Jeremy Thompson

Category: Books

  • Read Fretheim's Commentary Introduction to Exodus Free

    HERE is a link to Fretheim’s commentary on Exodus over at Google Books.  It is available in limited preview format.  The entire introduction to the commentary is available there.  He along with Walter Brueggemann are two of my favorite Old Testament theologians.  If you are interested in Fretheim’s other work you might consider checking out…

  • Victor Hamilton Commentary Introduction on Genesis Free

    Victor Hamilton’s commentary on Genesis is in two volumes and is in the NICOT (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) series.  One of my favorite things about this series is the easy to use sections text critical notes, though those are not generally available as a part of this free limited preview.  Hamilton’s volume…

  • Westermann Commentary Introductions on Genesis Free

    Westermann’s three volume commentary on Genesis is one of the best that I have ever used personally, though I have had to do so through libraries.  Google Books has the introductions to two of these commentaries for free in limited preview.  It is only for the first two volumes, but the introductions are fairly extensive. …

  • Murray Newman – Free Introduction to Genesis

    HERE is a link to a free introduction to Genesis by Dr. Murray L. Newman a retired professor of Old Testament.  It is a 16 page introduction to the book as a whole.  It is in the Bible Briefs series made available by Virginia Theological Seminary.

  • This Month's ChristianAudio.com Free Book

    This month ChristianAudio.com has Just Courage by Gary A. Haugen for free.  Here is the description of the book from their website: International Justice Mission president Haugen has found that “the pathway out of a nearly comatose state of boredom, ineffectiveness and triviality lies in the struggle for justice.” This book describes how to break…

  • Blenkinsopp Introduction to Ezra-Nehemiah

    The entire introduction from Blenkinsopp’s commentary on Ezra-Nehemiah is available for free through limited preview at Google Books.  Even though you cannot view the entire commentary the introduction alone is very helpful.  Check it out HERE.

  • Younger Sons who Rise to Prominence in the Bible

    I am currently reading The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity by Jon D. Levenson.  I’m about halfway through and it is easily one of the best books I have read in a long time.  He covers some similar issues in this VIDEO which I have…

  • Haggai Introductions

    Today’s Old Testament reading is from Haggai.  And, when I am reading and studying a passage one of my favorite things to do is go over to Google Books and see what Commentaries I can read for free in limited previews.  Sometimes I can view really good commentaries for passages that I am studying, though…

  • A Feature I Like in English Textual Notes

    I was reading in Jeremiah 1 today, and I noticed a feature that I like in my Hebrew-English Tanakh. Word plays are often marked in notes.  For instance, there is a word play between shaqed “almond tree” and shoqed “watchful” (their translation) in Jeremiah 1.11 & 12 that is marked.  So, I looked ahead into…

  • Harriet A. Harris on Fundamentalism and Evangelicals

    Recently, I posted pointed out what I felt was an instance of fundamentalism on the Desiring God blog. And, after a bit of conversation on FaceBook I think it might be helpful to explain the way that I use the term fundamentalism. For this term, I follow the approach of Harriet A. Harris who has…