Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms
- ISBN-10
- 1441201572
- ISBN-13
- 9781441201577
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-01-01
- Publisher
- Baker Academic
- Author
- Daniel J. Estes
Description
This valuable resource introduces readers to the Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry--Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs--and helps them better understand each book's overall flow. Estes summarizes some of each book's key issues, offers an exposition of the book that interacts with major commentaries and recent studies, and concludes with an extensive bibliography. Now in paperback.
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