Gordon J Wenham: 6 books

Book cover of The Book of Leviticus
by Gordon J. Wenham
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 1979

Leviticus used to be the first book that Jewish children studied in the synagogue. In the modern church it tends to be the last part of the Bible that anyone looks at seriously. Because Leviticus is largely concerned with subjects that seem incomprehensible and irrelevant today — rituals for sacrifice...
Book cover of Psalms as Torah (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
by Gordon J. Wenham, Craig Bartholomew, Joel Green
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012

The Psalms are the most-read part of the Old Testament, but their importance for ethics has often been overlooked. However, the Psalms offer some of the most potent ethical instruction in the Bible. In this book internationally renowned Old Testament scholar Gordon Wenham examines the source of the...
Book cover of Numbers
by Gordon J. Wenham
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015

"Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah" is one of the best-known hymns in the world. Yet the book of numbers, whose story that hymn summarizes, is seldom read. Why? "Its very title puts the modern reader off," writes Gordon Wenham. "In ancient time numbers were seen as mysterious...
Book cover of Exploring the Old Testament

Exploring the Old Testament

A Guide to the Pentateuch

by Gordon J. Wenham
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015

Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch offers a clear overview of the "five books of Moses," as well as an introduction to the historical and textual questions that modern scholarship has posed and the answers it has proposed. This critically informed, textually sensitive...
Book cover of Rethinking Genesis 1–11

Rethinking Genesis 1–11

Gateway to the Bible

by Gordon J. Wenham
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015

Genesis 1-11 contains some of the best-known stories in the world. To modern Westerners they may look like no more than entertaining tales that children can enjoy, but modern adults cannot take seriously. However, when read in the context of the ancient Orient, Genesis 1-11 looks very different. It...
Book cover of Understanding the Big Picture of the Bible

Understanding the Big Picture of the Bible

A Guide to Reading the Bible Well

by J. Julius Scott Jr., John DelHousaye, Darrell L. Bock
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012

How do I get more out of my Bible reading? What was going on during the gap between the Old and New Testaments? How do all the books of the Bible fit together as a whole? This book answers these questions and puts clear, readable Bible study aids at your fingertips. It contains...
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