The books of Nahum, Habakuk and Zephaniah cover an important but turbulent epoch in the history of Israel in which prophets warned of coming judgment if Israel refused to turn back to God from her apostasy and to practise effective social justice.
It seems safe to say that this perspective does not resonate with many people today.
The book of Leviticus, much prized by our Jewish friends for its emphasis on a distinctive holiness to be displayed by God's pewople, has too often been neglected by Christians, expect for a few selected themes or incidents.
The book of Ezekiel has a basic simplicity, and its orderly framework makes it easy to analyze
This very fact is a sign of the greatness and power of the book, and of the narrow limits of both our factual knowledge and our spiritual grasp
In the Hebrew Bible Ecclesiastes stands in the third division of the canon among the ketubim, or Hagiography, where it now follows Lamentations and precedes Esther.
The books the history of God's people from the united kingdom under david and salomon to the tragedy of its division into the realm of Israel and Judah
The book of Ezra and Nehemiah have long been the subjects of special and complex academic controversy, not least concerning the order of events recorded.