To have a lifelong goal of becoming like Christ involves change, and change isn't always easy. But the more a person knows of God's purposes for him or her, the more that person can experience God's joy and participate in His plan. The LifeChange studies on books of the Bible promise a life-changing encounter with God's Word that can help you grow in Christlikeness. LifeChange studies help you . . .Understand the book's historical context, purpose, structure, and meaningApply its powerful, relevant wisdom to current needs and issuesAcquire personal study skills and a thirst to go deeper into the Bible's life-transforming truths

The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary shows Jews of all ages and backgrounds that the Jewish people's most significant book is not dusty and irrelevant but an eternally sacred text wholly pertinent to our modern lives. Designed to keep the attention of all readers, each lively essay is both brief enough to be read in minutes and deep and substantive enough to deliver abundant food for thought. Its cornerstone is its unique four-part meditation on the Jewish heritage. After briefly summarizing a Torah portion, the commentary orbits that portion through four central pillars of Jewish life-the Torah (Torat Yisrael), the land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael), the Jewish people (Am Yisrael), and Jewish thought (Mahshevet Yisrael)-illuminating how the four intersect and enrich one another. Furthering the Jewish thought motif, every essay ends with two questions for thought well suited for discussion settings. Each commentary can be used as the launchpad for a lesson, a sermon, a d'var Torah, or a discussion. Readers from beginners to experts will come away with new understandings of our Jewish heritage-and be inspired to draw closer to its four dimensions.

Comprehensive coverage of ancient Israelite society, history and culture, offering the latest research on the region. Synthesises and integrates archaeological material with discussions of ancient Near Eastern and Biblical texts. Highlights present and future avenues for studying the ancient Israelite world.

This volume introduces ancient Israel's Scriptures, or the Hebrew Bible, commonly called the Old Testament. It also traces the legacy of monotheism first found in the pages of the Old Testament. Where pertinent to the message of the Old Testament, the book explores issues of history, comparative religions, and sociology, while striking a balance among these topics by focusing primarily on literary features of the text. In addition, frequent sidebar discussions introduce the reader to contemporary scholarship, especially the results of historical-critical research and archaeology. Along the way, the book explores how the Old Testament conceptualized and gave rise to monotheism, one of the most significant developments in history, giving this study a currency for twenty-first-century readers.

This book addresses intertextual connections between Lamentations and texts in each division of the Hebrew Bible, along with texts throughout history. Sources examined range from the Dead Sea Scrolls to modern Shoah literature, allowing the volume's impact to reach beyond Lamentations to each of the 'intertexts' the chapters address. By bringing together scholars with expertise on this diverse array of texts, the volume offers a wide range of exegetical insight. It also enables the reader to appreciate the varying intertextual approaches currently employed in Biblical Studies, ranging from abstract theory to rigid method. By applying these to a focused analysis of Lamentations, this book will facilitate greater insight on both Lamentations and current methodological research.

Hace mas de cincuenta anos que el texto que publicara la escritora Sunshine Ball se usa como un libro de lectura devocional, de estudio en grupos de creyentes en la iglesia y como texto en los Institutos Biblicos. Esta es una revision que, al contar con bosquejos, tablas y graficos, hace facil el estudio apocaliptico. Si quiere una perspectiva escatologica de actualidad, no deje de leer y usar esta herramienta que nunca pasara de moda, sino hasta que el Senor venga. 'Guarda estas cosas en secreto y sella el libro hasta la hora final, pues muchos andaran de un lado a otro en busca de cualquier conocimiento.' Daniel 12:4 'Dichoso el que lee y dichosos los que escuchan las palabras de este mensaje profetico y hacen caso de lo que aqui esta escrito, porque el tiempo de su cumplimiento esta cerca.' Apocalipsis 1:3"

HACIA UNA TEOLOGIA DEL ANTIGUO TESTAMENTO En los estudios del Antiguo Testamento, ningun aspecto tiene tantas demandas como la teologia. Al reconocer la mayor crisis en teologia biblica, la incapacidad de reafirmar y aplicar la autoridad de la Biblia, Walter Kaiser ofrece la solucion a los asuntos sin resolver referentes a la importancia de su definicion y metodologia. Una buena comprension de la teologia biblica, explica el autor, >. En la primera parte de su libro, el Dr. Kaiser discute la dificultad inherente al determinar la verdadera naturaleza, metodo, alcance y motivacion para la teologia del Antiguo Testamento. En la segunda, aplica su solucion en forma clara y metodica al discutir en forma cronologica los periodos del Antiguo Testamento, desde el Prepatriarcal (Prolegomenos a la Promesa) hasta el Postexilico (Triunfo de la Promesa)."

Through these fascinating Old Testament books, Ezra and Nehemiah you will discover a God who is in control of history and the hearts of his people. It is a real encouragement to be reminded how Yahweh can even work through the lives of secular leaders, just as he did with the Persian Kings, Cyrus and Artaxerxes.