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  • 1-2 Corinthians, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
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    1-2 Corinthians

    Volume 7

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    In Paul's letters to the Corinthian church, the pastoral issues of a first-century Christian community stand out in bold relief. And as the apostle responds to these challenges, the fathers lean over his shoulder, marveling and commenting on his pastoral wisdom.Best known among these patristic commentators is Chrysostom, whose seventy-seven homilies on the two Corinthian epistles ...

  • Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus, By L. Michael Morales
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    Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?

    A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by L. Michael Morales
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Reformation 21's End of Year Review of Books

    Preaching's Survey of Bibles and Bible Reference

    "Who shall ascend the mountain of the LORD?" — Psalm 24:3

    In many ways, this is the fundamental question of Old Testament Israel's cult—and, indeed, of life itself. How can creatures made from dust become members ...

  • Justification: God's Plan  Paul's Vision, By N. T. Wright
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    Justification

    God's Plan Paul's Vision

    by N. T. Wright

    Biblical Foundations Book Award

    Few issues are more central to the Christian faith than the nature, scope and means of salvation. Many have thought it to be largely a transaction that gets one to heaven. In this riveting book, N. T. Wright explains that God's salvation is radically more than this.At the heart of much vigorous debate on this topic is the term the apostle Paul ...

  • Israel & the Nations: The History of Israel from the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple, By F. F. Bruce and David F. Payne
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    Israel & the Nations

    The History of Israel from the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple

    by F. F. Bruce and David F. Payne

    The story of Israel is one of the outstanding tales of human history. Israel, occupying a narrow strip of land between sea and desert, was positioned on an international highway of commerce and warfare. This was a people whose future would be intertwined with the stories of nations great and small.

    F. F. Bruce shapes the daunting complexities of this history, nearly fourteen hundred years ...

  • A Week in the Fall of Jerusalem, By Ben Witherington III
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    A Week in the Fall of Jerusalem

    A Week in the Life Series

    by Ben Witherington III

    It's AD 70. And amidst smoke, clamor, and terror, Jerusalem is falling to the Romans, its temple being destroyed. As Jews and Christians try to escape the city, we travel with some of them through an imagined week of flight and faith. A scribe makes his way into Galilee in search of records of Jesus' life and teachings. A company of women, responding to a prophecy, travels the route to a new life ...

  • Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright, By N. T. Wright
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    Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright

    Contributions by N. T. Wright
    Edited by James M. Scott

    Few New Testament scholars of recent decades have set the pitch for academic discussion and debate in their field like N. T. Wright. His signature contention, that Israel's continuing exile was a pivotal issue in the emergence of Christianity, hasfound a central place in contemporary New Testament scholarship. Israel had grievously sinned against Yahweh and suffered the judgment of exile from its ...

  • Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible, By Stephen G. Dempster
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    Dominion and Dynasty

    A Theology of the Hebrew Bible

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Stephen G. Dempster
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Christian theologians rarely study the Old Testament in its final Hebrew canonical form, even though this was very likely the Bible used by Jesus and the early church. However, once read as a whole, the larger structure of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) provides a "wide-angle lens" through which its contents can be viewed.In this stimulating New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Stephen G. ...

  • John 13-21, Edited by Christopher Boyd Brown
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    John 13-21

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Christopher B. Brown

    After he had washed the disciples' feet, Jesus said, "Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another."

    The second half of the Gospel of John, sometimes called the most "theological" of the Gospels, includes John's account of Jesus' final night with his disciples, his betrayal and arrest, his crucifixion, his resurrection, and his appearances to his disciples.

    When ...

  • Changed into His Likeness: A Biblical Theology of Personal Transformation, By J. Gary Millar
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    Changed into His Likeness

    A Biblical Theology of Personal Transformation

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by J Gary Millar
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Runner Up and Finalist

    When it comes to the Christian life, what exactly can we expect with regard to personal transformation?

    Gary Millar addresses this most basic question in this NSBT volume. After surveying some contemporary psychological approaches ...