Jeremy Thompson

Tag: Introductions

  • Free Bible Briefs – Exodus and Leviticus

    Bible Briefs are not available for every book of the Old Testament, but these free short introductions are available for Exodus and Leviticus.  The Exodus volume is written by Dr. Murray L. Newman Emeritus professor of Virginia Theological Seminary.   And, the Leviticus volume is written by Prof. Kevin A. Wilson of Lithuania Christian College. …

  • Douglas Stuart's Exodus Commentary Introduction Free

    Douglas Stuart’s commentary on Exodus is available in limited preview format from Google Books.  You are able to read the entire introduction to the commentary HERE.  This is Douglas Stuart of How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth fame.  He is a prolific author on the Old Testament who is evangelical in his…

  • Read Janzen's Commentary Introduction to Exodus Free

    HERE is a link to Janzen’s commentary on Exodus at Google Books.  There is a limited preview and the entire introduction is available.

  • 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. …

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…