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Daniel : A Commentary
$76.00Add to cartThe book of Daniel is a literary rich and complex story known for its apocalyptic style. Written in both Hebrew and Aramaic, the book begins with stories of Daniel and three Jewish young men Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshach), and Azariah (Abednego) who are exiles among the remnant from Judea in Babylon in sixth century b.c.e. It ends with Daniel’s visions and dreams about the Jewish community that offer comfort and encouragement as they endure persecution and hope for deliverance into God’s kingdom.
Newsom’s commentary offers a fresh study of Daniel in its historical context. Newsom further analyzes Daniel from literary and theological perspectives. With her expert commentary, Newsom’s study will be the definitive commentary on Daniel for many years to come.
The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing. The editorial board consists of William P. Brown, Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; Carol A. Newsom, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia; and Brent A. Strawn, Professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Womens Bible Commentary (Anniversary)
$65.00Add to cartA twentieth anniversary edition with brand new or thoroughly revised essays that reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics.
The Women’s Bible Commentary is a trusted, classic resource for biblical scholarship, written by some of the best feminist scholars in the field today. This twentieth anniversary edition features brand new or thoroughly revised essays to reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics. It comprises commentaries on every book of the Bible, including the apocryphal books; essays on the reception history of women in the Bible; and essays on feminist critical method. The contributors raise important questions and explore the implications of how women and other marginalized people are portrayed in biblical texts, looking specifically at gender roles, sexuality, political power, and family life, while challenging long-held assumptions. This commentary brings modern critical methods to bear on the history, sociology, anthropology, and literature of the relevant time periods to illuminate the context of these biblical portrayals and challenges readers to new understandings.
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Joel And Obadiah
$50.00Add to cartIn Joel and Obadiah, John Barton furnishes a fresh translation of the ancient manuscripts and discusses questions of historical background and literary architecture before providing a theologically sensitive and critically informed interpretation of the text.
The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
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Isaiah
$80.00Add to cartInternationally renowned scholar Brevard Childs writes on what is arguably the Old Testament’s most important theological book-Isaiah. Childs provides a fresh translation from the original Hebrew and discusses questions of text, language, historical background, and literary architecture. His critically informed, theological interpretaion of the text provides a creative and reading of Isaiah.
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Proverbs
$65.00Add to cartThrough translation, technical notes, and insightful commentary, Richard Clifford sheds new understanding on Proverbs. By focusing on the rhetoric of Proverbs, Clifford demonstrates how the book fosters a lifelong search for wisdom, and enables readers to see how the instructions and sayings are concerned with contemporary issues.
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Book Of Amos
$55.00Add to cartTranslated from the German, this authoritative work is the latest contribution to the internationally acclaimed Old Testament Library. Examining the shepherd’s prophecy in its context of rampant social injustice and religious arrogance, Jeremias draws on the latest archaeological, linguistic and historical findings to offer a comprehensive analysis of Amos and his message to God’s people.
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Jewish Wisdom In The Hellenistic Age
$60.00Add to cartJewish wisdom flourished under Hellenism in the books of Ben Sira and the wisdom of Solomon, as well as in a recently discovered sapiential text from Qumran. In this book, internationally known author John Collins presents a compelling description and analysis of these three texts and their continuing wisdom traditions.
The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
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Joshua A Commentary
$65.00Add to cartNew in the prestigious Old Testament Library. Nelson’s commentary on Joshua offers a balanced approach to the many difficulties the book presents, particularly the textual differences between the Hebrew and Greek texts. His incisive historical, archaeological, theological, and literary analysis gives a solid, in-depth understanding of this pivotal Old Testament work.
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Ruth
$50.00Add to cart120 Pages
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A love story with a happy ending! Ruth, a Moabite widow, accompanies her mother-in-law back to Bethlehem, where she meets her magnanimous kinsman, Boaz, and eventually marries him. Nielsen comments on characterization and puts the book in the wider context of related stories in the ancient world. -
Esther
$50.00Add to cartAvailable in a shorter Hebrew version and a longer Greek one, the book explains the origins of the festival of Purim, depicting a courageous Esther who, by confronting the king, annuls the anti-Semitic plot of Haman. Levenson interacts brilliantly with modern scholarship and older rabbinic traditions.
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Leviticus
$76.00Add to cartLeviticus offers many challenges for interpretation, including the laws contained within the book, as well as questions of the book’s origins and compilation. This new commentary provides a sure guide through the text and these questions. The commentary provides suggestions regarding daily life questions on how one worships the one universal God within the local communities of congregation and family. In this interpretation, the book of Leviticus offers clear words of instruction to thos throughout the world who would live faithfully for Israel’s God.
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Isaiah 13-39 A Commentary
$75.00Add to cartThe Westminster Old Testament Library is a scholarly treatment of the scriptures. This volume by Otto Kaiser is the second of two volumes on the book of Isaiah. It does not have the introductory material of the first volume but continues with the in-depth analysis of Isaiah. A good scholarly work.
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Book Of Exodus
$83.00Add to cartIn a pioneer approach to commentary-writing, Dr. Childs gives an entirely original treatment of the book of Exodus. He first explores the text in all its forms. Then he goes beyond the text to consider later exegesis, Jewish & Christian; the use of Exodus passages in the NT; the later traditions of exegesis; and, finally, more theological reflections.
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Jonah
$50.00Add to cartFew parts of the Bible have captured the imagination of individuals in the way that the book of Jonah has. James Lim- burg examines this well known book, keeping several questions in mind: How did the story originate? What is its place in the Bible? How did the New Testament understand the story? How has the story been understood in Judaism and Islam? What might it mean for people today? And what does it have to say about God, about the human condition, and even about God and nature? In reviewing the book, Limburg gives special atten tion to the many contributions of artists, musicians, painters, and sculptors who, he says, may have been the best interpreters of Jonah. He also keeps in mind the literary dimension of the texts and takes great care to follow the divisions of the book as they were defined by Jewish scribal tradition.
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Introduction To The Old Testament
$80.00Add to cartA classic in biblical interpretation has been updated for today’s scholars and students. This new edition of INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, translated by John Bowden, retains the clarity and breadth that has contributed to Alberto Soggin’s reputation as an outstanding biblical authority. He brings this third edition up to date using the latest scholarship, while retaining the same basic approach and divisions used in earlier versions. Aside from covering the books of the Hebrew Old Testament, Soggin also gives an introduction to each of the deutero-canonical books and provides an overview of the history and general problems that have accompanied the Hebrew Bible.
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Ecclesiastes : A Commentary
$45.00Add to cartThis volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the book of Ecclesiastes.
The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
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Book Of Job
$75.00Add to cartIn this volume, Norman Habel takes on the humbling task of writing a commentary on such a classic work as the book of Job–a text that is complex and unclear at many points.
The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing
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Isaiah 1-12 A Commentary (Revised)
$60.00Add to cartThe Old Testament Library is a scholarly treatment of the scriptures. This is the first of two volumes on Isaiah by Otto Kaiser. This volume begins with no introductory articles but includes within the text linguistic, historic, and critical analysis of Isaiah. This is a text good for any interested scholar.
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Theology Of The Old Testament 2
$75.00Add to cartThis book, the second of two volumes, offers a comprehensive profiling of the theology contained in the Old Testament.
The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
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Theology Of The Old Testament 1
$72.00Add to cartThis book, the first of two volumes, offers a comprehensive profiling of the theology contained in the Old Testament.
The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
