John Goldingay

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I’m not usually a reader of memoirs or poetry, but I found this memoir stimulating to reflect on. I too am not much of a doubter, and don’t easily think of myself as old, and retired because I was burnt out, and came to live in Oxford because of the libraries, and have wondered how I would cope if I lost my sight. Richard’s reflection is that of a profound thinker having a simple relationship with God.”

The Book of Jonah

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“As Johan Ferreira notes, when you have got your mind round basic Hebrew, Jonah is an ideal Old Testament book to study. And this commentary is ideal as a companion for studying it. It is a marvelously thorough word-by-word analysis of the text that will enable you to make huge progress in your grasp of Hebrew and in your interaction with the intriguing, engaging, challenging book of Jonah.”

The Books of Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“James Nogalski has established himself as a foremost scholar of the so-called Minor Prophets, and it is thus welcome that he has completed this detailed commentary on Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah. Over the years he has immersed himself in scholarly study of the Twelve Prophets, and this is a fine detailed commentary with great attention to the language of the books as well as the scholarly theories. But he doesn't lead his readers into a scholarly maze from which they will never emerge. He helps the reader understand the Scriptures.”

The Decalogue

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“David Baker is someone who knows the Old Testament, the ancient Near East, and the scholarly literature, and his study of the Ten Commandments is clear, thorough, wide ranging, and knowledgeable. Furthermore, if you ever want to read anything else, the footnotes and the bibliography are a treasury.”

The Emotions of God

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“'Well obviously God doesn't have feelings. That would make him unpredictable and irrational. The Bible's just making allowance for our way of seeing things when it describes him that way.' Once again David Lamb shows how wrong we can be about the Bible (and God) and how much more interesting the Bible is than we thought (and how much more interesting God is).”

The Faith of the Outsider

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Why has no one written this book before? What an excellent idea to focus on this line of outsiders within scripture and note how they contribute to God's purpose (and often show up the insiders). And how illuminatingly Frank Spina has done that!”

The Fear of the Lord Is Wisdom

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Longman doesn’t get swept away by fashions, but neither does he dismiss ideas merely because they are new. He looks at them with interest but keeps a cool head. So he is the kind of person that the wise men and women of Israel would appreciate, and he appreciates them. His book is a balanced and informative introduction both to a ‘distinctive but not discordant note’ within the Old Testament and to its theological message.”

The Future for God's People in a Conflict-Ravaged World

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This detailed and careful study of Daniel 7–12 in light of modern study will provide a most useful guide to anyone who wishes to study Daniel in light of the questions that scholars have been asking and the answers they have been giving over the past century, right up to the 2020s. For any readers, this survey will be illuminating.”

The Gospels for All Christians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a wonderful book, a bombshell in the playground of New Testament study. In writing on interpretation I have felt vaguely uneasy about the notion that the unmentioned specific congregation is of key importance to understanding Gospel narrative, but I lacked the imaginative spark to query this universal 'given.' Now Richard Bauckham and his friends have called the bluff. 'Obvious' after 'obvious' point (for instance, Gospels are different from Epistles; why should anyone write a narrative for their own congregation?) draws forth a grin, a 'Yes,' and a punch into the air from the reader. They also tell us lots of fascinating things about the real world in which the Gospels were written and disseminated, and point out some of the presuppositions of the consensus they explode and the significance of the case they press. I look forward to watching the fallout.”

The Mission of God's People

Theology

“What a marvelous author Chris Wright is! Here you get the distilled insight of someone who knows mission and knows the Scriptures---and because he is an Old Testament specialist, he gives that major part of the Scriptures the prominence it deserves, even (especially?) when we are thinking about a subject such as mission that might seem to belong to the New Testament. And he doesn’t confine himself to scriptural themes but enables us to get inside lots of particular Scriptures, all in easily manageable chunks. What do theology and mission have to do with each other? This book powerfully answers the question.”

The Old Testament as Literature

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“For decades Tremper Longman has been teaching the Old Testament and writing about it in a thoughtful and lively way. This volume illustrates how he has immersed himself in scholarly study with an open mind but has never forgotten his commitment to the fact that it is the Holy Scriptures he is studying. His wide-ranging survey of scholarly approaches to the Old Testament as literature is strengthened by a number of illuminating studies of particular texts.”

The Old Testament in Seven Sentences

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“What a fantastic title! What an imaginative project! What a delightful way into the Old Testament! What a great gift for anyone who is bewildered by the Old Testament and thinks they might be able to get into it if only they had some signposts!”

The Original Story

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The more I read this up-to-date, user-friendly, middle-of-the-road introduction to the Old Testament, the more I liked it. . . The authors provide a reliable guide to the range of views on literary and historical questions, and they encourage readers towards moderate answers.”

The State of Old Testament Studies

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Do you want to know what Old Testament scholars are talking about to one another nowadays? It’s a very different conversation from the one twenty-five years ago, and the conversation in another twenty-five-years’ time will be different again. But this is a brilliant book to enable you to listen in on the conversation now, and perhaps join in.”

The Violence of the Biblical God

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

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This Strange and Sacred Scripture

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Some of my friends say strange things and hold strange views, but because they are my friends I can’t just dismiss what they say. Having friends who think differently from me helps expand my thinking and rescue me from the limitations of my current perspective. I give my friends the benefit of the doubt when they say things that are outrageous. Matthew Schlimm invites us to do the same with the Old Testament, helps us to listen to many of its notoriously outrageous statements, and also shares with us worthwhile insights from other people who are friends with the Old Testament (and from yet other people who would not see themselves as its friends).”

WealthWatch

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“"Michael Moore has written an extraordinarily wide-ranging, widely-read, lively, swashbuckling, and illuminating book on a topic of huge importance in our world--indeed (as he shows) in any world. It will give you new understanding of the Bible, it will not bore you, and the footnotes alone are an education.”

WealthWise

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Does God bless people with wealth because they’re faithful and they serve him? Or do faithful people renounce wealth—is poverty the real blessing? Typically, the Scriptures speak with more subtlety, shrewdness, and realism than the sayings that appear on bumper stickers. In this study, Michael Moore shows himself learned, widely read, and thought-provoking on the subject of wealth in the wisdom writings within the Scriptures. . . . You will never be bored by this book.”