Some chose to follow God. Others followed only fame and fortune. They lived through times of difficulty and times of triumph, through political and emotional turmoil, through popularity and through discontent. This ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study focuses on the character of the kings of the Old Testament and what we can learn from them.
(O'Donovan 1996, 72) O'Donovan suggests that the Bible endorses an international order of law rather than of government (1996, 72). O'Donovan's polarization of “unitary world empire” and a plurality of apparently independent nations is ...
One in an ongoing series of esteemed and popular Bible commentary volumes based on the New International Version text.
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Born out of the experiences of hundreds of thousands of women who Raechel and Amanda have walked alongside as they walk with the Lord, She Reads Truth is the message that will help you understand the place of God's Word in your life.
"A masterpiece of contemporary Bible translation and commentary."—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of 1999 Acclaimed for its masterful new translation and insightful commentary, The David Story is a fresh, vivid rendition of one ...
While the book proceeds text by text, special focus is placed upon Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, and Josiah as models of faith. Brueggemann provides a useful guide for the reader to maneuver between flat history and absolute faith.
By drawing on sociological approaches to the role historiography plays in the construction of political identity, Lovell argues the book of Kings is intended to reconstruct a sense of Israelite identity in the context of these losses, and ...
Hugh Clayton White (Philadelphia: WestminsterPress, 1967);David L. Petersen, TheRoles of Israel's Prophets, Journal fortheStudy oftheOld Testament Supplement Series 17 (Sheffield, England: JSOT Press, 1981); James M. Ward, The Prophets, ...
Kings constantly presupposes knowledge of the remainder of the story of Israel and invites reflection upon itself in the light of the prophetic writings and of the New Testament.
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