Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
Psalms Old and New
Exegesis, Intertextuality, and Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Reading the Book of Psalms in its original context is the crucial prerequisite for reading its citation and use in later interpretation, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III. Here he offers pastors, teachers, and students an accessible commentary to the Psalms, as well...
Torah Old and New
Exegesis, Intertextuality, and Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Reading the books of the Law, the Pentateuch, in their original context is the crucial prerequisite for reading their citation and use in later interpretation, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III. Here, he offers pastors, teachers, and students an accessible commentary...
by James Barker
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
The Gospel of John’s relationship to the Synoptic Gospels is a perennial question. For centuries, the Gospel of Matthew has been considered the least likely of possible written sources of the Fourth Gospel. In an ambitious reappraisal, James Barker demonstrates John’s use of the redacted Gospel...
An Ark on the Nile
Beginning of the Book of Exodus
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
The opening sector of the book of Exodus is a powerful narrative and a striking example of the artistic qualities of the Pentateuch, a facet of the text that occasionally is neglected in high-level scholarship. Exodus 1-2 is finely choreographed work that compresses a vast amount of material onto...
Joshua 1-12
A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
An acknowledged expert on the Hebrew Bible, Thomas Dozeman offers a fresh translation of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the book of Joshua and explores the nature, function, and causes of the religious violence depicted therein. By blending the distinct teachings of Deuteronomy and the Priestly literature,...
Discovering Genesis
Content, Interpretation, Reception
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Concise, student-friendly introduction to Genesis
Iain Provan here offers readers a compact, up-to-date, and student-friendly introduction to the book of Genesis, focusing on its structure, content, theological concerns, key interpretive debates, and historical reception.
Drawing on a range...
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,...
by Steve Thorson, Tom Hale
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
The wisdom found in God's Word is timeless, as relevant today as when it was first written. And the challenge for believers remains unchanged: how do we apply these truths to our everyday world?
The Applied Commentary series is a fresh approach to Bible study, connecting great wisdom with your...
Isaiah Old and New
Exegesis, Intertextuality, and Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Reading the Book of Isaiah in its original context is the crucial prerequisite for reading its citation and use in later interpretation, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III. Here he offers pastors, teachers, and students an accessible commentary to Isaiah, as well as...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains takes as a starting point the hermeneutics of suspicion. The book illustrates the way in which texts and interpretations have been manipulated for the purpose of power and control. Through careful-counter readings it challenges the ways in which the female divine...
by Charles, J. Daryl, ed.
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2013
Seven specialists in Old Testament theology and interpretation come to-gether to offer a variety of needed biblical perspectives and insights on how to interpret the first two chapters of Genesis correctly. Evangelical scholars, college and seminary professors (and their students), and pastors will...
The Conclusion of the New Testament (7)
Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2)
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In the Lord’s recovery during the past five hundred years the church’s knowledge of the Lord and His truth has been continually progressing. This monumental and classical work by Brother Witness Lee builds upon and is a further development of all that the Lord has revealed to His church in the past...
by George N.H. Peters
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
This book contains the author’s (George N.H. Peters) never before published 1907 study notes on the biblical book of Revelation.
Mr. Peters unique approach to interpretation faithfully adheres to the the plain grammatical sense of scripture. By doing so He successfully combines biblical...
The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles
Interpreting Biblical Texts Series
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Introduces literary, historical, and theological issues of Luke and Acts.
Biblical texts create worlds of meaning, and invite readers to enter them. When readers enter such textual worlds, which are often strange and complex, they are confronted with theological claims. With this...