Paul Koptak

Illuminating Counsel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is the way to write about the Bible: Teram’s crisp, conversational prose blends the most relevant Jewish and Christian scholarship with honest, down-to-earth devotion. Reading the Writings as an interactive collection, he shows how each book offers a unique response to human suffering—often in debate with each other. Teram talks with readers like a passionate teacher, sharing his delight in Hebrew language discoveries so we catch his enthusiasm, even for Lamentations and Chronicles!”

Preaching Through Time

Preaching & Worship

“Preaching Through Time draws together the best recent work in biblical, theological, and homiletic studies and makes an entirely sensible proposal for what should come next. Barton’s carefully argued practical theology insists that ‘a purposeful eschatology reasserts time as essential for preaching.’ Luke and Paul ‘preached’ this way, bringing past and future together in the present and inspiring preachers throughout Christian history. Now, drawing from Wright’s and Vanhoozer’s analogies with drama, Barton shows us how to invite listeners into God’s story as it unfolds in time. His clear vision bears reading and rereading so we can recover what has been neglected and imagine new possibilities.”

You Are Israel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“With his reminder that no book of the Hebrew Bible echoes Genesis more than Isaiah, Teram not only lists the many links, he asks why these allusions begin to appear in exilic literature. . . . This important contribution to intertextual studies moves beyond the distinction of oral tradition and written text to listen as Isaiah calls Israel/Jacob back to its true self.”