Old Testament

In a book that will appeal to both Jews and Christians, Gary Anderson explores the story of Adam and Eve and its perspectives on the problem of evil, the nature of sexuality, and the question of sin and forgiveness.About the AuthorGary A. Anderson is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830851782Author David G. FirthFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 318g

Animal studies may be a recent academic development, but our fascination with animals is nothing new. Surviving cave paintings are of animal forms, and closer to us, as Ken Stone points out, animals populate biblical literature from beginning to end...

This book provides insights for the spiritual journey through a profound psychological engagement with the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis. Like Joseph, every human being faces problems in life - whether threats to identity, relationship...

This volume in the acclaimed feminist companion to the bible series, edited by Athalya Brenner, draws together a range of leading biblical commentators to discuss one of the most challenging and fascinating biblical texts for feminist interpretation, the...

This volume contains 20 articles by leading scholars on the king and Messiah, mostly in the Old Testament, but also in the ancient Near East and post-biblical Judaism and New Testament. This volume is a major contribution to the study of kingship and...

This text introduces the book of Psalms and provides an exposition of each psalm with attention to genre, liturgical connections, societal issues and the psalm's place in the book of Psalms as a whole. The treatments of the psalms feature a close look at...

Giving astute attention to social worlds of women of both ancient and modern times, Katharine Sakenfeld explores the stories of eleven women in the Old Testament. In clear and engaging fashion, she reveals the complexity of these women's lives, drawing...

The book of Proverbs is the starting point of the biblical wisdom tradition. But how did individual proverbs, instructions and poems come together to form the various collections we have today? Katharine Dell explores the possible social contexts for...

Taking on the established view of Chronicles, which uses retribution theology - the view that the author of Chronicles re-worked the texts in Samuel-Kings to demonstrate that Yahweh rewards the good and punishes the wicked - Troy Cudworth argues that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781882514120Author Cyndy ShearerFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Greenleaf PressPublisher Greenleaf PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 210mm...

This volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the book of Genesis.The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The...

Encapsulating as it does research that has been undertaken on the sociological, anthropological and political aspects of the history of ancient Israel, this important book is designed to follow in the tradition of works in the series sponsored by The...

This volume is a new translation, introduction and commentary on the book of law that shaped the religion in Israel.About the AuthorJacob Milgrom is Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of California, Berkeley, and a widely published...

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What are we as contemporary readers to make of such a strange book as Leviticus? How can we possibly relate to the kosher laws of clean and unclean foods? Who would want to dine on camel, order eagle or stork, and munch on grasshoppers and crickets? In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641589154Author Andy KlenkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint NavPress Publishing GroupPublisher NavPress Publishing Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802829009Author John BartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...

This commentary builds on the work of previous scholarship and addresses contemporary issues. It gives serious attention to questions of textual criticism, philology, history, and Near Eastern backgrounds and is sensitive to the literary conventions...

Encountering Eve's Afterlives: A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2-4 aims to destabilize the persistently pessimistic framing of Eve as a highly negative symbol of femininity within Western culture by engaging with marginal, and even...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060969592Author Stephen MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Studies in the books of Ezra-Nehemiah have tended to become bogged down with such questions as, Who came first, Ezra or Nehemiah, and were they contemporaries? When did Ezra make his journey to Jerusalem, how many trips did he make, and which route did...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620329993Author Daniel I. BlockFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

In The Formation of the Hebrew Bible David Carr rethinks both the methods and historical orientation points for research into the growth of the Hebrew Bible into its present form. Building on his prior work, Writing on the Tablet of the Heart (Oxford,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506424828Author Jordan P. BarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802420121Author John SailhamerFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Moody PublishersPublisher Moody PublishersWeight(grams) 136g

'Whybray's recent book is a masterful review of all the options set out by critical scholarship since Wellhausen, i.e., over the last century. It is an exhaustive and up to date treatment, concise and highly readable.' E. Dyck, Crux 'Sensitive to...

This handbook provides a practical guide for the student and scholar alike who wishes to use the Septuagint (LXX) in the text-critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible. It does not serve as another theoretical introduction to the LXX, but it provides all the...

The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics offers an engaging and informative response to a wide range of ethical issues. Drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems, the essays address a variety of topics, including...

The New English Bible has benefited not only from advances in the understanding of ancient language and discoveries of new manuscripts and methods, but also from the recent growth in knowledge of the social and political history of the biblical period...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666754780Author Reuven TravisFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628374636Author Aren M Wilson-WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 226Imprint Society of Biblical LiteraturePublisher Society of Biblical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087747521Author Gary E. SchnittjerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint LifeWay Christian ResourcesPublisher LifeWay Christian Resources

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881233834Author Barry BlockFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Central Conference of American RabbisPublisher Central Conference of American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783161451133Author Andrew ChesterFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)Publisher Mohr SiebeckWeight(grams) 830g

An Obituary for "Wisdom Literature" considers the definitional issues long plaguing Wisdom scholarship. Will Kynes argues that Wisdom Literature is not a category used in early Jewish and Christian interpretation. It first emerged in modern scholarship,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685260293Author Rusty ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Covenant BooksPublisher Covenant BooksWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506406268Author Robert WilliamsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 179Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher Augsburg Fortress PublishersWeight(grams) 226g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725262980Author Beth M StovellFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

1 and 2 Kings unfolds an epic narrative that concludes the long story of Israel's experience with institutional monarchy, a sequence of events that begins with the accession of Solomon and the establishment of the Jerusalem temple, moves through the...