Biblical Commentary

2013 Catholic Press Award Winner In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, a respected New Testament scholar examines cultural context and theological meaning in First Corinthians. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form...

Christianity Today 2008 Award of Merit (Biblical Studies) Readers of the New Testament often encounter quotes or allusions to Old Testament stories and prophecies that are unfamiliar or obscure. In order to fully understand the teachings of Jesus and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936270408Author Lawrence R FarleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Conciliar PressPublisher Conciliar PressWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Study Hebrews in its Second Temple ContextFollowing the proven model established in Reading Romans in Context, Reading Mark in Context, and Reading Revelation in Context, this book brings together a series of accessible essays that compare and contrast...

Genesis sets the scene for the whole of the Bible, and indeed the entire human drama. It is a book both of beginnings and of a new beginning - the dawn of the gospel. In The Message of Genesis 12-50, Joyce G. Baldwin shows how the vivid narratives of...

John wrote his gospel to give us a ringside seat from which to watch the Galilean carpenter whose message changed the world. Mark writes to tell us WHAT Jesus did, and Matthew and Luke write to explain WHY Jesus did it, but John's main concern is to help...

A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story.The first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736468647Author Joshua T JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Bible for Normal PeoplePublisher Bible for Normal PeopleWeight(grams)...

The Book of Esther is one of two books of the Bible to be set entirely outside of the Promised Land, and the only book which does not mention God at all. In this cogent, readable study, David Firth explores The Message of Esther, to help us better...

Named one of Church Times's Best Christian BooksThis volume provides a much-needed English translation of the sixth edition of what is considered the fundamental text for fully understanding Barthianism. Barth--who remains a powerful influence on...

Romans is Paul's most thorough presentation of the good news he preached. Writing to a church he had not yet met, Paul lets them know that both Jews and Gentiles need to be rescued from death, and the crucified and risen Jesus is the Savior they need. In...

Elizabeth Achtemeier examines the often-neglected Minor Prophets and explains them as they reflect the church at worship and at work. She sets the Minor Prophets in their canonical context emphasizing the relationship between the message of these...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781414393841Author Charles R. SwindollFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

In 30AD, Jesus of Nazareth looked to have been an utter failure. If you don't understand that, then you will miss the message of the book of Acts. It is a record of survival through adversity, triumph against all odds, and victory snatched from the jaws...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Gold Book Award - ECPA 1992.Book InformationISBN 9780310253990Author Matthew HenryFormat HardbackPage Count 2288Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802837332Author Robert W. YarbroughFormat HardbackPage Count 604Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

For many Christians, the Old Testament book of Leviticus tends to be largely unknown and unread. However, the gospel makes little sense without the background it provides. In The Message of Leviticus, Derek Tidball shows how this vital part of...

These books of the Bible, despite their differences, all treat the phenomenon of what it means to live wisely before God. In this readable commentary, Ellen Davis points out that the writers of these books considered wisdom--and the fruits of wisdom, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781424559558Author Dr Brian SimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Broadstreet PublishingPublisher Broadstreet PublishingWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825445088Author Karen JobesFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Kregel Publications,U.S.Publisher Kregel Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)...

"The chequered story of the Kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 B.C. with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy and the removal to Babylonia of all that made Judah politically viable. It was a death to make...

These prophets restate God's intention to establish his kingdom, and explain what this means for the lives of his people. Petterson's commentary sets the books in their wider biblical-theological context, and shows the connections between the post-exilic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912863693Author David FellinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Malcolm Down Publishing LtdPublisher Malcolm Down Publishing LtdDimensions(mm)...

End the frustration of being unable to locate a Scripture, find a biblical word definition, or get a historical fact when you need it. Within this time-saving and convenient Bible commentary, acclaimed Bible teacher Warren Wiersbe takes you through each...

Making use of his true scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright manages to unravel the great complexity of this extraordinary gospel. He describes it as 'one of the great books in the literature of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532687037Author Graham H TwelftreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

How did the New Testament writers and the earliest Christians come to adopt the Jewish scriptures as their first Old Testament? And why are our modern Bibles related more to the Rabbinic Hebrew Bible than to the Greek Bible of the early Church? The...

With Proverbs, veteran Old Testament scholar Tremper Longman III offers an accessible commentary on one of Scripture's most frequently quoted and visited books. With his deft exegetical and expositional skill, the resulting work is full of fresh insight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830814725Author Mark SheridanFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 998g

In this addition to the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS), Daniel Keating interprets First and Second Peter and Jude for pastoral ministers and lay readers alike. The seventeen-volume CCSS series, which will cover the entire New Testament,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622456925Author Charles H SpurgeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Aneko PressPublisher Aneko PressWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

With their messages of doom and judgment, the Minor Prophets have not been popular subjects in the history of biblical interpretation. In this exegetical and expository commentary, noted scholars remedy this neglect by offering an authoritative,...

The invitation to worship God is the highest privilege of human beings - a privilege squandered by sinful rebellion, but also gloriously restored to us through the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. Biblical worship is a response to God's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434768476Author Warren WiersbeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint David C Cook Publishing CompanyPublisher David C Cook Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622454686Author Charles H SpurgeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Aneko PressPublisher Life Sentence PublishingWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666788235Author Michael E W ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

At the beginning of his academic career, author Jacob Milgrom determined to make his lifework a probing study of the Laws of the Torah. Here, with Leviticus 1-16, the first of three volumes on Leviticus, he has reached the pinnacle of his long pursuit...

In the first of two volumes on the Gospel of Luke, Darrell L. Bock offers students of the New Testament a substantive yet highly accessible commentary. With extensive research and thoughtful chapter-by-chapter exegesis, Bock leads readers through all...

Veteran Old Testament scholar Tremper Longman offers an accessible commentary on one of Scripture's most intriguing books. With his deft exegetical and expositional skill, the resulting work is full of fresh insight into the meaning of the text. In...