Yohanes Calvin adalah seorang tokoh Reformasi Gereja yang berasal dari Perancis. Karya fenomenal yang lahir dari pemikiran Calvin- dan menjadi judul buku ini- adalah Institutio. Institutio menjadi pintu gerbang bagi setiap orang yang hendak mengenal dan mempelajari pemikiran-pemikiran Calvin. Calvin menulis Institutio untuk memberikan ikhtisar ajaran Kristen yang sesuai dengan Injil bagi mereka…
Dalam buku ini, para penulis: (1) Mendefinisikan dan menjabarkan hermenutika, ilmu penafsiran Alkitab; (2) Memberikan masukan tentang metode-metode efektif untuk memahami makna dari setiap teks di dalam Alkitab; (3) Melakukan survei atas isu-isu kesusastraan, budaya, sosial dan historis yang mempengaruhi setiap teks; (4) Mengevaluasi pendekatan-pendekatan penafsiran Alkitab yang ada, baik yang …
Alkitab mengandung genre-genre kesusastraan, ditulis oleh puluhan orang bebeda yang secara luas di pisahkan oleh ruang dan waktu. Selama berabad-abad, Kitab suci orang Kristen dan bangsa Yahudi telah memeras kemampuan dari pembaca yang ahli sekali pun. Kini, Dr. William W. Klein, Dr. Craig L. Blomberg, dan Dr, Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. telah menggabungkan keahlian dan pengabdian bertahun-tahun mer…
The six Old Testament books dealt with in this volume of the Commentary are part of a larger unit originally copied on one scroll and called, for the sake of simplicity, the books of the twelve or minor prophets.
Chapters 40-66 the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, addressed to the Jews in exile in Babylon, belong to a period from about 547 B.C. when Babylonian power was weakening before the might of King Cyrus of Persia.
Chapters 12-50 of the book of Genesis may be considered as enshrining the patriarchal traditions of the Jewish people. Besides the elements of poetry and legend embodied in these traditions, Professor Davidson shows that there can be a historical basis for the narratives and offers guidelines for exploring it. The Genesis stories cannot simply be seen as a reading back into earlier times of the…
Text and commentary alternate with each other in the style of the series.
Canon Robinson suggests that the editors of 1 Kings compiled their history to teach the Hebrews that their existence as the covenant people of God depended on their continuing loyalty to their traditions.
The five Old Testament books dealt with in this volume of the Commentary occupied a special place in Hebrew tradition as selected readings for major festivals and were accordingly brought together in Hebrew manuscripts to form a group of five scrolls. The books of The Five Scrolls vary greatly; debate about their holiness and authority is recorded from the second century AD onwards, and they po…
Dr Clements' volume, like others in the series, contains the text in the New English Bible translation, divided into sections, with introductory material preceding, and a commentary directly following each section of the text. Dr Clements discusses the content and historical background of the book, and the theories about the authorship of Exodus, identifying briefly the four main sources. Altho…