Someone once said, "The past is another country - they do things differently there. "At times, indeed, the Old Testament resembles another very different country. Maneuvering through levitical laws, bloodshed in Joshua, or Daniel's apocalyptic visions, sincere readers often wonder what the Old The New International Commentary on the Old Testament has helped countless people traverse this diffic…
Someone once said, "The past is another country - they do things differently there. "At times, indeed, the Old Testament resembles another very different country. Maneuvering through levitical laws, bloodshed in Joshua, or Daniel's apocalyptic visions, sincere readers often wonder what the Old The New International Commentary on the Old Testament has helped countless people traverse this diffic…
Someone once said, "The past is another country - they do things differently there. "At times, indeed, the Old Testament resembles another very different country. Maneuvering through levitical laws, bloodshed in Joshua, or Daniel's apocalyptic visions, sincere readers often wonder what the Old The New International Commentary on the Old Testament has helped countless people traverse this diffic…
Imagine a sports-mad culture, deep into Eastern spirituality, political globalism, and religious syncretism. Where women, finding child-rearing an inconvenience, abandon or abort their babies. A society where divorce and remarriage touches everyone. Imagine a society overrun by sexual deviancy and perversion. Sound familiar? It would sound familiar to the apostle Paul. The culture to which he m…
"Far-reaching in the scope of literature discussed, sharp in exposing the salient features of others' writings, incisive in evaluating both the distinctive contribution of a given work and in assessing its place in the larger body of knowledge."--Christian Century "Fills a great need. Nothing like it has been available before now--a comprehensive, detailed account....Careful, critical, forceful…
A standard, much-used textbook updated and improved Comprehensive in scope, this carefully crafted introductory grammar of Biblical Hebrew offers easy-to-understand explanations, numerous biblical illustrations, and a wide range of imaginative, biblically based exercises. The book consists of thirty-one lessons, each presenting grammatical concepts with examples and numerous exercises judicious…
A Survey of Old Testament Introduction has been an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and laypeople who want to understand the conservative position on the Old Testament and are not afraid to examine critical views. In this revised volume, Gleason Archer approaches the study of the Old Testament from both the general and the specific point of view. Dealing first with issues over whi…
An “open self in an open society” is the ideal which Charles Morris sets forth. America’s foremost younger philosopher describes in popular terms how modern philosophy copes with some of the major problems of today. In these pages he explores the main roads to self-knowledge, and the correlation of the individual with society. Not one to rely on mere airy speculation, Dr. Morris polled mo…
SPEAKING OF FAITH presents some of the most articulate, even passionate, new voices of women in religion in individual testimony, in dialogue, and in debate. Twenty-six author/ activists from five continents and representing all major religions–including Carol Gilligan, Sissela Bhatt, Judith Plaskow, Beverly Harrison, and Jean Zaru–speak from experience, challenge traditional institutions, …
Moscow, a photo album, contains splendid photographs showing the modern capital of the country. The focal point of the album is the Kremlin, the heart of city and the country, famous as its historical and architectural site. The album's lavish illustrations also feature the oldes districts and streets of Moscow-Kitay-Gorod, Tverskaya, Arbat and others.