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  • Esther: Character Under Pressure, By Patty Pell
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    Esther

    Character Under Pressure

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Patty Pell

    "Who are you when no one's looking?" When her people were threatened, Esther had to ask herself that question. She could risk her life to try to save her fellow Israelites. Or she could "keep her head down" to wait out the threat in obscurity and safety. In this nine-sessions LifeGuide® Bible Study for individuals or groups, Patty Pell leads you to examine the story of Esther question ...

    Number of Studies: 9

  • Echoes of Exodus: Tracing a Biblical Motif, By Bryan D. Estelle
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    Echoes of Exodus

    Tracing a Biblical Motif

    by Bryan D. Estelle

    Israel’s exodus from Egypt is the Bible’s enduring emblem of deliverance. It is the archetypal anvil on which the scriptural language of deliverance is shaped. More than just an epic moment, the exodus shapes the telling of Israel’s and the church’s gospel. From the blasting furnace of Egypt, imagery pours forth. In the Song of Moses Yahweh overcomes the Egyptian army, sending them plummeting to ...

  • Job, Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
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    Job

    Volume 6

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The book of Job presents its readers with a profound drama concerning innocent suffering. Such honest, forthright wrestling with the problem of evil and the silence of God has intrigued a wide gamut of readers both religious and nonreligious.

    Surprisingly, the earliest church fathers showed little interest in the book of Job. Not until Origen in the early third century is ...

  • Job, Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
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    Job

    Volume 6

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The book of Job presents its readers with a profound drama concerning innocent suffering. Such honest, forthright wrestling with the problem of evil and the silence of God has intrigued a wide gamut of readers both religious and nonreligious. Surprisingly, the earliest church fathers showed little interest in the book of Job. Not until Origen in the early third century is there ...

  • Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Edited by J. Robert Wright
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    Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

    Volume 9

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by J. Robert Wright
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Among the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to have derived from the hand of Solomon. To their minds the finest wisdom about the deeper issues of life prior to the time of God's taking human form in Jesus Christ was to be found in these books. As in all the Old Testament, they were ...

  • Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Edited by J. Robert Wright
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    Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

    Volume 9

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by J. Robert Wright
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Among the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to have derived from the hand of Solomon. To their minds the finest wisdom about the deeper issues of life prior to the time of God's taking human form in Jesus Christ was to be found in these books. As in all the Old Testament, they were ...

  • Proverbs: An Introduction and Commentary, By Lindsay Wilson
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    Proverbs

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

    by Lindsay Wilson

    In many ways, Proverbs is similar to the wisdom literature of the wider ancient Near East. However, while the book initially appears to consist primarily of practical advice, wisdom is grounded in a relationship with God. In this replacement Tyndale Commentary, Lindsay Wilson shows how the first nine chapters provide a reading guide for the many proverbs in subsequent chapters; and how the fear ...

  • The Message of the Song of Songs, By Tom Gledhill
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    The Message of the Song of Songs

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Tom Gledhill

    At first reading, the Song of Songs appears to be an unabashed celebration of physical attraction, mutual love, and sexual consummation between a man and a woman. Tom Gledhill maintains that the Song of Songs is in fact just that—a literary, poetic exploration of human love that strongly affirms loyalty, beauty, and sexuality. Yet in God's story, these things are not ends in themselves. ...

  • The Song of Songs: An Introduction and Commentary, By Iain M. Duguid
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    The Song of Songs

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

    by Iain M. Duguid

    This Old Testament book, 'the best of songs', has fascinated and perplexed interpreters for centuries. We hear the passionate melody of romantic love, and are confronted by erotic imagery but whose love is described? Is it a couple?s love for each other, God?s love for his people, or a poem that speaks to love in all its dimensions? Iain Duguid?s commentary explains how the Song is designed to ...

  • The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction  Commentary, By J. Alec Motyer
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    The Prophecy of Isaiah

    An Introduction Commentary

    by J. Alec Motyer

    Christianity Today Critics Choice Award

    Three Decades of Wisdom in a One-Volume Commentary on Isaiah

    Among Old Testament prophetic books no other equals Isaiah's brilliance of style and metaphor, its arresting vision of the Holy One of Israel and its kaleidoscopic vision of God's future restoration of Israel and the world.

    Along the historical ...