Old Testament

The Psalms possess an enduring fascination for us. For frankness, directness, intensity and intimacy, they are unrivaled in all of Scripture. Someh...

The book of Judges contains some of the most famous of the Bible's stories, as well as some of the least known. In them we find much that is attrac...

Joel's arresting imagery – blasting trumpet, darkened sun and marching hosts – has shaped the church's eschatological vision of a day of wrath....

The first in a major new series of guides to the books of the Old Testament written in an accessible and anecdotal style. The series is suitable fo...

Unspoken Lessons About the Unseen God. When it seems that God is not active in human affairs, he may be most at work. He may be most present when h...

Providing students, pastors and lay people with up-to-date, accessible evangelical scholarship on the Old and New Testaments. Designed to equip pas...

There are few parts of Scripture over which so many battles – theological, scientific, historical, and literary – have been fought as the book ...

Esther, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of Esther can have the same powerful impact tod...

For many Christians, the Old Testament book of Leviticus tends to be largely unknown and unread. However, the Christian gospel - which presumes a k...

Situated in the years leading up to the overthrow of Judah by the Babylonians, Jeremiah's prophesies are set against a tense atmosphere of threat a...

The book of Malachi sits aptly in Christian Bibles as the last book of the Old Testament, which it assumes, summarizes and applies, as it also look...

Through Daniel's visions and experiences as an exile in Babylon, the book of Daniel gives us a clearer understanding of history than any other part...

Designed for laypeople, these commentaries deal seriously with the biblical text without being overly technical. Introductory information, doctrina...

'Affluence, exploitation and the profit motive were the most notable features of the society which Amos observed and in which he worked ... Standar...

This is the first volume of a practical and readable introduction to the Psalms which effectively unfolds the text and meaning as songs for the peo...

A wanton and adulterous woman repeatedly spurns the love of her youth; her betrayed and grieving husband offers forgiveness and seeks to restore th...

With their messages of doom and judgment, the Minor Prophets have not been popular subjects in the history of biblical interpretation. In this exeg...

The lion's den ... the fiery furnace ... the writing on the wall ... the four-headed beast. The book of Daniel contains some of the Bible's most v...

Without Exodus, we have an impoverished understanding of the nature of God, the achievement of the cross, the triumph of the resurrection and the i...

A three-volume commentary on the book of "Psalms" that considers literary, historical, and grammatical dimensions of the text as well as theologica...

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 f...

The Book of Proverbs is a collection of practical life wisdom given mostly in short, memorable statements. For thousands of years, the wisdom from ...

Despite the common opinion of church-age Christians, Dr. Schultz maintains that the book of Deuteronomy is not the narrative of a never-smiling Go...

Walter Brueggemann's unique gift of joining historical-exegetical insights to penetrating observations about the traumas and joys of contemporary l...