The history of Israel is a much-debated topic in Old Testament studies. On one side are minimalists who find little of historical value in the Hebrew Bible. On the other side are those who assume the biblical text is a precise historical record. Many serious students of the Bible find themselves between these two positions and would benefit from a careful ex… Read more…
The book of Proverbs is a collection of sayings, poems, and "life's little instructions." Wrestling with the values of things such as creation, livelihood, or moral character, Proverbs exhorts its readers to seek the higher ideals--knowledge, discipline, piety, and order--and offers guidance on how to live in harmony with God, others, and oneself.
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Have you ever wanted to study the gospels and the life of Jesus chronologically? You can do this with the Olive Tree Harmony of the Gospels. This unique harmony allows you to read the gospels in chronological order with parallel accounts viewable side-by-side for easy comparison.
The harmony is divided into o… Read more…
Have you ever wanted to study the gospels and the life of Jesus chronologically? You can do this with the Olive Tree Harmony of the Gospels. This unique harmony allows you to read the gospels in chronological order with parallel accounts viewable side-by-side for easy comparison.
The harmony is divided into o… Read more…
Have you ever wanted to study the gospels and the life of Jesus chronologically? You can do this with the Olive Tree Harmony of the Gospels. This unique harmony allows you to read the gospels in chronological order with parallel accounts viewable side-by-side for easy comparison.
The harmony is divided into o… Read more…
"The Torah doesn't speak of Jesus at all!" "You're completely misinterpreting Isaiah!" "This verse has absolutely nothing to do with your Jesus! It's not even a messianic prophecy!" "As for the real messianic prophecies, Jesus fulfilled none of them." These are some objections raised by Jews rega… Read more…
Over 2 million readers around the world have had their spiritual lives enriched and their understanding of God’s Word expanded by The MacArthur Study Bible. Drawing on more than fifty years of dedicated pastoral and scholarly work, Dr. John MacArthur’s verse-by-verse study notes, book introductions, and articles display an unparalleled commitment to inte… Read more…
In this new edition of a successful book (over 120,000 copies sold), now updated throughout, a leading expert on the social world of the Bible offers students a reliable guide to the manners and customs of the ancient world.From what people wore, ate, and built to how they exercised justice, mourned, and viewed family and legal customs, this illustrated intr… Read more…
Ernst Würthwein's introduction to the Biblia Hebraica has long served as a textbook for generations of students interested in the history of the Old Testament text and the problems of textual criticism. From its first appearance in 1952 to the fifth German edition in 1988, the book was faithfully updated by Würthwein himself in light of new research. B… Read more…
As the building blocks of language, words are the means we use to communicate with one another. They're also the means God has chosen to communicate with us, his people. For all those who read and study God's Word, and especially those called to preach and teach, learning to identify the meaning of biblical words in their various contexts is essentia… Read more…