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"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 of the great works in Western literature. Robert Alter's brilliant translation gives us David, the beautiful, musical hero who slays Goliath and, through his struggles with Saul, advances to the kingship of Israel. But this David is also fully human: an ambitious, calculating man who navigates his life's course with a flawed moral vision. The consequences for him, his family, and his nation are tragic and bloody. Historical personage and full-blooded imagining, David is the creation of a literary artist comparable to the Shakespeare of the history plays.
Presents accounts of the lives of six Old Testament leaders: Gideon, Samson, Solomon, Joash, Hezekiah, and Josiah. Discussion questions accompany each selection.
Because not many colleges today teach in-depth classes on the Old Testament and because it’s difficult for some to understand, I’ve written this Reader’s Digest version compiling the best resource materials available that this rich history might come alive and the readers might better understand why it’s here and how it applies so as to better understand the New Testament. There is far too little emphasis put on the OT today, and it’s such an important part of the foundation needed to better understand God’s Word. In my humble opinion this would serve to be an informative study, and a great tool used by those in the mission field who were without the benefits of formal schooling.
In the era between the conquest of the Promised land and the Davidic Kings, Israel seemed to be in almost continual upheaval, backsliding, and warfare. God's Judges saved them repeatedly, when they repented. During that time, King David's great-grandmother Ruth experienced a story of romance and inheritance. Finally, the great prophet, judge, and priest Samuel arose, ending the dominance of the Judges . After him, God appointed the first all-Israel king, Saul. Saul's sin caused God to replace him with David. The tragic figure of the first king died in battle. In II Samuel, King David will ascend. Modern commentaries, intent on agnostic scholarship, will report the history, omitting God's presence as often as possible. this work emphasizes both.
Examines the varied, enormously sophisticated contents of the Bible and sees how certain Western authors were inspired by them.
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.
Many Christians believe that they have to understand everything about their faith for that faith to be genuine. This isn't true. There are many things we don't understand about God, His Word, and His works. And this is actually one of the greatest things about the Christian faith: that there are areas of mystery that lie beyond the keenest scholarship or even the most profound spiritual exercises. Sadly, for many people these problems raise so many questions and uncertainties that faith itself becomes a struggle. But questions, and even doubts, are part of faith. Chris Wright encourages us to face the limitations of our understanding and to acknowledge the pain and grief they can often cause. In The God I Don't Understand, he focuses on four of the most mysterious subjects in the Bible and reflects upon why it's important to ask questions without having to provide the answer: The problem of evil and suffering. The genocide of the Canaanites. The cross and the crucifixion. The end of the world. "However strongly we believe in divine revelation, we must acknowledge both that God has not revealed everything and that much of what he has revealed is not plain. It is because Dr. Wright confronts biblical problems with a combination of honesty and humility that I warmly commend this book." —John Stott
The Texts @ Contexts series gathers scholarly voices from diverse contexts and social locations to bring new or unfamiliar facets of biblical texts to light. Joshua and Judges focuses attention on themes and tensions at the beginning of Israel's story in the Bible. How do these books represent conquest, war, trauma, violence against women and their marginalization? How does God appear to relate to these realities? And what do contemporary men and women do with biblical ambivalence? Like other volumes in the Texts @ Contexts series, these essays de-center the often homogeneous first-world orientation of much biblical scholarship and open up new possibilities for discovery.