Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical author says someth… Read more…
Built for Preachers and Teachers
Kerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the message of a biblical text. Kerux opens up each text of the Bible by explaining the message of the text to the original audience, unpacking the timeless truth of the passage, and finally providing communication insights… Read more…
A guide for students and pastors to aptly interpret and communicate the messages of the prophetic books
Preaching from a prophetic text can be daunting because it can be difficult to place these prophecies in their proper historical setting. The prophets used different literary genres and they often wrote using metaphorical poetry that is … Read more…
The book of Amos is full of wordplays, double entendres, pictorial visions, and direct statements of fact and judgement. Smith's job is to address the historical, stylistic and interpretative aspects of Amos; not just what is written, but also how and why the prophecies are recorded. Each chapter ends with him drawing together the interpretative threads … Read more…
Despite the obvious differences between our modern culture and that of ancient Israel, there are some central, essentially human characteristics about us that have not changed. We have made advances in almost every imaginable field, but we still struggle with the brokenness that sin brings into our lives. We must rely as heavily as ever upon God’s promise… Read more…
The New American Commentary - Volume 15A: Isaiah 1-39
" . . . all New American Commentary authors affirm the divine inspiration, inerrancy, complete truthfulness, and full authority of the Bible. The perspective of the NAC is unapologetically confessional and rooted in the evangelical tradition.... Thus, the commentary concentrates on theo… Read more…
Casi toda introducción a los libros proféticos de la Biblia se enfoca en la forma en que se componen. Sin embargo, Gary V. Smith aplica la teoría de la comunicación y la sociología del conocimiento a fin de analizar simplemente cómo la predicación de los profetas del Antiguo Testamento cambió la vida de… Read more…