Donald Kraus: 4 books
Choosing a Bible
For Worship, Teaching, Study, Preaching, and Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
How do we choose among all the different Bible translations available today? How do we know which is the right one to use for specific situations? And how do we understand what factors lie behind these translations? Oxford Bible editor Donald Kraus surveys 25 different Bible translations, and discusses...
Sex, Sacrifice, Shame, and Smiting
Is the Bible Always Right?
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
The Bible presents us with difficult statements about money and finance, social justice, marriage and divorce, sex, religion and politics, and other areas of life. Many of us pick and choose among them, feeling free to treat some of the Bible’s moral rulings as absolutes but ignoring those we find...
The Book of Job
Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
The book of Job, celebrated as a classic of world literature and one of the glories of the Bible, can often be puzzling and frustrating: puzzling for its dialogue form and off-putting because of the many questions it leaves unanswered. This inviting SkyLight Illuminations edition, with probing facing-page...
Presidential Swing States
Why Only Ten Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...