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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. Edited by J. Robert Wright. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament 9. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2005, xxix + 434 pp., $40.00.
The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture makes available resources in early Christian exegesis from Clement of Rome in the late first century through John of Damascus (c. AD 750), materials that have been largely inaccessible and therefore disregarded in most recent commentaries. Drawing from ana...
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Judges and Ruth
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; Judges and Ruth. By Victor H. Matthews. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xxi + 270 pp., $55.00. Victor Matthews's commentary on Judges and Ruth is a much-needed work that successfully balances academic depth, a wealth of helps, and practical application of the biblical text. His
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The Original Torah: The Political Intent of the Bible's Writers
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; S. DAVID SPERLING, The Original Torah: The Political Intent of the Bible's Writers (Reappraisals in Jewish Social and Intellectual History; New York/London: New York University Press, 1998). Pp. xiv + 185. N.R David Sperling has written a clear, concise, and engaging book on interpretive
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A Biblical Text and its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture
Anglican Theological Review
; A Biblical Text and its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture. By Yvonne Sherwood. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xii + 321 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $ 24.95 (paper). This agile exploration of the reception history of Jonah probes a variety of responses to the
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1-2 Chronicles
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; STEVEN L. MCKENZIE, 1-2 Chronicles (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Nashville: Abingdon, 2004). Pp. 381. Paper $36. Scholars have recently produced an increasing number of commentary series amidst increasing biblical illiteracy. The goal for the Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries, edited by
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The Canonical Approach: A Critical Reconstruction of the Hermeneutics of Brevard S Childs
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; PAUL R. NOBLE, The Canonical Approach: A Critical Reconstruction of the Hermeneutics of Brevard S. Childs (Biblical Interpretation Series 16; Leiden/ New York/Cologne: Brill, 1995). Pp. x + 381. N.P Noble provides a detailed assessment of Brevard Childs's "canonical criticism" and probes the deeper
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