When analyzing the oldest books of the Bible, scholars have identified the work of various writers and editors. But how did ...
The companion activity book, Learning to Read: Old Testament Stories Study Guide, provides useful practice activities and exercises for each story. Together they will build your child’s reading skills ...
This book is a new edition of a well-known introduction to the Old Testament, written by Larry Boadt and later revised and updated by my teachers, Richard Clifford and Dan Harrington. Paulist Press ...
One of the real problems of the preaching ministry today is making the principles of the Bible pertinent to a space-conscious era. Yet it is the space-consciousness of our time that has caused many a ...
The Preacher’s remark that “of the making of many books there is no end” comes readily to mind when anyone attempts a survey of this sort. The current revival of religious interest in the United ...
Robert Burns’s famous couplet came to mind as I read this book: “O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us / To see oursels as ithers see us!” In this case, the “Power” is two Jewish scholars, Amy-Jill ...
Ancestors, judges, kings, prophets, priests, wise ones and mysterious figures are the categories of Old Testament characters that Dianne Bergant groups together in People of the Covenant: An ...
‘When you see the Old Testament through New Testament lenses you will have a much richer understanding of the entirety of Scripture, its cohesiveness and divine unity,” David Limbaugh tells me in ...
How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence Fortress "All my life I’ve tried to believe God was as beautiful ...