Old Testament Survey
Author: William Sanford La Sor
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 716
ISBN-13:
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The Genesis of Justice
Author: Alan M. Dershowitz
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2001-02-01
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 0759521816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the nation's most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer comes a "dazzling and stimulating" exploration of how the creation of the ten commandments provides the origins to today's law (Library Journal). Alan Dershowitz is one of America's most famous litigation experts. In the Genesis of Justice he examines the Genesis narratives to bring to the reader an insight into the creation of the ten commandments and much of what is now law.
God of Covenant - Bible Study Book
Author: Jen Wilkin
Publisher: Lifeway Church Resources
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781462748891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 10-session Bible study that examines Genesis 12-50 to discover how God orchestrates everything for His glory and the good of His people.
Judges, Ruth
Author: K. Lawson Younger
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Published: 2021-01-19
Total Pages: 641
ISBN-13: 0310114772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context The books of Judges and Ruth have relevance for our lives today. Judges, because it reveals a God who employs very human deliverers but refuses to gloss over their sins and their consequences. And Ruth, because it demonstrates the far-reaching impact of a righteous character. K. Lawson Younger Jr. shares literary perspectives on the books of Judges and Ruth that reveal ageless truths for our contemporary lives. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's context, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights, they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
Judges
Author: Miles V. Van Pelt
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2018-03-15
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1433557320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book of Judges describes a time in the life of the nation of Israel between the prophetic leadership of Moses and Joshua and the establishment of the monarchy. During that time, “everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). The most shocking feature in the book of Judges, however, is not the horror of Israel’s sin, but the glory of salvation from that sin. The darkness of Israel’s sin is overcome only by the wonder of God’s salvation worked through a series of memorable judges, who ultimately point us to Jesus Christ. Part of the Knowing the Bible series.
Trajectories of Justice
Author: Robert Karl Gnuse
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2015-10-09
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1498223362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Bible proclaims a message of liberation. Though the Bible arose in an age when slavery and patriarchalism permeated society, the biblical authors sought to elevate the rights of slaves, the poor, and women. Their attempts to elevate the oppressed set in motion a trajectory of evolution, which we should still be advancing today. Critics of the Bible declare that it accepts slavery and the subordination of women, but they fail to understand the biblical texts in their historical context. For their age the biblical authors were advanced in their understanding of human rights, and the democratic values we hold today actually resulted from their early attempts to affirm the dignity and rights of slaves and women. It is equally important that we critique those spokespersons of the church who quote the Bible literally but have lost sight of its historical context so that they might still subordinate women today. Such spokespersons also declare that the Bible condemns homosexuality. But a closer reading of the text discerns that those few passages that address same-sex relations actually condemn rape, ritual prostitution, and master-slave relations. To use the Bible to condemn people often is to misuse the Bible.
Reading Gender in Judges
Author: Shelley L. Birdsong
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 2023-04-21
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1628374705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMuch of the content of Judges can be understood only when read together with other parts of the Hebrew Bible. Narratives in Judges comment, criticize, and reinterpret other texts from across what became the canon, often by troubling gender, disrupting stereotypical binaries, and creating a kind of gender chaos. This volume brings together gender criticism and intertextuality, methods that logically align with intersectional lenses, to draw attention to how race, ethnicity, class, religion, ability, sex, and sexuality all play a role in how one is gendered in the book of Judges. Contributors Elizabeth H. P. Backfish, Shelley L. Birdsong, Zev Farber, Serge Frolov, Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher, Susan E. Haddox, Hyun Chul Paul Kim, Richard D. Nelson, Pamela J. W. Nourse, Tammi J. Schneider, Joy A. Schroeder, Soo Kim Sweeney, Rannfrid I. Lasine Thelle, J. Cornelis de Vos, Jennifer J. Williams, and Gregory T. K. Wong provide substantial new and significant contributions to the study of gender, the book of Judges, and biblical hermeneutics in general. This volume illustrates why biblical scholars and students need to take the intersectional identities of characters and their intertextual environments seriously.
The Message of Judges
Author: Michael Wilcock
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2022-02-22
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1514004666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book of Judges reveals the deepest sins of humanity in the light of God's abundant grace. Behind leaders such as Deborah, Jephthah, and Samson stands the principal actor in this drama: God as Judge. In this BST commentary, Michael Wilcock illuminates the meaning that Judges still holds for us today, exploring the message that God never abandons his people—then or now.
Mothers of Promise
Author: Tammi J. Schneider
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2008-08
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 080102949X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA prominent scholar of the Hebrew Bible offers a close reading of the women in Genesis to discover their roles in shaping ancient Israel.
The Book of Judges
Author: Barry G. Webb
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2012-12-20
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13: 1467436399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEminently readable, exegetically thorough, and written in an emotionally warm style that flows from his keen sensitivity to the text, Barry Webb’s commentary on Judges is just what is needed to properly engage a dynamic, narrative work like the book of Judges. It discusses not only unique features of the stories themselves but also such issues as the violent nature of Judges, how women are portrayed in it, and how it relates to the Christian gospel of the New Testament. Webb concentrates throughout on what the biblical text itself throws into prominence, giving space to background issues only when they cast significant light on the foreground. For those who want more, the footnotes and bibliography provide helpful guidance. The end result is a welcome resource for interpreting one of the most challenging books in the Old Testament.
