Exodus recounts the origins of ancient Israel, but it is also a book of religious symbols. How should it be interpreted, especially in light of modern historical-critical study? In this addition to an acclaimed series, a respected scholar offers a theological reading of Exodus that highlights Aquinas's interpretations of the text. As with other volumes in the series, this commentary is ideal for those called to ministry, serving as a rich resource for preachers, teachers, students, and study groups.
Exodus, like each commentary in the series, is designed to serve the church and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.
" --John Behr, Pro Ecclesia "What's nice to see is that the individual commentators have been allowed to retain their own voices in this series; [in Matthew, Stanley] Hauerwas is as delightfully irascible and hard-hitting as ever. . .
His theological reflections are acute and insightful. His application of the text to the present is forthright and unashamed. This commentary opens the text afresh for us. It represents theological interpretation of Scripture at its best.
George Foot Moore, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Judges, International Critical Commentary (Edinburgh: T&T Clark; New York: Scribner's, 1895), 174. 11. Moore, Judges, 176. 12. Brevard S. Childs, Biblical Theology of Old and ...
Risto Saarinen makes three unique claims: 1) the Pastoral Epistles need to be understood in terms of character formation and diagnostic language, 2) the treatment of gifts and giving is a prominent feature of the epistles, and 3) a ...
. . . For the biblical scholar, this volume is a fitting reminder that the text should be read holistically and theologically. . .
. . . Leithart's theological conclusions about the book of Kings are diverse and interesting. . . . For the biblical scholar, this volume is a fitting reminder that the text should be read holistically and theologically. . .
In her delectable first novel, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson's narrator Ruth observes that absence is an intense form of presence. As long as friends and family are physically empirically here, they are localized and circumscribed.
Matthew is the third volume in the forty-volume Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible.
Exodus, like each commentary in the series, is designed to serve the church and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.