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Spiritual Traditions For The Contemporary Church
$38.99Add to cartThis volume offers a comprehensive intellectual and experiential introduction to Christian spirituality. It embraces spiritual traditions from the Patristic period to the present day. Part I, “The Roots of Contemporary Western Spirituality,” covers spiritual types that have been fundamental in shaping spiritual practice. Part II, “Distinctive Spiritual Traditions,” offers major introductory essays on spiritual traditions formed by such notable figures as Luther, Wesley, Ignatius, and John of the Cross, as well as ecclesiastical traditions such as Anglicanism. Part III, “The Feminine Dimension in Christian Spirituality,” is devoted to Marian Spirituality, holy women, and feminism. Each of the fourteen chapters is followed by a practicum which enables readers to assimilate the practice prescribed into their own devotional life .
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Theology Is For Proclamation
$29.00Add to cartIn this work, Gerhard Forde makes a dashingly bold move to construct a whole systematic theology on the model of Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will. Forde continues Luther’s polemic against every theology that fools with God apart from the Word. He drags systematic theology out of the study, sticks it into the pulpit, onto the altar, and under the waters of baptism so that it proclaims the gospel. He sets limits within which discussions of ministry and ecumenism must occur, if we are to remain proclaimers of the gospel. He writes a theology that is good for nothing but proclaiming the living Word of God.
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Follys Bride
$12.99Add to cartIn a time of social unrest, slave rebellions, and growing political dissent, Sara, once impetuous and flirtatious, learns to overcome her pride as she comes under the influence of Clayborn Montrose, scion of the Montrose family and Master of Montclair. Her unusual beauty and her independent spirit places her on a collision course with romance, frustration, disappointment, and finally, true love.
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Theology Of The Cross
$29.00Add to cartA THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS, by Charles Cousar investigates the importance and role of the death of Jesus in the letters of Paul. Cousar attempts to move beyond the category of justifi cation in his understanding of the Pauline writings. Cousar believes that our North American dominant cultural values are massively resistant to a theology of the cross. The author then proposes that a very different set of cate- gories are needed. The shift of categories touches every aspect of life, socio-economic and episetmological as well as ethical.
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Love You Forever
$5.95Add to cartFirefly Books publication
The mother sings to her sleeping baby: “I’ll love you forever / I’ll love you for always / As long as I’m living / My baby you’ll be.” She still sings the same song when her baby has turned into a fractious 2-year-old, a slovenly 9-year-old, and then a raucous teen. So far so ordinary–but this is one persistent lady. When her son grows up and leaves home, she takes to driving across town with a ladder on the car roof, climbing through her grown son’s window, and rocking the sleeping man in the same way. Then, inevitably, the day comes when she’s too old and sick to hold him, and the roles are at last reversed. Each stage is illustrated by one of Sheila McGraw’s comic and yet poignant pastels.
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Fortunes Bride
$17.99Add to cartSlowly she turned to face the door just as Graham came through at full stride. At the sight of him a wild kind of joy seized her. Graham halted on the threshold. He drew in his breath sharply, and in spite of himself, his pulse thundered at the sight of the tall, willowy figure. The last time he had seen Avril she had been a child. Here in her place was a graceful young woman. “Avril, my dear,” he said, finding his voice. “Welcome home!” Fortune’s Bride, the third in a series of award-winning novels by Jane Peart, is a revision of the story of Avril Dumont, a wealthy young heiress and orphan, who gradually comes to terms with her lonely adolescence. There is romance and heartbreak, true love and fulfillment in this story of Avril’s seemingly unreturned but undaunted love for her bachelor guardian, Graham Montrose. Readers of Fortune’s Bride will be smitten with the charm of the old South as they follow Avril’s development into womanhood, and meet the people who give her a sense of self-worth. So skillfully drawn is the plot of this romance that the reader will suffer form ongoing suspense throughout Avril’s story.
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Why I Am A United Methodist
$11.99Add to cartPopular author, speaker,and unviersity professor William Willimon examines United Methodism and the ways it has made and continues to make a difference in his life. In an inspiring and enlightening way, he writes of his pride in being part of a church that has grown from one man’s experience to a worldwide movement covering the globe with its message. A learning guide for groups and individuals is included.
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Micah
$39.00Add to cartHans Walter Wolff applies redactional and form criticism to the book of Micah, resulting in this thorough commentary. Discussing the many parts that make up Micah, and their relationship to each other, Wolff focuses on the development of the final form of Micah. This is a valuable commentary for scholars and pastors with an interest in critical studies and technical issues related to Micah.
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Readings In Christian Thought (Revised)
$39.99Add to cart403 Pages
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Revised and expanded edition of this familiar guide to the writings of 55 great theologians. Includes substantial excerpts, along with valuable introductions, from Justin Martyr through Thomas Merton. “A splendid collection,”—Review and Expositor. Wonderful training for fledgling theologians. -
Imagining A Sermon
$19.99Add to cartHere is the remedy for trite, boring sermons! Thomas H. Troeger shows how to breathe fresh life into your sermons by harnessing your imaginative powers in a new way. In scores of dynamic workshops, Troeger has shown preachers and seminarians how to create powerful sermons by seizing moments when the heart and mind catch fire. Now, in Imagining a Sermon Troeger share the secrets of capturing the imaginative spirit within you.
You will discover:
How to observe daily events that can energize the preaching event
How to fine-tune your visual and listening skills to fuse televised, scriptural, and remembered images into new truths for your congregation. -
Social Ethics : An Examination Of American Moral Traditions
$39.00Add to cartRodger Betsworth introduces ethics by focusing on the cultural narratives that shape American images of self and world: the biblical story American gospel of success, the idea of well-being, and the global mission of America.
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Women Of Genesis
$24.00Add to cartTHE WOMEN OF GENESIS 12-50 describes the significant roles of the many women mentioned in the biblical book of Genesis. Through close attention to the literary features of the text, the author depicts Sarah, the daughter of Lot, Hagar, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah, Dinah, Tamar, and Potiphar’s wife as integral persons who shaped Israel’s destiny, revealed perspectives on God’s involvement in the course of history, and portrayed human failure, freedom and strength.
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Works Of John Wesley 19
$77.99Add to cartThis is the second volume of Wesley’s Journal to appear in the critical edition of The Works of John Wesley. Covering the period from late 1738 to 1743, it documents, in Wesley’s own words, the formative years of the Methodist Revival in Great Britain. Previously unpublished material from Wesley’s private diaries supplements the account in the published Journal of such key events as Wesley’s first adventure in “field preaching,” the growing breach between Wesley and the Moravians, the formation of the first Methodist Societies, the establishment of the New Room in Bristol and the Foundery in London, and the emergence of the “lay preachers” or “circuit riders.”
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Jesus Paul And The Law
$50.00Add to cartHere is a master new Testament scholars decade of research – along with new material – on a major issue on the study of Christian origins. Extended international debate has been concerned with this question: What were the attitudes toward the Jewish law within earliest Christianity?
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Liberating Exegesis : The Challenge Of Liberation Theology To Biblical Stud
$41.00Add to cartThis important book provides a sampling of liberation theology’s use of biblical texts, relating it to the “standard” methods of interpretation in Europe and America. Divided into four sections, the book sets out contemporary readings of the parable of Jesus influenced by a liberationist perspective; identifies the biblical and theoretical foundations of liberation theology, comparing them with the dominant exegetical paradigm in the first world; explores the way in which liberation exegesis affects reading the canonical accounts of Jesus; and argues that liberation theology cannot be seen solely as a third-world phenomenon.
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Return To Reason
$22.99Add to cartClark provides a penetrating critique of the Enlightenment assumption of evidentialism–that belief in God requires the support of evidence or arguments to be rational. His assertion is that this demand for evidence is itself both irrelevant and irrational. His work bridges the gap between technical philosopher and educated layperson.
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Man As Male And Female A Print On Demand Title
$25.99Add to cartNot without justification, Christian theologians (most of whom have been men) have been described as male chauvinists. But to the extent that such an accusation is fair, Paul Jewett would argue, these theologians are not living up to the genius of Christian theology. That is the burden of this provocative new book.
In Man as Male and Female Professor Jewett sets forth and elaborates a full-orbed theology of human sexuality. The key to it is embedded in the Genesis account of creation. Not only are we told that Man is created in God’s image but also “male and female created he them.” The differentiation between the sexes, Jewett argues, captures something of the trinitarian character of the Creator, particularly the dimension of fellowship.
What that means is that the relationship of man to woman is one of partnership, not hierarchy. Man and woman are properly related when they accept each other as equals whose differences complement each other in all areas of life.
Quite a different view took hold as the religion of the Old Testament developed. Man was seen as superior, women inferior; man made the rules, woman obeyed them. Jesus made no radical verbal challenge to that system. But his way of life and his treatment of women, Professor Jewett argues, bespoke a profound new theory, later given definite expression by the Apostle Paul: “In Christ there is . . . no male and female.” In response to those who would quote Paul to support the other side, Professor Jewett contends that Paul’s practice simply did not always match his profound and revolutionary insight.
Interspersed among the steps of Professor Jewett’s careful theological study are fascinating notes concerning questions like sex in the final eschaton, the marital status of Jesus, the hatred of women in Western thought, and the ordination of women.
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Ephesians : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
1. Background Of Ephesians
2. Survey Of Ephesians
3. Spiritual Blessings In Christ
4. Prayer For Spiritual Wisdom
5. Once Dead, Now Alive
6. Paul’s Testimony And Prayer
7. Preserving Church Unity
8. The Daily Walk Of Christians
9. Conduct In The Christian Home
10. The Christian’s Armor P. 96Additional Info
EPHESIANS
A Self-Study GuideDuring Paul’s imprisonment in Rome, he wrote many letters to churches and friends. Ephesians is one of those letters. Written to the believers at Ephesus, it speaks of the plan God has had from eternity to establish and complete His church. This self-study guide will help you understand a number of key topics in the book of Ephesians, among them predestination, the church, spiritual gifts, and spiritual warfare.
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Jesus After The Gospels
$30.00Add to cartThis study first examines the New Testament origins of second-century thinking: the humanity of Christ in biblical Christology, including the infancy narratives and the divinity of Christ. The book then deals with Gnostic Christologies of the early second century, interprets the christological thinking of the apostolic fathers and Justin Martyr, discusses the Jewish Christian Christology of Theophilus, shows how disagreements were dealt within developing concepts of orthodoxy versus heresy, and explores how Irenaeus’s Christology was worked out as a basis for molding an orthodox consensus. The book shows early attempts to synthesize diverse strands in the Gospel portraits of Jesus.
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All The Promises Of The Bible
$18.99Add to cartThe Substance Of The Promise
The Simplicity Of The Promise
The Stipulation Of The Promise
The Surety Of The Promise
The Source Of The Promise
The Security Of The Promise
The Scope Of The Promise
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Throughout the Bible are scattered hundreds of definite, explicit promises that form the category Peter calls “the exceeding great and precious promises.” In All the Promises of the Bible the noted evangelical and expository writer, Dr. Herbert Lockyer, undeniably achieves his goal of marshaling “a comprehensive and representative number of the promises” in Scripture, which he likened to “an arranged museum of gems and precious stones and pearls in God’s cabinet of spiritual jewels.”Dr. Lockyer leaves no theological stone unturned in his chapter-by chapter exegesis of
The substance of the promises
The source of the promises
The simplicity of the promises
The security of the promises
The stipulation of the promises
The scope of the promises
The surety of the promisesThe believer who reads All the Promises of the Bible will find encyclopedic knowledge uniquely combined with deep spiritual insight that enlightens as it inspires.
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All The Prayers Of The Bible
$24.99Add to cartThe believer will find in All the Prayers of the Bible not just a recital of well-known and well-worn phrases, but an outpouring of the heart to God. The passion and the beauty of prayer (as well as its necessity and efficacy) have never been so happily assembled as in this remarkable devotional. This unique book has become a spiritual classic and study book that will enrich any prayer life. All the Prayers of the Bible contains hundreds of seed thoughts for sermons-and inspiration for Sunday school and Bible study teachers, and other Christians alike. Dr. Herbert Lockyer not only summarizes all the prayers of the Bible, but also analyzes what each book of the Bible tells us about prayer and its role in human life and history.
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Romans : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
1. Introduction To Paul’s Epistles
2. Background And Survey Of Romans
3. Paul’s Burden
4. The Pagan World And The Self-Righteous Condemned
5. The Jew Condemned; The Whole World Condemned
6. Justification Defined And Illustrated
7. Fruits Of Justification
8. Principles Of Christian Living
9. The Practice And Power Of Christian Living
10. God’s Sovereignty In Saving Jew And Gentile
11. The Christian Servant
12. The Christian Citizen
13. The Christian Brother
14. Epilogue: Personal Notes
Bibliography P. 115Additional Info
ROMANS: A Self-Study GuideTo understand the deeper truths of the Word of God, study the book of Romans. Paul’s letter reveals one important theological truth after another, laying a foundation for the Christian faith. By using this self-study guide you will be able to apply basic Bible doctrine to your everyday Christian experience. You’ll understand more fully subjects such as justification, propitiation, the universality of sin, and the characteristics of the new life in Christ.
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Acts : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
Geography Of Acts
1. Background Of Acts
2. Witnesses For Jesus
3. The Holy Spirit Poured Forth
4. A Miracle And A Sermon
5. The Test Of Conviction
6. More Tests And Victories
7. Stephen The Martyr
8. Philip The Soul-Winner
9. Conversion Of Saul
10. The Gospel For Gentiles
11. Antioch Christians
12. First Missionary Journey
13. Jerusalem Council
14. Second Missionary Journey
15. Third Missionary Journey
16. Paul Before The Mob
17. Paul Before The Council
18. Paul Before The Governors
19. Paul Before A King
20. Voyage To Rome
21. Paul’s Witness At Rome
Index Of Topical Studies
BibliographyAdditional Info
The book of Acts spans thirty years and is a record of the spread of Christianity from the coming of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost to Paul’s arrival in Rome. This self-study guide will enable you to understand the formation and the development of the church. Patterns of church life and principles for missionary work are among the topics discussed. If you are looking for a comprehensive, challenging tool to use in personal, group, or class Bible study, you’ll find the Jensen Bible Self-Study Guide series an exciting way to better understand the important truths of God’s Word. Each response-oriented guide in the 39-book series features helpful charts, graphs, maps, and ideas for projects and further study. You’ll refer back to each completed guide as a reference again and again as you study the Scriptures. This study series has enabled millions to effectively explore and understand God’s eternal message, and it continues to be the most widely used tool for Bible study today. -
Genesis : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cart1. The Book Of Genesis
2. Creation
3. The Fall
4. The Flood; Birth Of Nations
5. Abraham-Four Great Tests
6. Abraham’s God Of Promise
7. Abraham’s Crucial Last Years; Isaac
8. Jacob Striving For Blessing
9. Jacob Learning True Blessing
10. Joseph As Prisoner
11. Joseph As Benefactor
12. Joseph As Son And BrotherAdditional Info
Genesis is the book of beginnings. In it we have the account of the creation of the universe and all that is within it. In the book of Genesis we see god putting into action the plan He has had eternally for mankind. This self-study guide will help you as you study each facet of God’s program through fourteen organized lessons. Charts, maps, and diagrams appear throughout the study guide and ill give you a greater understanding of this unique, foundational book of beginnings.If you are looking for a comprehensive, challenging tool to use in personal, group, or class Bible study, you’ll find the Jensen Bible Self-Study Guide series and exciting way to better understand the important truths of God’s Word. Each response-oriented guide in the 39-book series features helpful, charts, graphs, maps, and ideas for projects and further study. You’ll refer back to each completed guide as a reference again and again as you study the Scriptures. This study series has enabled millions to effectively explore and understand God’s eternal message, and it continues to be the most widely used tool for Bible study today.
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Reframing : A New Method In Pastoral Care
$29.00Add to cartThis is a new method of pastoral care by Donald Capps. Capps is a professor of pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He explains his theory of Reframing in three parts. Topics touched on are techniques of refraiming, the ministry of Jesus, superficial counsel, healing utopia, the inadequate methods of Job’s counselors, and more.
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Legends Of Christmas
$7.95Add to cartThis delightful Christmas pageant includes speaking, reading, and non-reading parts for all the children in your congregation. Pre-schoolers, younger children, older youth, and their adult audience will all enjoy exploring a variety of charming Christmas legends from around the world. Familiar carols highlight each legend and involve your entire congregation in song and celebration.
Sets and props can be simple; costumes for most players consist of ordinary school clothes. Performance time is approximately 49 minutes.
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Deuteronomy : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$50.00Add to cartThe book of Deuteronomy self-consciously addresses different generations of readers—creating unusual problems in understanding and interpretation. Patrick Miller steers preachers and teachers through these difficulties, carefully discussing the nature and character of the law, the nature of the moral life under God, and even the place of Deuteronomy in the New Testament.
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Psalms 60-150
$69.00Add to cartPsalms 60-150 by Hans-Joachim Kraus completes the publication in English of Kraus’s classic work on the Psalms in the Biblischer Kommentar series (previously published: Theology of the Psalms 1-59, 1988). The English edition has been widely praised by reviewers. This commentary is the best resource available to understand the Psalm. It is marked by both scholarly rigor and practical usefulness for teaching and preaching in the church … Kraus is indispensable. It breaks new ground, bringing the multifarious theological dimensions of the Psalter into reasonable clarity without dissipating its charm.
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Tragic Vision And Divine Compassion
$30.00Add to cartOffering an alternative to classic Christian theodicies (justification of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil), Wendy Farley interprets the problem of evil and suffering within a tragic context, advocating compassion to describe the power of God in the struggle against evil.
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Ezekiel : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$40.00Add to cartThis major work explores the message and meaning of Ezekiel, one of the longest and most difficult of the prophetic books. An introduction explains what is involved in reading a prophetic book, and how the book of Ezekiel was put together and structured. It looks at the form of speech used and discusses Ezekiel’s author and those who transmitted, edited, and enlarged upon what he had to say. The destruction of Jerusalem is a primary concern, and attention is focused on the political and social situation of the time in order to provide a clear understanding of the political and religious crisis facing the prophet’s contemporaries.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.
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Justification The Article By Which The Church Stands Or Falls
$15.00Add to cartIn Part I, Braaten assesses Luther’s view of justification and its subsequent interpretation by orthodoxy, by Calvin, by Ritschl and Harnack, by Tillich, and by Barth. In Part II, the discussion turns to ecumenical dialogues on justification and the relation of the doctrine to evangelization, to the distinction between law and gospel, to pastoral care, and to the church’s involvment in secular issues.
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1-2 Samuel : A Bible Commentary For Teaching And Preaching
$56.00Add to cartThe books of Samuel are so packed with good stories, one right after another, that their theological significance is easy to overlook. In this new Interpretation volume, Brueggemann uses literary analysis to show how the writer of Samuel describes God’s actions in human history. He is not so much interested in how the books of Samuel were put together, as in how they communicate God’s care to his people. Preachers and teachers will find this ”big picture” especially helpful. Hardcover from John Knox, 420 pages.
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Old Testament Theology In A Canonical Context
$39.00Add to cartChilds, eminent Yale professor of divinity, provides a fresh approach to Old Testament theology that frees the text for a more powerful theological role within the Christian church. Moving beyond prior historical-critical studies, Childs’ canonical approach provides “a major check against the widespread modern practice of treating it solely from a philological, historical, or literary perspective.”
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God Book : Everything You Wanted To Know About God But Were Afraid To Ask
$12.00Add to cartIf You Are Seriously Interested In Learning About God, This Is The “Answer Book” You Have Been Waiting For! 127 questions answered directly from Scripture. A must for those who have a great desire to know God, His personality and what the Bible says. This book answers “Everything You Always Wanted To Know About God But Were Afraid To Ask!”
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Christ Is Come
$7.95Add to cartThis flexible worship planner can be used as a supplement to your regularly scheduled services or as an independent celebration. Thoughtful reflections on the meaning of Advent and the birth of the Christ child are punctuated by an Advent wreath, familiar hymns and scriptures, insightful prayers, and a colorful banner.
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Janice VanCleaves Biology For Every Kid
$19.00Add to cartWhat’s the effect of osmosis on a raisin? How is water transported through plant stems? What’s the best way to grow penicillin? How are butterflies different from moths? Now you can discover answers to these and other fascinating questions about biologythe study of living organisms. In Biology for Every Kid, you’ll learn how to talk with fireflies, watch bacteria wage war in a glass of milk, discover how to tell the temperature by counting cricket chirps, and find out how an apple and an onion can taste the same. Each of the 101 experiments is broken down into its purpose, a list of materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and an easy to understand explanation. Every activity has been pretested and can be performed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or at home.
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Haggai
$29.00Add to cartIn this distinguished commentary, Wolff is concerned to defend Haggai as much more than a “minor” prophet. He was a man whose feet were placed firmly on the ground, one of the dominating figures of the postexilic community, the main instigator of the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple, and so responsible for inaugurating a new era in Jewish history. This commentary is verse by verse, includes the text written out for the reader, and offers excellent bibliographical information with detailed footnotes. Most appropriate for scholars and academics, rather than for laypeople who do not have a working knowledge of biblical Hebrew. Hans Walter Wolff is emeritus professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg.
