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  • Genesis 1-11

    This commentary offers a synthesis of close readings of Genesis 1-11 and up-to-date study of the formation of these chapters in their ancient Near Eastern context. Each interpretation of these evocative and multilayered narratives is preceded with a new translation (with textual and philological commentary) and a concise overview of the ways in which each text bears the marks of its shaping over ... Read more

    $114.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Amos

    This commentary examines the book of Amos as it appears in the Hebrew Bible: a collection of messages from a prophet in the 8th century BCE who warned that the Kingdom of Israel would fall because of the wrongs of its wealthy elite. Despite this warning, the book ultimately offers hope for a restored future to the survivors in Judah and Israel. The analysis traces how Amos's original message - now ... Read more

    $69.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jeremiah 1-25

    The commentary interprets Jeremiah 1-25 as a dramatic text: In laments, accusations, and announcements of doom, a polyphonic message about the fall of Jerusalem and Judah emerges. The colorful and at times disturbing texts narrate a cultural trauma and try to develop an image of God that can explain history and at the same time convey hope for a better future. The female personification of ... Read more

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  • Tobit

    This commentary sets the ancient Jewish story of Tobit within a broad tradition-historical context, analyzing the conceptions of angels and demons it contains, as well as its notions of ancient medicine, together with its understanding of the Torah. Presented along with this is a synchronically oriented interpretation of the whole text, which shows that the narrative should ultimately be ... Read more

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  • The Hebrew Bible

    A Contemporary Introduction to the Christian Old Testament and the Jewish Tanakh

    by David M. Carr ...
    Discover the historical and social context of one of the most influential works ever written with this authoritative new resourceThe newly revised second edition of The Hebrew Bible: A Contemporary Introduction to the Christian Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh delivers a brief and up-to-date introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the broader context of world history. Its treatment of the ... Read more

    $46.00 USD

  • Writing on the Tablet of the Heart

    Origins of Scripture and Literature

    by David M. Carr ...
    This book explores a new model for the production, revision, and reception of Biblical texts as Scripture. Building on recent studies of the oral/written interface in medieval, Greco-Roman and ancinet Near Eastern contexts, David Carr argues that in ancient Israel Biblical texts and other texts emerged as a support for an educational process in which written and oral dimensions were integrally ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • A Contemporary Introduction to the Bible

    Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts

    Explore a timely introduction to the formation of the Bible in its historical and modern contextsIn the newly revised Second Edition of A Contemporary Introduction to the Bible: Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts, accomplished scholars and authors Colleen M. Conway and David M. Carr deliver a rigorous, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to the Bible. The textbook places the Hebrew Bible/Old ... Read more

    $45.00 USD

  • The Formation of Genesis 1-11

    Biblical and Other Precursors

    by David M. Carr ...
    There is general agreement in the field of Biblical studies that study of the formation of the Pentateuch is in disarray. David M. Carr turns to the Genesis Primeval History, Genesis 1-11, to offer models for the formation of Pentateuchal texts that may have traction within this fractious context. Building on two centuries of historical study of Genesis 1-11, this book provides new support for the ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

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  • The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis

    by Joel S. Baden ...
    For well over two centuries the question of the composition of the Pentateuch has been among the most central and hotly debated issues in the field of biblical studies. In this book, Joel Baden presents a fresh and comprehensive argument for the Documentary Hypothesis. Critically engaging both older and more recent scholarship, he fundamentally revises and reorients the classical model of the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Rethinking the Atonement

    New Perspectives on Jesus's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension

    by David Moffitt ...
    Traditional views of the atonement tend to be reductive, focusing solely on Jesus's death on the cross. In his 2011 groundbreaking book Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews, David Moffitt challenged that paradigm, showing how the atonement is a fuller process. It involves not only Jesus's death but also his resurrection, ascension, offering, and exaltation.In the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Hosea-Jonah, Volume 31

    Series series Word Biblical Commentary
    Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.This commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation.It emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence, resulting in judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Psalms 101-150, Volume 21

    Revised Edition

    Series series Word Biblical Commentary
    Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.This commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation.It emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence, resulting in judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in ... Read more

    $29.99 USD