Praise and lament are two major approaches to praying to God. The author investigates these primary categories of the Psalm and shows their meaning for prayer and worship. He contrasts the Old Test…
This book covers major areas of concern in Old Testament theology: the history, the word of God in the Old Testament, response of humanity, the saving Goda and history, God's judgement and GOd's co…
It is both remarkable and undeniable that the passages dealing with creation and primeval time which at the high point of the enlighment had been dismissed as utterly outmoded, have found a hearing…
This book of the living Psalms is a deeply written commentary on certain chosen Psalms. Mr Westermann gave much thought and prayer to writing this helpful study. As I understand he began his study …
Exile brought a host of physical, socioeconomic, and theological problems for Israel. Ralph Klein examines six theological traditions of exillic theology - Lamentations, the Deuteronomistic History…
This new work offers an approach to the parables that has never been attempted before. The author, a renowned Old Testament scholar, brings his massive learning to bear upon the parables of the New…
In this book, Claus Westermann argues that Israel's early wisdom literature grew out of an oral tradition reflecting an agrarian setting. Dealing primarily with Proverbs 10-31, Westermann demonstra…