Old Testaments books

The church fathers mined the Old Testament throughout for prophetic utterances regarding the Messiah, but few books...  Read More >>

As interpreted by the ancient church fathers, Isaiah 40-66 leads readers to a deeper understanding of God's judgment...  Read More >>

The book of Job presents its readers with a profound drama concerning innocent suffering. Surprisingly, the earliest...  Read More >>

For the early church fathers the prophecy of Isaiah was not a compendium of Jewish history or theology but an announcement...  Read More >>

Among the apostolic fathers, Jeremiah was rarely cited, but several later authors give prominent attention to him....  Read More >>

While the canonical status of the Apocrypha has been understood differently within Protestant, Roman Catholic, and...  Read More >>

The books of Ezekiel and Daniel are rich in imagery that is taken up afresh in the New Testament. It is no wonder...  Read More >>

The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians. The church fathers...  Read More >>

The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians. The church fathers...  Read More >>

The early church fathers readily found parallels, or types, in the narratives of the historical books that illumined...  Read More >>

The church fathers, as they did in earlier books dealing with Israel's history from the time of Joshua to the united...  Read More >>

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to have derived from...  Read More >>

"The notion ""fear of God(s)"" is widespread in and beyond the Hebrew Bible. How was it understood and why did it...  Read More >>

The Max Lucado Life Lessons series offers intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections...  Read More >>

The Max Lucado Life Lessons series offers intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections...  Read More >>

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The Bible, Homer, and the Search for Meaning in Ancient Myths explores and compares the most influential sets of...  Read More >>

Opening Israel's Scriptures is a collection of thirty-six essays on the Hebrew Bible, from Genesis to Chronicles,...  Read More >>

From a study of astronomical observations in the ancient Near East, to an exploration of the excesses of obedience...  Read More >>

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Traditionen prägen die kollektive Identität. Sie zeugen weniger von starren vorgegebenen Inhalten, sondern von aktiven...  Read More >>

Gain confidence in the Bible and the God it portrays  Read More >>

An excellent book that foretells an extraordinary vision of the falling away of the descendants of the twelve tribes...  Read More >>

Three seminal father-son stories, operatic in scale, endure in Western civilization. The first is Oedipus, the son...  Read More >>

Die Konigebucher sind eine wichtige Quelle zur Geschichte Israels. Der Abschnitt 1. Kon 17-22 ist gepragt vom Komplex...  Read More >>