John H Walton: 45 books
Old Testament Theology for Chr
From Ancient Context to Enduring Belief
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Modern readers of the Bible often find the Old Testament difficult and even disturbing. What are we to do with obscure prophecies of long expired nations? Why should we read and study ancient laws that even the New Testament says are eclipsed by Christ? How can we reconcile Jesus’ Sermon on the...
by John H. Walton
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
The Bible begins and ends with a revelation of God that gives redemption its basis. From the first verse of Genesis, the book of origins, we encounter a God of personality, character, purpose, and activity. Only in the light of what he shows us of himself as the Creator of our world and the Interactor...
by Denis Lamoureux, John H. Walton, C. John Collins
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
As a part of the Counterpoints series, Four Views on the Historical Adam clearly outlines four primary views on Adam held by evangelicals, featuring top-notch proponents of each view presenting their positions in their own words and critiquing the positions with which they disagree. You will come...
by J. Glen Taylor, Mark W. Chavalas, Philip S. Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure. Furthermore, without knowledge of the ancient culture we can easily impose our own culture on the text, potentially distorting it. This series invites you...
Covenant
God's Purpose, God's Plan
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
As one of the most prominent themes in Scripture, the covenant is crucial to all Christian theological systems, from dispensationalism to covenant theology to theonomy to liberation theology. One would think that by now all controversies have been exhausted, but an issue of this magnitude can never...
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Much of the Old Testament seems strange to contemporary readers. However, as we begin to understand how ancient people viewed the world, the Old Testament becomes more clearly a book that stands within its ancient context as it also speaks against it. John Walton provides here a thoughtful introduction...
The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible
A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
How do Sunday school teachers lead children through the stories of Cain and Abel or Judas’s betrayal in a way that reflects the authority of Scripture? Sunday school curricula often glosses over difficult lessons or focuses too much on characters in Bible stories, neglecting God’s self-revelation...
The Lost World of the Torah
Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Our handling of what we call biblical law veers between controversy and neglect. On the one hand, controversy arises when Old Testament laws seem either odd beyond comprehension (not eating lobster) or positively reprehensible (executing children). On the other, neglect results when we consider the...
NRSV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, eBook
Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Discover new dimensions of insight with a behind-the-scenes tour of the ancient world
You’ve heard many Bible stories hundreds of times, but how many details are you missing? Sometimes a little context is all you need to discover the rich meaning behind even the most familiar stories of Scripture....
by John H. Walton, Andrew E. Hill
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
This workbook accompanies A Survey of the Old Testament by Andrew E. Hill and John H. Walton. It follows the textbook's structure and offers readings, activities, and exercises designed to support the students' learning experience as they explore the literary, historical, and theological issues...
by John H. Walton, John H. Walton
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure. Furthermore, without knowledge of the ancient culture we can easily impose our own culture on the text, potentially distorting it. This series invites you...
NKJV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, eBook
Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Discover new dimensions of insight with a behind-the-scenes tour of the ancient world
You’ve heard many Bible stories hundreds of times, but how many details are you missing? Sometimes a little context is all you need to discover the rich meaning behind even the most familiar stories of Scripture....
NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, eBook
Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Discover new dimensions of insight with a behind-the-scenes tour of the ancient world
You’ve heard many Bible stories hundreds of times, but how many details are you missing? Sometimes a little context is all you need to discover the rich meaning behind even the most familiar stories of Scripture....
The Lost World of the Flood
Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
"The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth . . . and the ark floated on the face of the waters" (Gen 6:17-18 NRSV). In modern times the Genesis flood account has been probed and analyzed for answers to scientific,...