Gordon Wenham

Did God Really Command Genocide?

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a very lucid and helpful discussion of this troubling topic.”

Impeccable Solomon?

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is an important book challenging the fashionable view that Chronicles whitewashes the character of Solomon. It is carefully and thoroughly argued, and future students of Chronicles will have to take it very seriously.”

In the Eyes of God

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Learned and lucid, this fine work explores the nature of anthropomorphic language in Scripture and Christian theology. What it means to describe God in human terms has long been controversial, but this book tackles the issues in an irenic and scholarly way. Using modern insights into metaphors, Howell examines the places in Genesis where God is said to see to produce a most illuminating discussion that biblical scholars and systematic theologians should not overlook.”

Oh, That You Would Rend the Heavens and Come Down!

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a valuable contribution to the study of Isaiah. It is at once thorough, scholarly, and original. It focuses on the last eleven chapters of Isaiah and demonstrates their dependence on the Sinai covenant as it is presented in Exodus and Deuteronomy. Its argument is tight and detailed and reacts not only with English-speaking scholarship but also with German literature as well. Commentators, preachers, and students of the book of Isaiah will find much in this work to enrich their understanding of that great prophecy.”

Old Testament Story and Christian Ethics

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Parry tackles this story of rape and massacre with frankness and perception. He draws out general principles for interpreting the ethics of biblical narrative and shows that even the most unpromising passages of Scripture are useful to the discerning reader.”

Puzzling Portraits

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The book of Judges poses great problems for biblical readers: how are we to know whether the deeds of its heroes are to be admired or shunned? Puzzling Portraits is a careful and lucid discussion of this issue that builds on the insights of the best modern scholarship. Scholars, preachers, and other readers of Judges will greatly profit from this perceptive work”

The Abduction of Dinah

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a fresh and original contribution to the interpretation of Genesis. It also contains a full and thorough evaluation of more traditional, critical, and historical approaches to the issues raised by Genesis 25-35. It deserves to be taken most seriously by future scholars trying to understand these chapters of Scripture.”

The Biblical Cosmos

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Delightful. Robin Parry takes the reader on a fascinating tour of biblical cosmology and theology. If you want to enter the minds of the biblical writers, this book will guide you with wit and sound learning.”

The Drama of Scripture

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a vivid introduction to reading the Bible as a coherent story of God’s purposes for the world. It will not only help the new reader but also enable the experienced reader to distinguish the central themes of Scripture from mere sidelights.”

The Psalms as Christian Lament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Often neglected, the lament psalms are some of the most pastorally valuable parts of Scripture. This great commentary on ten of these psalms unpacks their riches by drawing on the interpretations of early Church Fathers and leading Reformers and coupling their insights with a detailed modern exegesis of the Hebrew text. Students of the psalms, preachers, and worship leaders will find this a splendid resource.”

The Theology of the Levitical Priesthood

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This helpful study brings together two important themes in the Old Testament that are often neglected by commentators and preachers: priesthood and mission. Haydock examines the role the priest was expected to play in Israelite society. His lifestyle, Haydock argues, should adorn Christian leaders, indeed all the people of God, and in this way draw the nations to the knowledge of God. This makes the priesthood central to the Biblical understanding of mission. [Theology is] a useful, original contribution to Biblical theology.”

The Triumph of Grace in Deuteronomy

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

Foreword

“This . . . is a most important discussion for anyone trying to understand the theology of Scripture and to preach it in a Christian context. But it is also a most thorough work that interacts with all the significant recent discussions of Deuteronomy in a very judicious way.”

Theistic Evolution

Science & Faith

“‘In wisdom you have made them all,’ says the psalmist of God’s activities in nature (Ps. 104:24). But believers today, often blinded by modern science, fail to see that divine wisdom. This valuable volume challenges the assumptions of much scientific endeavor and proposes a fresh paradigm that is open to God’s involvement in nature. It deserves a wide and thoughtful readership.”

Word-Order Variation in Biblical Hebrew Poetry

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“'Till recently the importance of word order in biblical Hebrew has been largely ignored by grammarians and commentators. This work advances our understanding of Hebrew poetry significantly. It is lucid and thorough. Every interpreter of the Psalms and other poetic sections of the Old Testament will find it an invaluable resource.”