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New volume in the TOTC replacement programme
Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical
Commentary on the Old Testament features today's top Old Testament
scholars and brings together commentary features rarely gathered
together in one volume. With careful discourse analysis and
interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authors trace the flow of
argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical
author says something is just as important as what they say.
Commentary on each passage follows a clear structure to help
readers grasp the flow and meaning of the text: The Main Idea of
the Passage: A one- or two-sentence summary of the key ideas the
biblical author seeks to communicate. Literary Context: A brief
discussion of the relationship of the specific text to the book as
a whole and to its place within the broader argument. Translation
and Exegetical Outline: Commentators provide their own translations
of each text, formatted to highlight its discourse structure and
accompanied by a coherent outline that reflects the flow and
argument of the text. Structure and Literary Form: An overview of
the literary structure and rhetorical style adopted by the biblical
author, highlighting how these features contribute to the
communication of the main idea of the passage. Explanation of the
Text: A detailed commentary on the passage, paying particular
attention to how the biblical authors select and arrange their
materials and how they work with words, phrases, and syntax to
communicate their messages. Canonical and Practical Significance:
The commentary on each unit will conclude by building bridges
between the world of the biblical author and other biblical authors
and with reflections on the contribution made by this unit to the
development of broader issues in biblical theology--particularly on
how later Old Testament and New Testament authors have adapted and
reused the motifs in question. The discussion also includes brief
reflections on the significance of the message of the passage for
readers today. The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old
Testament series is the go-to resource for pastors and Bible
teachers looking for deep but accessible study that equips them to
connect the needs of Christians today with the biblical text.
Thirteen contributors explain the shorter Prophetic Books of the
Old Testament-Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi-with
biblical insight and pastoral wisdom, showing readers the hope that
is offered even amidst judgment.
The book of Jonah is arguably just as jarring for us as it was for
the ancients. Ninevah's repentance, Jonah's estrangement from God
and the book's bracing moral conclusion all pose unsettling
questions for today's readers. For biblical theologians, Jonah also
raises tough questions regarding mission and religious conversion.
Here, Daniel Timmer embarks on a new reading of Jonah in order to
secure its ongoing relevance for biblical theology. After an
examination of the book's historical backgrounds (in both Israel
and Assyria), Timmer discusses the biblical text in detail, paying
special attention to redemptive history and its Christocentric
orientation. Timmer then explores the relationship between Israel
and the nations--including the question of mission--and the nature
of religious conversion and spirituality in the Old Testament. This
New Studies in Biblical Theology volume concludes with an
injunction for scholars and lay readers to approach Jonah as a book
written to facilitate spiritual change in the reader. Addressing
key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies
in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians
better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A.
Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact
with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.
This study redresses the dearth of resources dealing with the
sabbath in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. While focusing on a key
passage in Exodus, it also incorporates comparative data from
elsewhere in the ancient Near East and explores inner-biblical and
other developments of the study's themes. By giving attention to
the diachronic elements that come to expression in the sabbath
frame and its context, as well as to the typological relations
between these passages and those elsewhere in the canon, this study
is able to appreciate the development and dynamism as well as the
coherence of both the Exodus material and related biblical
passages.
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