Old Testament and Hebrew Bible

Companion to the Old Testament

Introduction, Interpretation, Application

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Hywel Clifford, Douglas Earl, Ryan P. O'Dowd

Have you ever wondered what the Old Testament is about and what it is for? Companion to the Old Testament answers that question with guidance and enrichment for both first-time and experienced readers of the Old Testament, the first part of the...

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£28.00

Conversations with the Old Testament

John Holdsworth

The Learning Church series offers a range of brief and accessible introductions to the key themes of Christian discipleship and theology. Conversations with the Old Testament introduces major themes and critical issues of the Old Testament in a...

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£15.99

SCM Studyguide: The Old Testament

John Holdsworth

This undergraduate text provides an introduction to the Old Testament covering all the core topics provided on a typical level one course. Features include: boxed explanations of difficult concepts, bullet pointed notes to remember, shaded areas of...

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£19.99

Towards the Prophetic Church

A Study of Christian Mission

John Hull, John M. Hull

John Hull is one of the UK's leading thinkers in Christian theological education and through his work over many years has shaped the discipline. His 1985 What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning? has become a classic. He has also been a...

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£33.00

How to Read the Old Testament

Etienne Charpentier

Bestselling illustrated guide to the books of the Old Testament which aims to familiarize the reader with the subject without overwhelming him/her with a mass of detail.

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£25.00

Redescribing Reality

What We Do When We Read the Bible

Walter Brueggemann

Beautifully-written and accessible reflection on what the Church does when it reads the Bible.

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£19.99

Disruptive Grace

Reflections on God, Scripture and the Church

Walter Brueggemann

From one of the leading voices in Hebrew Bible interpretation for decades; his landmark works in Old Testament theology have inspired and informed a generation of students, scholars, and preachers.

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£28.00

Lies, Sex and Politicians

Communicating the Old Testament in Contemporary Culture

John Holdsworth

Lies Sex and Politicians connects what for many people seems like two different worlds: the world of the Old Testament and the world of the contemporary experience.

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£17.99

Concept of Biblical Theology

An Old Testament Perspective

James Barr

Barr views Old Testament theology and New Testament theology as sub-sections of 'biblical theology' as opposed to 'doctrinal' or 'philosophical' theology. e Barr guides the reader through the various supportive and opposing arguments with his own...

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£43.00

Texts of Terror

Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives

Phyllis Trible, Jane V. Craske

Phyllis Trible examines four Old Testament narratives of suffering in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine and the daughter of Jephthah. The stories prompt much reflection on contemporary misuse of the Bible, and therefore have...

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£18.99

SCM Studyguide: Psalms

Stephen B. Dawes

Many students are unfamiliar with the Old Testament and struggle to access it, with the exception of the Psalms, which are more familiar through their use in Christian worship and yet offer insights into the world of the Old Testament. This book...

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£21.99

Wisdom Literature

SCM Core Text

Alastair Hunter

Aimed at undergraduates on level two or three courses relating to Old Testament Wisdom literature. This book begins with a consideration of what the term 'wisdom literature' means in Hebrew usage, and also examines which biblical materials might...

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£28.00

Subversive Obedience

Truth Telling and the Art of Preaching

Walter Brueggemann

A new book by one of the world's leading biblical scholars. This text is most useful for all students training for ministry, ordained and lay, who have to study biblical interpretation.

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£17.99

Introduction to Old Testament Study

John Hayes

Intended as guide and textbook for those coming new to Old Testament study, and to provide clear directions for those puzzled by the complexity of the subject, this book sets out simply and clearly the basic issues, problems and methods of approach...

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£25.00

Hopeful Imagination

Prophetic Voices in Exile

Walter Brueggemann

This book seeks to do two interpretative tasks at the same time. First, it attempts to do biblixcal theology, to discern and articulate the main theological claims of a body of textual material, to listen to the text and to speak echoses of it....

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£19.99

How to Read the Prophets

Jean-Pierre Prevost, John Bowden, Margaret Lydamore

This book has a simple aim: to help people to enjoy reading the prophetic books of the Old Testament, one by one and as a whole. At the same time it offers some tools which will help in making the texts more understandable.

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£16.99

Ethics and the Old Testament

Second Edition

John Barton

Establishing the relevance of Old Testament ethics to contemporary life is, as John Barton concedes, an uphill task. For many Christians today – let alone those with no religious commitment – to find some way of accommodating them into a...

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£16.99

Anthropology of the Old Testament

Hans-Walter Wolff

The aim of lifework into present for theological consideration the Old Testament witness to the nature of man. It contains detailed studies of the way in which Israelite man was thought of, and of the ways in which the Old Testament describes his...

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£25.00

The Pentateuch

Walter J. Houston

The SCM Core Text The Pentateuch offers a comprehensive introduction to the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, for students with some background in Biblical Studies. The Pentateuch is the foundation document (Torah) of the religious...

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£33.00

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

Patriarchs and Prophets in Early Judaism

D. S. Russell

A marked characteristic of Judaism in the centuries surrounding the time of Jesus was its 'pseudepigraphical' writing, books which did not bear the name of their actual author but were attributed to figures from the past, particularly patriarchs and...

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£14.99

A Rabbi Reads the Torah

Jonathan Magonet

A Rabbi Reads the Torah distils a lifetime of Bible study by a Jewish scholar devoted to popularising the study of the Hebrew Bible in its original language, helped by the wealth of centuries of Jewish interpretation and debate, as well as the...

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£21.99

A Rabbi Reads the Psalms

Jonathan Magonet

After teaching the Psalms for over twenty years, Magonet has found very little on rabbinical interpretation, ancient, mediaeval or modern. This is an introduction to the Hebrew text that gives access to the richness and complexity of the language of...

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£16.99

A Rabbi Reads the Bible

Jonathan Magonet

Rabbi Magonet's love of the Hebrew Bible developed whilst studying to be a Rabbi. Studying the Bible became a source of comfort, challenge and religious growth, without sacrificing the importance of the scientific approaches of study. This book...

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£21.99

Taking Up the Timbrel

The Challenge of Creating Ritual for Jewish Women Today

Sylvia Rothschild, Sybil Sheridan

Women rabbis give new meaning to old liturgical forms by using prayer and biblical verse in new contexts creating rituals for those many circumstances in life where women need and long for prayer.

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£21.99

Problems of Biblical Theology in the Twentieth Century

Henning Graf Reventlow

R. E. Clements, Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament in the University of London, King's College, wrote of the German original in the Society for Old Testament Study Book List: 'This is a companion to the author's survey of the main lines of...

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£19.99

Hebrew Man

Ludwig Koehler

The original appearance of this book was enthusiastically greeted by Sir Godfrey Driver: 'The interest of this little book is out of all proportion to its size; for Dr Kohler has compressed an immense amount of information into a small space. He...

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£19.99

Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality

The Read-Tuckwell Lectures for 1990

James Barr

In this book, Professor Barr presents a reading of the story of the Garden of Eden, not as a tale of the origins of sin and death, but as a tale of a chance of immortality, briefly accessible to humanity but quickly lost. Old Testament scholars have...

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£16.99

History of Ancient Israel and Judah

J. Maxwell Miller, John H. Hayes

Two decades after its original publication in 1986 ' decades rife with controversy and spirited debate about virtually every aspect of the history of ancient Israel ' A History of Ancient Israel and Judah continues to serve classrooms....

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£30.00

Ezekiel

Robert W. Jenson

Presents a theological exegesis of Ezekiel that is well suited for Old Testament, Ezekiel, prophets, and theological interpretation courses. This title is part of the "SCM Theological Commentary" series which enlists leading theologians to read and...

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£21.99

Leviticus

SCM Theological Commentary on the Bible

Ephraim Radner, R. R. Reno, Robert W. Jensen

Demonstrates the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible. This commentary is intended for the clergy as well as academics and students to provide guidance in reading the Bible under the rule of...

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£21.99

Deuteronomy

SCM Theological Commentary on the Bible

Telford Work

The book "Deuteronomy" is the final part of the Torah, the second Law, which features regularly in the Old Testament lectionary readings. This commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve readers by demonstrating the continuing...

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£21.99

1 and 2 Kings

SCM Theological Commentary on the Bible

Peter Leithart, R.R. Reno, Robert W. Jensen

Demonstrates the intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible. This work recovers the classical theological commentary for the 21st century. It is intended for the clergy, as well as academics and students to...

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£21.99

Genesis

SCM Theological Commentary on the Bible

R.R. Reno

The book "Genesis" is the first book of the Hebrew Bible. Interpreting Scripture for the twenty-first century, this title offers a commentary on "Genesis" that is suitable for preaching, teaching, study groups and individual reflection.

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£19.99

Numbers

David Stubbs

Contains a record of the numbering of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai and later on the plain of Moab. This book is designed to serve readers by demonstrating the intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of...

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£19.99

Ezrah and Nehemia

Matthew Levering

This commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve readers by demonstrating the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.Figures of the classical church such as Augustine, Calvin, Luther,...

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£21.99

Jonah

Phillip Cary

The book of Jonah, though listed among the prophets, is a short novella which has inspired the imagination of writers and theologians from the gospels onwards.

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£21.99

Ecclesiastes

James L. Crenshaw

Life is profitless; totally absurd. This oppressive message lies at the heart of the Bible's strangest book. Enjoy life if you can, advises the author, for old age will soon overtake you. And even as you enjoy, know that the world is meaningless. No...

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£19.99

I & II Samuel

H. W. Hertzberg

'This commentary deserves to be widely read and in particular by clergy and teachers. As they use it. they will find the historical background and literary qualities of the narratives made clear. but much more will they find their attention directed...

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£25.00

Psalms

Arthur Weiser

'We have left until last what bids fair to become one of the two or three Old Testament books of the year (von Rad's Genesis is probably another). Weiser's commentary on The Psalms sums up a generation of sympathetic work upon the Psalter. In the...

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£45.00

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