The discovery in 1947 and subsequent publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls have made immeasurable contributions to our understanding of these book.
This helpfull companion to the book of Psalms, while not specifically devotional, will inspire and deepen personal worship.
In this series individual authors are, of course, free to make their own distinct contributions and express their own point of view on all controversialissues.
Three neglected but important prophets receive a fresh and penetrating analysis in this introduction and commentary.
My dependence on many scholarly books and commentaries will be apparent to all.
Isaiah is a book of soaring spiritual insight and stirring declaration of the promise of God
This section brings together the detail of the Comment to show how the passage under consideration seeks to communite as a whole.
Proverbs - a book full of wisdom - and yet a book demanding all one's wisdom to use
Darek Kidner in this introduction and commentary to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah which chart the Jews' return from exile to Jerusalem and the beginnings of that rebirth.
In particular he brings out forcibly the book's present relevance