Gordon McConville

Discovering Genesis

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Iain Provan’s study is set to become an essential text on the great book of Genesis. With enormous scholarly range and communicative skill, he offers an anatomy of biblical interpretation as well as an acute analysis of Genesis itself as both narrative and theology. The result is a remarkable book, which should find a space on all serious students’ shelves.”

Eve: Accused or Acquitted?

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Abraham's perceptive exploration of modern feminist readings of Genesis 1-3 is a timely re-examination of the significance of these chapters for Christian theology.”

Interpreting the Prophets

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In this introduction to interpreting the Prophets, Aaron Chalmers helpfully majors on showing the way, rather than merely describing content. In exploring several prophetic 'worlds', the historical, the theological and the rhetorical, he negotiates with clarity some of the issues that students new to the prophets find perplexing. Always alive to pitfalls, he provides resources for a solid grounding in understanding and using this section of the Bible, culminating in intelligent guidance for preachers. An excellent resource for students and preachers alike.”

Old Testament Story and Christian Ethics

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“A most stimulating exploration of how 'difficult' Old Testament narratives might be read from a Christian ethical standpoint.”

The Authors of the Deuteronomistic History

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Brian Neil Peterson has written an important alternative to much of the literature discussing the Deuteronomistic redaction of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and 1 & 2 Samuel. Building on a strong foundation of comparative studies with the first of these books, Peterson argues his case for an early authorship from the time of David. Peterson’s groundbreaking work establishes a redactional basis for the appearance of these texts in early Israel. It demands serious consideration by anyone interested in the literature of Israel’s early history." —Richard S. Hess Denver Seminary "Brian Neil Peterson has provided a stimulating new analysis of the origins and composition of the Deuteronomistic History (DtrH). He presses on the recognition, widespread since Martin Noth, that DtrH has drawn on various sources prior to its final compilation, and offers a fresh and unusual analysis of the relationship between redactor and source, combining acute observations about the redactional history of the texts with an engaging argument for the emergence of the source material, in which David’s priest Abiathar, and the priestly house at Anathoth, play a significant role. This compelling thesis deserves to make an impact on scholarly thinking about the composition of the Deuteronomistic History.”

The Book of Zechariah

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A most welcome addition to the excellent NICOT series. Boda is an established expert on this difficult and wonderful book, and here he brings his huge learning to bear on it in such a way as to unfold its many dimensions. His commentary is always accessible and is governed by a deep concern to interpret theologically and pastorally. . . . A model for interpreting the Prophets and, indeed, the whole Old Testament.”

The Characterization of an Empire

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Mary Hom brings to bear her expert knowledge of Assyrian sources on the separate portrayals of the empire in Kings and Chronicles. In doing so, she contributes both to research on Assyria, and to the literary and theological interpretation of Kings and Chronicles. Her book not only works perceptively at the nexus of historical and literary research, but also produces an invaluable thesis regarding the disparate literary strategies of the two blocks.”

The First Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“John Goldingay's volume is a magisterial work of theology, pastoral insight, and linguistic scholarship—'magisterial' used properly of an author who is unsurpassed in his ability to understand and teach. This translation, accompanying his Old Testament for Everyone series, is the product of years of interpretation of the Old Testament, always deeply learned, sharply accurate, and edgily communicative. It has immediately become one of the standard translations that I always consult when trying to understand any Old Testament text myself.”

The Joshua Delusion?

Apologetics

“Douglas Earl aims to revive 'spiritual' or symbolic readings of Joshua, going back to Origen, but refined in the light of modern anthropological understandings of myth and symbol. This is a timely and illuminating book, written with the highest regard for Scripture, and I commend it warmly to all who are exercised by the problem of violence in the Old Testament.”

The Minor Prophets

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Bartholomew and Thomas have produced an impressive major resource for the study of the book of the Twelve. Concerned above all to bring the prophets' powerful message to today's church, they write with urgency and empathy about the contemporary world, convinced that this is what motivated the prophets in their own times. Firmly grounded in scholarship on the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts, and their interpretation in the church from the earliest Christian centuries, Bartholomew and Thomas offer sensitive, close readings of each book. At the same time, they attend to complex hermeneutical issues, notably the theological relationship of each book to the Twelve considered as a corpus, and also to the New Testament. This book should become indispensable for serious study of the Prophets.”

The Triumph of Grace in Deuteronomy

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The Book of Deuteronomy is frequently misread as a legalistic document with a somewhat mechanical ethic of rewards and punishments. Paul Barker shows convincingly that, on the contrary, it engages subtly and profoundly with the issue of law and grace. His lucid analysis of key passages of the book makes an important contribution to the exegetical and theological study of the book.”