The Bible's most difficult teachings--laws about slavery, patriarchy, and the death penalty--often leave Christians feeling embarrassed or confused. The Verses We Hate challenges readers to confront these passages head-on, offering a fresh perspective that reveals God's fairness and care for the vulnerable.Written for everyday Christians, this book unpacks five of the Bible's most controversial teachings, showing how their ancient context illuminates God's justice and merc...

This volume offers a substantive and useful commentary on Ezra-Nehemiahand explores its contemporary significance.Respected Old Testament scholar Gary Edward Schnittjer explains that the Ezra-Nehemiah narrative begins well but ends in disappointment for the returning exiles. From the first verse to the last, this commentary takes seriously the faithfulness of Yahweh as it crashes into the unfaithfulness of God's people. Schnittjer pays special attention to the biblical connections ...

How to Study the Bible's Use of the Bible: Seven Hermeneutical Choices for the Old and New Testaments by Gary Edward Schnittjer and Matthew S. Harmon is an essential resource aimed at teaching a hermeneutic for understanding the Bible's use of the Bible. Intended for students of both testaments, the book's innovative approach demonstrates how the Old Testament use of Scripture provides resources for the New Testament authors' use of Scripture. The authors provide students with a c...

The gospel story begins in Torah. What culminates at Golgotha starts with the rebellion in the garden. The Torah's story can be framed as a question: How will the word of God overcome the human revolution?Torah Story offers a student-friendly introduction to the redemptive narrative housed in the first five books of the Bible. Every main chapter introduces a section of Torah with attention to its basic structure.This is followed by another look at how this portion ...

Old Testament Narrative Books: The Israel Story focuses on two larger narratives of the Old Testament: the Narratives of the Rise and Fall of the Hebrew Kingdoms (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings) and the Narratives of Exile and Restoration (Ruth, Daniel, Esther, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles). As part of the Scripture Connections series, Old Testament Narrative Books includes helpful sidebars with ancient, biblical, gospel, and life connections. Written in an accessible manner,...

Old Testament Use of Old Testament in Parallel Layout presents the connections within the Hebrew Bible in a clear, easy-to-understand, visual format designed for serious study. Featuring the Hebrew (MT) and English (NIV) texts side by side, this work traces how the writers of Scripture draw on other passages across every book of the Old Testament, offering a comprehensive, book-by-book presentation of Scripture interpreting Scripture.Featuring a dynamic, color-coded layout...

This workbook accompanies Gary Edward Schnittjer's Torah Story. Following the textbook's structure, it offers chapter-by-chapter guided exercises designed to support the students learning experience and enhance their comprehension of the Pentateuch.Working knowledge of the Bible's first five books is essential for every serious student of the Scriptures. Torah Story by Gary Edward Schnittjer emphasizes the content of the text itself, moving beyond debating dates a...

The Bible's most difficult teachings, such as laws about slavery, patriarchy, and the death penalty, often leave Christians feeling embarrassed or confused. The Verses We Hate Audio Study invites readers to confront these passages head-on, offering a fresh perspective that reveals God's fairness and care for the vulnerable.Jesus asks the scholars of his day the question, "Haven't you read?" It's a question Jesus asks us, too. In paying close attention to the Bible Jesus re...

The Bible's most difficult teachings--laws about slavery, patriarchy, and the death penalty--often leave Christians feeling embarrassed or confused. The Verses We Hate challenges readers to confront these passages head-on, offering a fresh perspective that reveals God's fairness and care for the vulnerable.Written for everyday Christians, this book unpacks five of the Bible's most controversial teachings, showing how their ancient context illuminates God's justice and merc...

Old Testament Prophets: The Covenant Conscience of God's People takes readers on a journey through the world of the prophets, beginning with Isaiah and ending with Malachi. Ideal for students in the classroom or small groups at church, author Wendy Widder helpfully explains who and what are prophets, their theological significance and historical context, the meaning of their messages, and how contemporary readers should read and apply their messages for today.

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, How to Study the Bible's Use of the Bible: Audio Lectures include high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.How to Study the Bible's Use of the Bible: Audio Lectures by Gary Edward Schnittj...

The Gospels are the center and climax of Scripture. In them we finally meet Jesus: the anticipated fulfillment of the stories and promises of the Old Testament.In The Four Gospels: Jesus, the Hope of the World, Patrick Schreiner demonstrates the critical importance of the gospel narratives, not only as the stories of our Savior, but also as the climax of God’s story. Schreiner’s close and nuanced readings of the Gospels skillfully illustrate how the stories of Jesus, and e...