In the Old Testament we read God's words as it was spoken to his people Israel.Today, thousand of years later, we hear in these thirty - nine books his inspired and authoritative message for us.
WBC series delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. It emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology.
Scholars who read very far into the textual notes in this commentary will know they sit at the feet of a master. Bringing his vast study and experience in the Hebrew text to bear on Ezekiel's writing, Dr. Allen offers a careful melding of early and recent scholarship on this complex Bible book. - from dust jacket.
Allen's study of the Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah constitute a volume in The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Like its companion series on the New Testament, this commentary devotes considerable care to achieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation.