This volume explores the theological heartbeat of the Old Testament by examining three big ideas that communicate the Old Testament's redemptive theology. Highly respected scholar Mark Boda shows how three creedal expressions--the narrative, character, and relational creeds--recur throughout the Old Testament and express its core redemptive theology, in turn revealing how the redemptive pulse of God expands to all of creation. He also traces these redemptive and creational pulses into the ...

Explore the contemporary significance of the Old Testament and hear the Word of God afreshHighly regarded Old Testament scholar Stephen Cook offers a substantive and useful commentary on the book of Daniel and explores the contemporary significance of this prophetic book.This groundbreaking commentary departs from common rationalist approaches in order to engage Daniel's visionary content on its own terms, introducing innovative interpretive frameworks that...

Comprehensive, accessible, and fully illustrated--this commentary on 1-2 Chronicles is a must-have resource.You want a deeper understanding of the Scriptures, but the notes in your study Bible don't give you enough depth or insight. This commentary was created with you in mind.Each volume of The Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary is a nontechnical, section-by-section commentary on one book or section of the Bible that provides reliable and readable...

The Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series provides students, pastors, and laypeople with up-to-date, accessible evangelical scholarship on the Old and New Testaments. Presenting the message for each passage, as well as an overview of other issues relevant to the text, each volume equips pastors and Christian leaders with exegetical and theological knowledge so they can better understand and apply God's Word. This volume includes the entire NLT text of 1 and 2 Chronicles.Mar...

Explore the contemporary significance of the Old Testament and hear the Word of God afreshHighly regarded Old Testament scholar John Goldingay offers a substantive and useful commentary on Hosea through Micah and explores the contemporary significance of these prophetic books.This volume, the first in a new series on the Prophets, complements the successful Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalms series. Each volume is both critically engag...

Explore the contemporary significance of the Old Testament and hear the Word of God afreshChristianity Today 2024****Book Award Finalist (Biblical Studies)The book of Isaiah has been regarded from the earliest Christian period as a key part of the Old Testament's witness to Jesus Christ. This commentary by highly regarded Old Testament scholar J. Gordon McConville draws on the best of biblical scholarship as well a...

Explore the contemporary significance of the Old Testament and hear the Word of God afreshThe book of Lamentations is disturbing, says highly regarded Old Testament scholar Mark J. Boda. It forces readers to encounter the honest pain of a community and to struggle with the various strategies employed for processing that pain. Its presence in the scriptural canon of all streams of Judaism and Christianity is testimony to its enduring value.This substantive a...

Over the centuries, the prophetic book of Zechariah has suffered from accusations of obscurity and has frustrated readers seeking to unlock its treasures. This work by Mark Boda provides insightful commentary on Zechariah, with great sensitivity to its historical, literary, and theological dimensions. Including a fresh translation of Zechariah from the original Hebrew, Boda delivers deep and thorough reflection on a too-often-neglected book of the Old Testament.

Over the centuries, the prophetic book of Zechariah has suffered from accusations of obscurity and has frustrated readers seeking to unlock its treasures. This work by Mark Boda provides insightful commentary on Zechariah, with great sensitivity to its historical, literary, and theological dimensions. Including a fresh translation of Zechariah from the original Hebrew, Boda delivers deep and thorough reflection on a too-often-neglected book of the Old Testament.

The writings of the prophets make up over a quarter of the Old Testament. But perhaps no other portion of the Old Testament is more misunderstood by readers today.For some, prophecy conjures up knotted enigmas, opaque oracles and terrifying visions of the future. For others it raises expectations of a plotted-out future to be reconstructed from disparate texts. And yet the prophets have imprinted the language of faith and imagination with some of its most sublime v...

Ao longo dos séculos, o livro profético de Zacarias sofreu acusações de obscuridade e frustrou os leitores que procuravam descobrir seus tesouros. Este trabalho de Mark Boda fornece um comentário perspicaz sobre Zacarias (Capítulos 1 a 6), com grande sensibilidade para suas dimensões históricas, literárias e teológicas. Incluindo uma nova tradução do original hebraico, Boda oferece uma profunda reflexão sobre um livro do Antigo Testamento muitas vezes negligenciado.

Ao longo dos séculos, o livro profético de Zacarias sofreu acusações de obscuridade e frustrou os leitores que procuravam descobrir seus tesouros. Este trabalho de Mark Boda fornece um comentário perspicaz sobre Zacarias (Capítulos 7 a 14), com grande sensibilidade para suas dimensões históricas, literárias e teológicas. Incluindo uma nova tradução do original hebraico, Boda oferece uma profunda reflexão sobre um livro do Antigo Testamento muitas vezes negligenciado.