restored’?,” and “Are feast days predicted ‘new light’?” Appendix A discusses “Messiah’s method for searching Scripture.” Appendix B deals with Easter.

Every argument typically used to support the observance of the festivals has been carefully evaluated and a biblical answer provided. However, this book is not just a study of the facts, simply aiming at the human mind, but throughout it there is a genuine pastoral concern about the unity of the church and its message. May this volume contribute to intensify that unity.