Jewish texts: Tanakh, Torah, Nevi’im, Ketuvim Books

You needn't look far to see that those aged fifty and above are not as highly regarded today as they were decades, even centuries, ago. It seems as though the younger generations express a disdain toward gray hair, glasses, and slower movement.Author...

If the Pentateuch was built from multiple sources as many scholars believe, what might these sources have looked like?In this booklet, Henry Neufeld takes a look at the text of Genesis 1-2 (the creation stories) and Genesis 6-9 (the flood stories) to see...

James Edward Talmage was a writer and religious leader who served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1911 until his death. This short piece of his explores the underlying...

The Fourth Book of Maccabees, also called 4 Maccabees or IV Maccabees, is a homily or philosophic discourse praising the supremacy of pious reason over passion. It was written in Koine Greek in the first or second century AD. It is not in the Bible for...

The Bible was written for the vast world of multi-ethnic gentile believers of the time of the New Testament churches. 1Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our [New Testament churches]...

Interesting, understandable, and practical are words that are rarely used to characterize the Minor Prophets, and it is not unusual for believers to "hurry through" when they come to them in the normal sequence of their Bible reading. For them, reading...

Could an ancient prophet hold a present key that will reveal the future?Jeremiah was an Old Testament voice, but he still speaks to our day. Alone and living in a time of chaos, he was a prophet and Levitical priest whose fellow priests and prophets...

What difference does Adam make? The answer, to many Christians today, is "not much." Adam, we are told, is a mythological figure who can safely be abandoned without compromising the authority and infallibility of Scripture. After all, is holding on...

This follow-up to Theology of the Hebrew Bible, Volume 1: Methodological Studies focuses on readers' engagement with the text and their communities. Part 1 offers fresh interpretations of divine images and theological concepts drawn from various...

Babylonian medicine is the most important corpus of ancient medicine prior to the Greeks. This volume provides a comprehensive picture of how gasrtrointestinal illness, jaundice and related fevers, as well as diarrhea were treated in ancient Mesopotamia...

Readers of this volume--200 Devotionals from the Hebrew Bible--will find nuggets of wisdom in short devotionals written by the author and her students. Each devotional includes (1) one or two verses in Hebrew, (2) an English translation, (3) a brief...

The essays in Psalms and Practice explore how the notion of practice helps contemporary readers understand psalms in a new way. Practice, according to the authors, happens as faith seeks understanding through spiritual disciplines. These practices...

Volume XII of the highly respected Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament expands the scope of this fundamental reference tool for biblical studies. Ranging from pasah, pesah (Passover) toqûm (stand, rise), these eighty-six articles include...

Christian theology has concentrated too much on issues around guilt and the needs of the perpetrator of sin, but ignored the strong biblical theme of shame and the needs of the sinned-against. Forbidden Fruits and Fig Leaves seeks to address...

The profound learning, accurate scholarship, and deep Christian feeling evident on every page of the commentary make it of the greatest value to the student of the Old Testament, and one of the most important contributions to biblical scholarship in...

This new commentary will appeal particularly to those familiar with Professor Soggin's Introduction to the Old Testament and History of Israel who would prefer an alternative to the parallel work by J. L. Mays in the Old Testament Library.Written with...

Reading Genesis Well promotes a responsible conversation about how science and biblical faith relate by offering a reading strategy for Genesis 1-11, and the rest of the Bible, based on tools developed by specialists in linguistics, rhetoric, and...

A one-stop guide for the syntactic function and semantic meaning of all adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, particles, prepositions, and pronouns in the Hebrew Bible.

This introduction to the interpretation of the Psalms encourages in-depth study of the text and genuine grappling with the historical, literary and theological questions that it poses. It draws on a range of methodological approaches as complementary...

This is an exposition of the Biblical Book of Esther in the Old Testament. It brings out the struggles of the Jews who remained in captivity in a foreign land away from their own land and culture and religion. Whilst the name of God is not found in the...

The Book of Affinitive Life: Part 1 in Conjunction: The Book of Life is mainly about life on Earth concerning the invited signals of love that create addictions and eventually transcend into affinitive life. It is commonly characterized in the world as a...

Заканчивая третий том из серии Комментариев на Тору, созданный на основании видеоуроков по недельным главам книги Ваикра, автор отмечает, что окончание какой-то книги, какого-то трактата - это большое дело и что по этому поводу может быть даже устроен...

In this book, you will find divine instructions and practical insights documented in Deuteronomy designed to guide our work lives. We will explore the key aspects of work from God's perspective: its meaning and value, how to relate to others, how to lead...

Discover the events of the harvest feast reflecting God's hand in action and blessing in the Book of Ruth! The talent, creativity, and respect among the three characters, Naomi, Ruth and Boaz, allow for a direct connection to those seeking spiritual...

Este libro cumple como una guía para aquellas personas que quieren profundizar en las Escrituras. Contiene principios bíblicos prácticos y alentadores que harán de tu vida laboral un trabajo concreto dirigido por la...

This monograph presents a fresh and detailed treatment of the problems posed by the Nehemiah-Memoir. Starting from the pre-critical interpretations of Ezra-Neh, the study demonstrates that the use of the first-person does not suffice as a criterion for...

This volume explores issues of moral character found in the different text versions of the book of Esther. First the study suggests the two most common approaches to perceived moral problems in the story of Esther: avoidance and transformation. Then it...

The commentary that Moses ibn Tibbon (approx. 1195 - 1275) wrote on the Song of Solomon serves in this book as an example of the interlacing between Judaic-Arabic philosophy and Judaism's traditional interpretation of hymns of praise. The authentic text...

In the mid 3rd century BC, King Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt ordered a translation of the ancient Israelite scriptures for the Library of Alexandria. This translation later became known as the Septuagint, based on the description of the translation...

Voce Mea, the fourth volume of the first ever English translation of the Commentary on the Davidic Psalms by Denis the Carthusian (1402-1471), continues with Denis's literal, allegorical, tropological and analogical traversal through the entire...

Ê-sai có lẽ là sách hấp dẫn nhất trong các sách tiên tri trong Cựu Ước. Không sách tiên tri nào có thể so sánh với Ê-sai về tính đặc sắc về phong cách văn học, tính hiệu quả mạnh mẽ của nghệ thuật sử dụng hình ảnh, tính rõ ràng của khải tượng về niềm hy...

Approaching Christian Scripture Faithfully: Twenty Attempts offers a series of thought-provoking expositions in four categories: Old Testament Essays, New Testament Essays, Essays on the Church, and a Miscellaneous section. Though each essay has been...

Did God hide irrefutable proof of Christ's identity and purpose in plain view centuries before His arrival? • What difference would it make if everyone could see that our Creator had provided proof of His plan to rescue...

"A Prophet in the Moment" will make you think and yearn for God in your most uncomfortable moments. The moment you find yourself in today is by design. This is a divine appointment, no matter how grim. The reality of a Prophet understanding his...

Taking children through a study of the Old Testament, and pointing toward Jesusm, this workbook has been used for decades with many children taught by the author herself.This full-color workbook makes for a wonderful guide for children from 7 to 17, and...

Look. A woman is writing on parchment, a scroll.*We don’t know her name. Her king, Solomon, hasdied, and the whole country’s going to hell under thenew king, Rehoboam. The year is 937 BCE. Banishedfrom the ring of political power, she grounds...

This book is the result of a spiritual practice of reading the Psalms, adopted by the author in the early days of the pandemic-a practice that went from Psalm 1 to Psalm 150 and then started all over again, and again, and again. Psalm reading deepened...

 "Christians have for centuries sung the Psalms set to musical meter, finding in them rich doctrinal and experiential expressions of prayer and praise. Singing the Psalter is a key to the deeply biblical spirituality of Reformed Christianity. Every...

The Old Testament God generally has a rather poor reputation, even in Christian circles. But as the author points out, The Old Testament Scriptures can remain alive and will lead us to a fresh appreciation of all that God has done for us. Targeted...

Leviticus 17-26, an ancient law text known as the Holiness Code, prescribes how particular persons are to behave in concrete, everyday situations. The addressees of the law text must revere their parents, respect the elderly, fear God, take care of their...

Biblical genealogies do not have to be intimidating. For many people, coming across a list of unfamiliar names in the Bible serves as a stumbling block. We know it should be important, but are unclear how to make sense of it. In The Sinews of...

The Messianic Aleph Tav Scriptures (MATS) is a study bible which focuses on the study of the Aleph Tav character symbol used throughout the old testament (Tanakh) by both Moses and the Prophets and is the most exhaustive and unique rendition of its kind...