This first-year Greek textbook discusses all the forms and basic syntax of Koine Greek, complete with extensive paradigms, examples, and explanations. --from publisher description
Hosea's bold imagery--a recounting of his own marriage to a prostitute--sets the stage for his message of God's enduring love, righteous judgment and persistent offer of reconciliation. David Allan Hubbard explores the historical, cultural, literary and theological dimensions of Hosea's life and message.
This volume provides an accessible, introductory commentary on the opening book of the New Testament: the Gospel of Matthew. Words, concepts, parables and historical context are explained.
This volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the book of Deuteronomy. 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.
Wenham's study on the Book of Leviticus is a contribution to The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Like its companion series on the New Testament, this commentary devotes considerable care to ahieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation.
A revisionist history of the split between Jews and Christians and the role of Paul in fostering animosity between them.
This commentary expounds the meaning of the text 'Esther' for general readers.
The book of Ecclesiastes has long puzzled Christians and even scholars. What does the book mean? And what relevance does it have to our lives? Michael Eaton provides a passage-by-passage analysis that attempts to account for the oddities of the text and to show how its message applies to us.
The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. The congregation he addressed was an Israel separated from its former days of blessing by a season of judgment. Along with a passage-by-passage interpretation of the text, Martin Selman offers a complete introduction which surveys the Chronicler's method and summarizes key theological themes.
1 and 2 Kings offer a unique vantage point for understanding the last days of the united kingdom under David to the eventual fall of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Donald Wiseman brings to this commentary his lifelong study of archaeology, history, languages and documents of the ancient Near East.