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  • James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
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    James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude

    Volume 11

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Award of Merit winner

    Because the Catholic Epistles focus on orthodox faith and morals, the Fathers drew on them as a means of defense against the rising challenge of heretics. Many of the Fathers saw in these letters anticipatory attacks on Marcion and strong defenses against the Arians. They did so quite naturally because in their ...

  • Commentaries on Galatians--Philemon, By Ambrosiaster
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    Commentaries on Galatians--Philemon

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Ambrosiaster
    Edited and Translated by Gerald Bray

    Ambrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.

    The commentaries, which serve as important witnesses to pre-Vulgate ...

  • Including the Stranger: Foreigners in the Former Prophets, By David G. Firth
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    Including the Stranger

    Foreigners in the Former Prophets

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by David G. Firth
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Biblical Foundations Award Finalist

    The Old Testament, particularly the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and 1-2 Kings), has frequently been regarded as having a negative attitude towards foreigners. This has meant that these texts are often employed by those opposed to the Christian faith to attack the Bible—and such views can be echoed by Christians. While the ...

  • Psalms, Volume 1: With Guided Meditations, Edited by Brian Chung and Bryan Ye-Chung
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    Psalms, Volume 1

    With Guided Meditations

    Alabaster Guided Meditations

    Contributions by Kathy Khang
    Edited by Brian Chung and Bryan Chung

    Come and experience the Scriptures in a fresh and life-giving way.

    In this collaboration between Alabaster Co. and IVP, the full text of Psalms 1-72 is presented alongside beautiful full-color photographs and guided meditations by author and Bible teacher Kathy Khang. Carefully designed as a practical, study-focused version of Alabaster's other bible books, the Alabaster Guided ...

    Number of Studies: 14

  • 1-2 Thessalonians, By G. K. Beale
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    1-2 Thessalonians

    A Commentary on the New Testament

    The IVP New Testament Commentary Series

    by G. K. Beale

    Fascination with the end times is not just a recent phenomenon.The young church at Thessalonica, having taken root during Paul's brief stay there, pondered when the end might come as well. Paul, in order to instruct them more fully, wrote them two letters, which taken together expound the "already-and-not-yet" character of the end times. His instruction and counsel can serve us well today.Throughout ...

  • Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1-2 Peter, By Ben Witherington III
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    Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians

    A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1-2 Peter

    Letters and Homilies Series

    by Ben Witherington III

    Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, Volume 2 is the one of two volumes extending Ben Witherington's innovative socio-rhetorical analysis of New Testament books to the latter-Pauline and non-Pauline corpora. By dividing the volumes according to the socioreligious contexts for which they were written, Witherington sheds fresh light on the documents, their provenance, character ...

  • 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Edited by Derek Cooper and Martin J. Lohrmann
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    1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles

    Old Testament Volume 5

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Derek Cooper and Martin J. Lohrmann

    "Then David said to the Philistine, 'You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts.'" (1 Samuel 17:45) Reflecting upon David's victory over Goliath, Reformation translator, theologian and commentator William Tyndale compared it to Christ's victory over sin and death: "When David had killed Goliath the giant, glad tidings came ...

  • Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, Edited by John R. Franke
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    Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel

    Volume 4

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by John R Franke
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by the period of the Judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as a source for expounding the Christian faith. But the church fathers readily found parallels, or types, in the narrative that illumined the New Testament. An obvious link was the similarity in name between Joshua, Moses' successor, and Jesus—indeed, ...