Dr Vasholz claims that Leviticus, far from being a book to avoid or skip over, is of basic importance to the Bible and to our understanding of what it teaches. His commentary proves the claim to th…
Exodus is about a man, Moses. He is central to the narrative in a way in which no single character, not even Abraham, dominates Genesis. Though the book is not an autobiography, we learn much about…
Psalms 73 to 150. Psalms contain the praises of the people. This is the people of Israel's creed. But more than that, they display historical accounts which demonstrate how the people are to put th…
Psalms 1 to 72 Psalms contain the praises of the people. This is the people of Israel's creed. But more than that, they display historical accounts which demonstrate how the people are to put their…
Like a wife unfaithful to her husband so Israel was unfaithful to the LORD. This is vividly illustrated in the book of Hosea where Hosea's own marriage represents Israel's relationship with the LOR…
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, stylistice and interpretative aspe…
This is a fine commentary , exhibiting careful and balannced Old Testament scholarship expressed in attractive, vigorous prose. I did not find a sentence that was not clear. Controversial issues a…
A theological commentary based on the most recent scholarly literature, the author's commentary is solid because he pre-supposes the infaliability of the Hebrew text which the Chronicler originally…
The Author commentary on Jeremiah is trebly welcome: first, from his earlier work on Exodus (in this series) we know that he will take the highest view of Scripture as the Word of God, and do so as…