Old Testament category: 2690 books
The Bible on Location
Off the Beaten Path in Ancient and Modern Israel
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
In this innovative guidebook Julie Baretz takes readers to twenty-one off-the-beaten-path locations in Israel where Bible stories are said to have happened. At each site she sets the scene by relating the historical context of the event, then follows with the biblical text itself and her own lively...
Torah Lights: BeMidbar
Trials & Tribulations in Times of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
For Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Torah is at once the oldest and the most contemporary document directing human lives. In this highly acclaimed, five-volume parashat hashavua series, Rabbi Riskin helps each reader extract deeply personal, contemporary lessons from the traditional biblical accounts. As Rabbi...
by Dennis Prager
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
A national bestseller!
Why do so many people think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is outdated? Why do our friends and neighbors – and sometimes we ourselves – dismiss the Bible as irrelevant, irrational, immoral, or all of these things? This explanation of the Book...
The Epic of God: A Guide to Genesis
Guides to God's Word
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Exchange your fear for faith. Surrender your story to the divine Author.
**1st Place, 2014 CSPA Book of the Year Awards
1st Place, 2012 Christian Choice Book Awards **
Genesis is a book of beginnings. It introduces us to several biblical themes, including God’s authorship of life....
by Donald J. Wiseman
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
The book of Kings is a unique source for understanding the history of Israel from the last days of the united kingdom under David to the eventual fall of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Presenting Israel's national history from a divine viewpoint, these narratives measure the kings of Israel and...
by Richard D. Patterson, Hermann J. Austel, Tremper Longman III
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Continuing a Gold Medallion Award-winning legacy, this completely revised edition of The Expositor’s Bible Commentary series puts world-class biblical scholarship in your hands. Based on the original twelve-volume set that has become a staple in college and seminary libraries and pastors’ studies...
by Daniel J. Harrington SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
These accounts of the Maccabean revolt, by which the sons of Mattathias reclaimed the temple of Jerusalem, tell an important story of the founding of the Jewish people. "The Hammerers" is the meaning of the nickname "Maccabees," given to Mattathias's sons, who lived in a time of...
by Linda B. Hinton
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Journey inside the pages of Scripture to meet a personal God who enters individual lives and begins a creative work from the inside out. Shaped with the individual in mind, Immersion encourages simultaneous engagement both with the Word of God and with the God of the Word to become a new creation...
Elijah
Obedience in a Threatening World
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Serve God.
It isn't always easy to serve our God in a culture that is alternately ambivalent and hostile toward him, especially when we ourselves are so flawed. We're not the first ones to face this challenge. In fact, Elijah--one of the most important prophets...
Five Cities of Refuge
Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
In the ancient Jewish practice of the kavannah (a meditation designed to focus one’s heart on its spiritual goal), Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet offer their own reactions to key verses from each week’s Torah portion, opening the biblical text to new layers of understanding.
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by Charles Bridges
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2001
Answering many questions, Bridges' classic insights and carefully abridged and stylistically adapted text give stimulating applications from the lessons of Proverbs. Part of the Crossway Classic Commentaries.
The Lost World of Adam and Eve
Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
2016 Christianity Today Biblical Studies Award of Merit For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literature and theology. But for most moderns, taking it at face value is incongruous. And even for many thinking Christians today who want to take seriously...
The Beginning of the World
A Scientific Study of Genesis 1 - 11
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1991
A handy study of Genesis 1-11, this book gives insightful commentary into the stories most often labeled as "myth" by those who want to chip away at the Bible. Morris details amazing evidence that the first 11 chapters of Genesis are literal history that shapes us today.
Great Lives: Job
A Man of Heroic Endurance
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
The trials of Job are legendary. One righteous man suffering so many calamities, so much heartache. But despite the fact that many have heard about Job and his trials, not many people truly understand what those trials were all about and what God was trying to accomplish through them. Job himself...