CLV, 2018. — 416 S. Dieser zweite Band des Kommentars über den Psalter enthält die Psalmen 42 bis 72, das ist das 2. Buch des Psalters, den man in Anlehnung an die fünf Bücher Mose seit alters»den Pentateuch Davids «genannt hat. Wie im 2. Mosebuch ist das Hauptthema dieses 2. Buches der Psalmen die Errettung. Wie jenes beginnt es mit dem Seufzen der Erwählten unter der...
Sheffield Academic Press Ltd, 1989. — 273 p. — (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 52). The importance of the Psalter as a testimony of the faith of ancient Israel needs little argument. While J. Wellhausen and others had regarded the Psalms as the private poetry of the pious few, most scholars now consider them to be the central, cultic repository of...
Mohr Siebeck, 2019. — 331 p. — (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe, Band 111). Hiob leidet. Der paradigmatisch gottesfurchtige Mann, weise, gerecht und wohlhabend in allen Bereichen, verliert alles und steht am Rande des Todes. Er geht sogar so weit, Gott anzuklagen und seine Restitution einzufordern. Sonja Feldmar beleuchtet in der vorliegenden Studie eine der vielen...
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016. — 375 p. — (Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament 149). Die Gottesreden (Hi 38,1 - 42,6) bilden den Höhepunkt der Hiobdichtung und werden als Schlüssel zu ihrem Gesamtverständnis angesehen. Die vorliegende Arbeit versucht, die Gottesreden durch das Welt-, Gottes- und Menschenverständnis des Hiobbuches verständlich zu machen....
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016. — 368 p. Die vorliegende Studie beschreibt die Wirkungsgeschichte der Gestalt Hiobs in der jüdischen Tradition. Dabei bilden sich zwei Schwerpunkte heraus: Während einerseits die talmudischen Rabbinen Hiob als Ketzer und Nicht-Juden einen namhaften Platz im jüdischen Schrifttum verwehren, entdeckt ihn andererseits die säkulare Literatur als...
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2021. — 749 S. — (Das Alte Testament Deutsch (ATD) - Neubearbeitungen 13). Leiden, Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit sowie die Rätselhaftigkeit Gottes gehören zu den großen Themen menschlicher Existenz. Im Buch Hiob werden sie in ungeheurer Dichte poetisch reflektiert. Dabei spielen die an seiner Entstehung beteiligten Kreise mit den literarischen Traditionen...
Brill, 2020. — vi, 292 p. — (Septuagint Commentary Series). In the Proverbs volume in the Septuagint Commentary Series Al Wolters gives a meticulous philological commentary on the text of Proverbs as found in the important fourth-century Codex Vaticanus, together with a careful transcription of the Vaticanus Greek text and a fresh English translation thereof. The focus of the...
Brill, 2018. — 235 p. — (Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies 73). In Where is God in the Megilloth? Brittany N. Melton constructs a dialogue among Ruth, Esther, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs centred on this question, in an effort to settle the debate about whether God is present or absent in these books. Their juxtaposition in the Hebrew Bible...
Brill, 2019. — xiv, 220 p. — (Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies 75). For some time scholars have debated whether the Song of Songs has connections to the wisdom genre and how this changes our understanding of it. In Wise and Foolish Love in the Song of Songs, Jennifer Andruska shows that the influence of the wisdom genre on the Song is pervasive, running...
IVP, 1985. — 175 p. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." In the Wisdom literature of the Bible we first hear the cool voice of a teacher calling us to think-to think hard and humbly. "How long will fools hate knowledge?" cries Wisdom in the book of Proverbs. Then in Job comes the anguished voice of the questioner, earnest enough to seek answers, honest enough to...
IVP, 1984. — 174 p. — (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) The Song of Solomon, as its Hebrew title indicates, is "the best of songs." In it we hear the passionate melody of romantic love. But whose love is described? Is it a couple's love for each other, God's love for Israel or Christ's love for the church? This Old Testament book has fascinated and perplexed interpreters for...
Eerdmans, 1967. — 65 p. The Book of Job is a highly relevant resource for Christians who are asking, as did Job, "Why me, God?" This commentary could be used effectively for both personal, devotional, and group studies of a central concern for our era - Why so much human hurt, hunger, and hopelessness if God has spoken once and for all in His Son, Jesus Christ?
Zondervan, 1972. — 127 p. With scholarly analysis and intellectual appraisal, Ellison explores a very difficult and often neglected Old Testament book. Here the author not only presents the Scriptural and theological implications of this most difficult book, but supplies the reader with unparalleled devotional materials and thought stimulation. Presented is a demonstration of a...
Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. — 81 p. — (Old Testament Guides) The primary aim of this introduction is to achieve a sympathetic reading of this enigmantic book, informed by an awareness of the main critical issues. It offers firstly a 'guided reading' of the whole book, followed by a discussion of topics such as its basis in folk-tale, the poet's audience, and the themes of...
IVP, 1976. — 290 p. — (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) "The Old Testament book about Job is one of the supreme offerings of the human mind to the living God and one of the best gifts of God to men," writes Francis Andersen. "The task of understanding it is as rewarding as it is strenuous. One is constantly amazed at its audacious theology and at the magnitude of its...
IVP, 1983. — 170 p. The author equips Christians to understand and apply the wisdom of Proverbs. Basic skills needed in interpreting the proverbs are clearly taught and illustrated. These include how to understand poetic parallelism, how to unravel figurative language and how to apply the proverbs to daily living.
Inter-Varsity Press, 1973. — 192 p. — (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) Proverbs - a book full of wisdom - and yet a book demanding all one's wisdom to understand. Derek Kidner not only has provided a running commentary on the whole of Proverbs but has also included two helpful study aids. The first is a set of subject guides that pull together teaching scattered throughout...
Cambridge University Press, 1975. — 240 p. — (Cambridge Bible Commentary) In this volume, Norman Habel takes on the humbling task of writing a commentary on such a classic work as the book of Job — a text that is complex and unclear at many points. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through...
Herald Press, 2006. — 835 p. — (Believers Church Bible Commentary) Believers Church Bible Commentary The influence of Psalms is immense, both in terms of the worship of God's people and in the spiritual experience of countless individuals. James H. Waltner aims to help readers find their way through Psalms, encounter God, and be led into obedience and praise.
Sheffield Academic Press, 1990. — 159 p. — (Old Testament Guides) The Psalms raise many difficult and controversial issues. Who are the enemies in the Individual Lament Psalms? How many Royal Psalms are there and what was the role of the king in the cult? What happened at the Autumn Festival? What makes a Psalm a Wisdom Psalm? Why are the Psalms arranged as they are and how far...
Augsburg Publishing House, 1984. — 206 p. This scholarly study of the Psalms retains its rigor while focusing particularly on the pastoral use of the Psalms, looking at how they may function as voices of faith in the actual life of the believing community.
Sheffield Academic Press, 1989. — 106 p. — (Old Testament Guides) This volume about The Song of Songs was written by one of the foremost Hebrew experts on this subject, Althayla Brenner. She graciously and gratefully delivered this complete and insightful guide and her expertise made for a unique treatment of this special canon. She presents her analysis in chapters entitled,...
Eerdmans, 1967. — 65 p. The Book of Job is a highly relevant resource for Christians who are asking, as did Job, "Why me, God?" This commentary could be used effectively for both personal, devotional, and group studies of a central concern for our era - Why so much human hurt, hunger, and hopelessness if God has spoken once and for all in His Son, Jesus Christ?
Sheffield Academic Press, 1995. — 105 p. — (Old Testament Guides) This addition to Sheffield's acclaimed Old Testament Guides series introduces students not only to Proverbs but also to the genre of 'wisdom literature' in general (dealing with such questions as the origin and location of 'wisdom' in ancient Israel). Martin discusses the structure of the book of Proverbs as a...
Zondervan, 1972. — 127 p. With scholarly analysis and intellectual appraisal, Ellison explores a very difficult and often neglected Old Testament book. Here the author not only presents the Scriptural and theological implications of this most difficult book, but supplies the reader with unparalleled devotional materials and thought stimulation. Presented is a demonstration of a...
Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. — 81 p. — (Old Testament Guides) The primary aim of this introduction is to achieve a sympathetic reading of this enigmantic book, informed by an awareness of the main critical issues. It offers firstly a 'guided reading' of the whole book, followed by a discussion of topics such as its basis in folk-tale, the poet's audience, and the themes of...
IVP, 1983. — 170 p. The author equips Christians to understand and apply the wisdom of Proverbs. Basic skills needed in interpreting the proverbs are clearly taught and illustrated. These include how to understand poetic parallelism, how to unravel figurative language and how to apply the proverbs to daily living.
IVP, 1976. — 290 p. — (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) "The Old Testament book about Job is one of the supreme offerings of the human mind to the living God and one of the best gifts of God to men," writes Francis Andersen. "The task of understanding it is as rewarding as it is strenuous. One is constantly amazed at its audacious theology and at the magnitude of its...
IVP, 1984. — 174 p. — (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) The Song of Solomon, as its Hebrew title indicates, is "the best of songs." In it we hear the passionate melody of romantic love. But whose love is described? Is it a couple's love for each other, God's love for Israel or Christ's love for the church? This Old Testament book has fascinated and perplexed interpreters for...
IVP, 1985. — 175 p. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." In the Wisdom literature of the Bible we first hear the cool voice of a teacher calling us to think-to think hard and humbly. "How long will fools hate knowledge?" cries Wisdom in the book of Proverbs. Then in Job comes the anguished voice of the questioner, earnest enough to seek answers, honest enough to...