Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Westminster John Knox Press is pleased to present the seventeen-volume Old Testament for Everyone series.

During the reigns of Saul and David as recorded in First and Second Samuel, the people of Israel experience fear, disappointment, heartache, and betrayal.

The book of Revelation is filled with extravagant images that some believe forecast gloom and doom.

Weaving together the stories of Moses, the nation of Israel, and the God who rescues and liberates, Exodus becomes a story for our time, a story about seeking and finding a redeeming God in times of separation and sin, hopelessness and oppression.

Many of the verses of Isaiah are familiar to us as beloved passages we read and sing each Christmas and Easter season.

The letters to the Philippian and Galatian congregations illustrate well the passion and intensity of Paul's writing.

In First Corinthians, Paul writes to a troubled church at Corinth, urging its members to live a life distinct from the ways of others, governed by the law of love, and affirming of the tenets of the faith.

While others might tell stories claiming the world is without promise, Luke presents the narrative of Jesus Christ as good news, challenge, and hope.

Mark challenges the reader to believe in the mystery of God--that even through difficult times, God reigns.

In classic Interpretation Bible Studies style, Patricia Tull leads the reader through a ten-session study of the entire Old Testament books of Esther, with its stories of faithfulness, courage, and survival, and the ethical questions posed by its ending, and Ruth, with its themes of community, loyalty, and friendship.

The letter to the Romans is the pinnacle of Paul's writing and thinking.

This accessible Bible study will help to explain some of the more challenging aspects of Second Corinthians, especially by focusing on what is delightful and inspiring about the biblical book.

The Psalms speak to the depths of human experience, provoking words and images to express anger, sorrow, lament, thanksgiving, joy, and worshipful praise.

The death and resurrection of Jesus are not the end of the good news, but only the beginning.

In this book, Robert Laha leads a ten-session study into the stories of suffering, blame, and, ultimately, hope found in the book of Jeremiah.

In this ten-session study, Mark Matson presents the Fourth Gospel.

While most books on biblical rhetoric focus primarily on the epistles, this volume from prominent scholar C.

In his clear and readable, style Walter Brueggemann presents Genesis as a single book set within the context of the whole of biblical revelation.

This latest volume in the Old Testament for Everyone series contains a look at the Second Temple period in Israel as well as the story of Queen Esther, who saved the Jewish people from extermination.

This collection of essays by prominent scholars surveys the ways in which the Decalogue, the Ten Commandments, has been understood and appropriated from biblical times until today.

Robert Jenson offers a systematic theologian's careful reading of the Song of Songs.

The study of biblical Aramaic, an ancient Semitic language from which the Hebrew alphabet was derived, is necessary for understanding texts written during certain periods of early Jewish and Christian history and is especially important for the study of the books of Daniel and Ezra.

The book of Proverbs is a collection of sayings, poems, and "e;life's little instructions.

Numbers chronicles a community faced with many competing interests, groups, and issues, endeavoring to define itself and its mission in the world.

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The latter half of the sixth century BCE found the Jewish community fragmented and under great strife after having been conquered by the Babylonian armies.

This careful and thoughtful book unlocks the door to the theological and ethical treasures contained in the Epistles of John.

Thomas Oden provides a modern commentary on the pastoral letters grounded in the classical, consensual tradition of interpretation.

This commentary, a part of the Interpretation series, explores the book of Second Corinthians.

This volume invites readers to get up close and personal with one of the most respected and beloved writers of the last four decades.

William Barclay brings to these "e;best-known stories in the world"e; new force and significance for the modern reader.

In this brilliant commentary, Beverly Roberts Gaventa discusses the issues central to the books of Thessalonians, identifying what makes each book important for the life of the church today, as well as for preachers and teachers.

Here is the first comprehensive, balanced account of historical Jesus studies.

Donald Gowan offers a unified reading of the prophetic books, showing that each has a distinctive contribution to make to a central theme.

William Herzog shows that the focus of the parables was not on a vision of the glory of the reign of God but on the gory details of the way oppression served the interests of the ruling class.

This revised and enlarged edition of a classic in Old Testament scholarship reflects the most up-to-date research on the prophetic books and offers substantially expanded discussions of important new insight on Isaiah and the other prophets.

In this accessible and provocative study, Brian Blount reads the book of Revelation through the lens of African American culture, drawing correspondences between Revelation's context and the long-standing suffering of African Americans.

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The Women's Bible Commentary is a trusted, classic resource for biblical scholarship, written by some of the best feminist scholars in the field today.

Enlarged print edition now available!

This book presents the life and work of the New Testament's premier missionary, the apostle Paul.

Unsurpassed for nearly half a century, and now with a new introduction and appendix by William P.

How did the Bible's sixty-six books become sacred Scripture?

First and Second Peter, James, and Jude have existed on the edges of the canon throughout the centuries.

Richard Nelson examines the books of Kings and treats the text as theological literature, emphasizing the literary impact of this important part of the Old Testament canon.

Steven Tuell shows how the books of Chronicles present the revelation of God's plan and purposes through the history of Israel, emphasizing the important role that King David plays within that story.

Studies in the books of Ezra-Nehemiah have tended to become bogged down with such questions as, "e;Who came first, Ezra or Nehemiah, and were they contemporaries?

This major work explores the message and meaning of Ezekiel, one of the longest and most difficult of the prophetic books.

In his commentary, Ralph Martin singles out two themes that are high on today's agenda of theological and practical inquiry and planning.

This latest volume in the popular Belief series considers two very different types of biblical writings and two very timely subjects-violence and sex within the context of Scripture.