A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. Its story-centric approach is ideal for pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and laypeople alike.
Three easy-to-use sections designed to help readers live out God's story:
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<li>LISTEN to the Story: Includes complete NIV text with references to other texts at work in each passage, encouraging the reader to hear it within the Bible's grand story</li>
<li>EXPLAIN the Story: Explores and illuminates each text as embedded in its canonical and historical setting</li>
<li>LIVE the Story: Reflects on how each text can be lived today and includes contemporary stories and illustrations to aid preachers, teachers, and students</li>
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Praise for SGBC:
"Opens up the biblical story in ways that move us to act." - Darrell L. Bock
"It makes the text sing and helps us hear the story afresh." - John Ortberg
"This commentary breaks new ground." - Craig L. Blomberg

Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (16) (The Story of God Bible Commentary)

Religion & Spirituality

Athas, George

Christian Books & Bibles

Zondervan Academic

An accessible introduction to the historical and theological developments between the Old and New Testament. Bridging the end of the Old Testament period and the beginning of the New Testament period, this book surveys the history and theological developments of four significant eras in Israel's post-exilic history: the Late Persian Era (465-331 BC), the Hellenistic Era (332-167 BC), the Hasmonean Era (167-63 BC), and the Roman Era (63-4 BC). In doing so, it does away with the notion that there were four hundred years of prophetic silence before Jesus. Bridging the Testaments outlines the political and social developments of these four periods, with particular focus on their impact upon Judeans and Samarians. Using a wide range of biblical and extra-biblical sources, George Athas reconstructs what can be known about the history of Judah and Samaria in these eras, providing the framework for understanding the history of God's covenant people, and the theological developments that occurred at the end of the Old Testament period, leading into the New Testament. In doing so, Athas shows that the notion of a supposed period of four hundred years of prophetic silence is not supported by the biblical or historical evidence. Finally, an epilogue sketches the historical and theological situation prevailing at the death of Herod in 4 BC, providing important context for the New Testament writings. In this way, the book bridges the Old and New Testaments by providing a historical and theological understanding of the five centuries leading up to the birth of Jesus, tracking a biblical theology through them, and abolishing the notion of a four-century prophetic silence.

Bridging the Testaments: The History and Theology of God’s People in the Second Temple Period

History

Ancient Civilizations

The first book-length treatment of the most important, and controversial, inscription found in Israel in recent years. The inscription contains a possible mention of the name 'David' and is thought by many scholars to verify the existence of this king. Contains a full account of the discovery, epigraphic analysis, palaeographical analysis, possible arrangement of the three fragments discovered, textual analysis and historical commentary. It is more thorough in each of these treatments than any preceding discussion, and reviews all of the major theories about the inscription, with a well-considered conclusion.This is a volume 360 in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement series and volume 12 in the Copenhagen International Seminar subseries.

The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Introduction (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

T&T Clark

The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Interpretation (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series, 360)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Continuum Intl Pub Group

Biblical Aramaic: A Reader &amp; Handbook is a one-stop shop for anyone who is studying Biblical Aramaic or seeking to retain the knowledge they have already acquired. A wonderful resource for both professors and students, Biblical Aramaic: A Reader &amp; Handbook effectively empowers students to be able to read the Bible's Aramaic texts with comprehension, ease, and enjoyment, and to sustain a solid, lasting command of the language long after their formal study has ended. Split into two main sections a Reader and word lists this is an essential tool for anyone who wants to read the Aramaic portions of the Bible with understanding and confidence, and to maintain this ability over the long term.
 Created by a team of scholars: Donald R. Vance (PhD), George Athas (PhD), Yael Avrahami (PhD), and Jonathan G. Kline (PhD).
 KEY FEATURES Reader with running apparatus: - Complete text of the Aramaic portions of the Bible. - Contextual glosses and parsing for words in Biblical Aramaic that occur fewer than 25 times (= 94% of all vocabulary), and parsing for all verb forms, regardless of number of occurrences. - Full, clear parsing abbreviations. An extensive array of unique, pedagogically effective word lists: -All the verbs in Biblical Aramaic are listed by stem and type of root, by frequency of root and attested form, and more. All words are grouped by part of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, particles, etc.), including idiomatic phrases. - All suffixed forms in Biblical Aramaic are presented according to suffix. - Includes frequency lists for all words, which note the predominant forms in which words occur. - Includes lists of homonyms, loanwords, and more. This means... - No reaching for a separate lexicon, since the correct definition in context is provided on the same page as the text (and a handy glossary is provided for the several dozen most common words as well). - You'll spend your time learning the words you ll actually encounter in the Bible, since the verb lists contain only the Aramaic forms that occur in the biblical text. No memorization of full paradigms with lots of forms you'll never need to know! - You can focus on memorizing the forms that are most commonly encountered first, since many lists are ordered by frequency. This helps you read Biblical Aramaic even faster (by eliminating the need to consult the glosses)!

Biblical Aramaic: A Reader and Handbook

Kline, Jonathan

Vance, Donald R.

Avrahami, Yael

Hendrickson Academic

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