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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…
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Justin Taylor's Misuse of Genesis 18.25
This entire POST by Justin Taylor is problematic in a considerable number of ways. For example, there is no consideration of literary genre. Joshua is a narrative concerning ancient warfare. Descriptions of ancient warfare are not the most historically accurate literary texts in the corpus of ancient literature. Rulers often described their battles as far…
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Is the Heart Always Wicked?
Nope, at least not according to the Old Testament. Sometimes it is upright. I was looking at the Old Testament lectionary reading for the day. It is Baruch 1.15-22 (that’s in the Deuterocanonical books for you non-Catholics). The reading is very self-deprecating and very exaggerated, though surely the Israelites were wicked enough. “From the time…
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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…
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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. …
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Franz Delitzsch Two Volume Commentary on Genesis Free
Franz Delitzsch’s commentary on Genesis is out of copyright and has been put online for free at Archive.org. There is a lot of good stuff on this site, but there is also a lot to weed through. Delitzsch’s commentary on Genesis is in two volumes with Volume 1 HERE and Volume 2 HERE. This will…
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Props to Bible Translators – A Day Late
I didn’t realize this, but I found out via a post at Translation and Ethics that yesterday was International Translators Day. We are all indebted (even those of us who mostly use original languages) to Bible translators both in Ancient and Modern times. As the post mentions, Jerome is the patron Saint of translators. So,…
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Von Rad – Free Introduction to Genesis (from Commentary)
HERE is a link to Von Rad’s commentary on Genesis at Google Books. The commentary is in the Old Testament library series. The entire introduction of the commentary is available in the limited preview format. The entire commentary is not available, but the introduction might be valuable to you either for personal use or to…
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Free Bible Experience Audio of the Creation Story
HERE is a link to a free copy of the Creation story from the Bible Experience audio Bible. The Bible Experience has a cast of celebrity readers and is currently one of the best selling audio Bibles available. It is made available through Audible.com.
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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.