The biblical Priestly Blessing found in Numbers 6:24-26 left a deep imprint upon Jewish and Christian religious practice and tradition. The various ways in which the blessing was incorporated into the
In The Deuteronomist’s History, Hans Ausloos provides for the first time a detailed critical survey of the relationship between the books Genesis–Numbers and the so-called Deuteronom(ist)ic literature
"The Zondervan Old Testament Exegetical Commentary Series serves pastors and teachers by providing them with a careful analysis and interpretation of the biblical text, rooted in a study of t
On the surface, the book of Ruth tells the tale of an unlikely marriage between a destitute Moabite widow and an upstanding citizen of a Judean village. The deeper import of the story, however, has to
In this magisterial overview of the Pentateuch John Van Seters reviews the various historical-critical attempts to read it that arise from notions about the social evolution of Israel's religion and c
Did Adam and Eve need to eat in Eden in order to live? If so, did human beings urinate and defecate in paradise? And since people had no need for clothing, transportation, or food, what purpose did an
A bold line-by-line reexamination of the first 3 chapters of Genesis that reveals the essential nature of mind and creativity‧ Deconstructs each line of Genesis chapters 1-3 with esoteric methods deri
In The Intertextual Reception of Genesis 1-3, Stephen Presley examines Irenaeus’ intertextual interpretation of scripture and shows how the contours of his theological arguments utilize a series of re
This commentary for pastors introduces readers to the tumultuous reign of King David, highlighting his foundational significance in God’s plan to redeem the world through Christ. Part of thePreaching
An acknowledged expert on the Hebrew Bible, Thomas Dozeman offers a fresh translation of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the book of Joshua and explores the nature, function, and causes of the religious
A literary examination of the story of Jacob’s dream (Genesis 28.10-22), which shows that – when set against the Patriarch Narratives as a whole - it functions as a mise en abyme about the patriarch’s
Exodus in the Jewish Experience: Echoes and Reverberations investigates how the Exodus event has been, and continues to be, a crucial source of identity for both Jews and Judaism. It explores how the
