J Gordon Mcconville: 3 books

A Biblical Perspective on What It Means to Be Human This major work by a widely respected Old Testament scholar and theologian unpacks a biblical perspective on fundamental questions of what it means to be human. J. Gordon McConville explores how a biblical view of humanity provides a foundation...

The historical books, from Joshua to Ezra and Nehemiah, form the narrative backbone of the Old Testament. Without them the Pentateuch would stop cold and the Prophets would hang in suspension. Even the Psalms and Wisdom literature would lose some of their luster for lack of a setting. Without these...

Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Prophets issues in critical interpretation the place of the prophetic books in the Old Testament canon the social location of biblical prophets contemporary applications of the prophetic books dates and destinations of the prophecies of each of the...