| The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah Revised Edition Contributor(s): Allen, Leslie C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802825311 ISBN-13: 9780802825315 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $46.79 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1976 Annotation: In the Old Testament we read God's word as it was spoken to his people Israel. Today, thousands of years later, we hear in these thirty-nine books his inspired and authoritative message for us. These twin convictions, shared by all of the contributors to The New International Commentary On The Old Testament, define the goal of this ambitious series of commentaries. Each NICOT volume aims to help us hear God's word as clearly as possible. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - Prophets - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - Prophets - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament |
| Dewey: 224.7 |
| Series: New International Commentary on the Old Testament |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.65 lbs) 427 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eloquent and uncompromising calls for social righteousness by some of the Minor Prophets are familiar to many, yet the writings themselves are probably the least studied and least known texts of the Old Testament. Those who are familiar with these books are also aware of the historical and literary problems that plague their study. Drawing on insights from various perspectives -- theological, historical, and literary -- this commentary on Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah by Leslie Allen carefully and imaginatively reconstructs the stage on which the message of these four books was conveyed to their Hebrew hearers and shows what relevance, in turn, they hold for contemporary Christians. For each of the books there is a substantial introduction in which the full range of scholarly opinion is presented and assessed, a select bibliography, the author's own translation of the text -- a significant contribution to biblical studies in itself -- and an extensive commentary. The commentary on Micah is the basic one of these four in that it treats at greater length some of the same forms and motifs that appear in Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah. The introductory material for Joel includes discussions of canonicity and textual criticism that apply to the entire volume. |
Contributor Bio(s): Allen, Leslie C.: - Leslie C. Allen is senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He has also written commentaries on Psalms and Ezekiel for the Word Biblical Commentary and on Chronicles for The New Interpreter's Bible. |