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Robert Jenson offers a systematic theologian's careful reading of the Song of Songs. Jenson focuses on the overt sense of the book as an erotic lov...

“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen,” wrote the author of the epistle to the Hebrews.Reflecting on this ...

The Gospel of John was beloved by the early church, much as it is today, for its spiritual insight and clear declaration of Jesus' divinity. Clemen...

Among the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to ha...

What is the source of wisdom? What is the biblical understanding of it, and how is it revealed? In this book, T. A. Perry brings his creative impul...

This concise commentary on the Prophets, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in t...

New Interpreter's® Bible offers critically sound biblical interpretations for the 1990s and beyond. Guided by scholars, pastors, and laity represen...

Product DescriptionIn this accessible book, David deSilva introduces the Old Testament Apocryphal books and summarizes their context, message, and ...

The New Interpreter's Bible Commentary offers critically sound biblical interpretations. 'Guided by scholars, pastors and laity representing divers...

The history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by that of the period of the judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as ...

Editor Francis Martin collects patristic comment on the text of Acts in this volume of the ACCS.The Acts of the Apostles - or more in keeping with ...

The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, includin...

The books of Ezekiel and Daniel are rich in imagery taken up afresh in the New Testament.Echoes of Ezekiel - with its words of doom and promises of...

The SCM Theological Commentary series enlists leading theologians to read and interpret Scripture for the twenty-first century, just as the church ...

This commentary on the Pentateuch, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the wor...

Edward Adams challenges a strong consensus in New Testament and Early Christian studies: that the early Christians met almost exclusively' in house...

For all who have read Paul & the Faithfulness of God, or have simply wondered what all the fuss is about, this book takes you straight to the s...

Lament does not seem to be a pervasive feature of the New Testament, particularly when viewed in relation to the Old Testament. A careful investiga...

Luke models his portrayal both of Jesus and his disciples in Luke-Acts after the human agent of the Isaianic New Exodus in Isaiah 40-66, the servan...

Everyone has heard of of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational claims, it can be difficult to separa...

The discovery and publication of the Apocryphon of James from Nag Hammadi has significantly expanded the spectrum of early Christian literature abo...

Ostensibly written by Judass son, Benjamin, and following the style of the Gospels, this re-creation is a provocative, riveting, plausible, and con...

Product DescriptionWere first-century Jews expecting a messiah? Were other messiahs mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls? Were key early Christian sym...

Product DescriptionTransported two thousand years into the past, readers are introduced to Antipas, a Roman civic leader who has encountered the wr...

Since 1957, Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J., has done extensive study and research on the Dead Sea Scrolls, along with having written many publications on th...

The figure of Mary Magdalen has fascinated and perplexed people for centuries.She is portrayed in the Gospels as a neurotic woman, possibly with a ...

In der Diskussion um die Funde von Qumran ist in den letzten Jahren verstärkt die Archäologie in den Blick getreten.Dieser Band, der im Kern auf ei...

This study introduces the different aspects of the study of the apostle Paul, primarily to the differing positions and methods developed by contemp...

Through Palestinian eyes, a challenging view of how the reality of empire shapes the context of the biblical story and the ongoing experience of Mi...

Gregorios av Nyssa (ca 332–395) bildade tillsammans med Basileios den store och Gregorios av Nazianzos den krets som kallas de kappadokiska fäderna...

This volume represents a significant breakthrough in the study of Hebrew prosody with important implications for understanding the formation of the...

The New Interpreter's Bible Commentary offers critically sound biblical interpretations. Guided by scholars, pastors and laity representing diver...

This commentary views Exodus as a cultural document, preserving the collective memories of the Israelites and relating them to the major institutio...

This bible commentary traces the reception of Judges through the ages, not only by scholars and theologians, but also by preachers, teachers, polit...

»Of all the women in the Bible, Sarah is one of the most fascinating. Too often though, she has been understood only in the light of her marriage t...

Jesaja 40-55 representerar en av Gamla testamentets höjdpunkter. Här ackumuleras bilderna av Gud som Israels konung, herde, fader, moder, skapare o...

»2 Samuel,» by Antony F. Campbell, S.J., is Volume VIII of The Forms of the Old Testament Literature, a series that aims to present a formcritical ...

Leviticus 23-27 brings us to the climactic end of the book and its revolutionary innovations, among which are the evolution of the festival calenda...

The book of Job presents its readers with a profound drama concerning innocent suffering. Such honest, forthright wrestling with evil and the sile...

The present study focuses on the theology of the Book of Jeremiah. That theology revolves around themes familiar from Israel's covenantal faith, e...

What does it mean to be deeply in love with God and, at the same time, with a person, a group, or a nation that is at odds with God? Such is the di...

Beyond standard theological issues such as repentance and prayer, »The Honeymoon is Over» explores themes within the Book of Jonah that are of grea...

From the Inside Flap Praise for previous volumes in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible »This remarkable project is especially lucky in...

This third volume in the Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible series provides expert, comprehensive guidance in answering significant questions abou...

The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, includin...