Christian Biblical Reference Books

In recent years Jesus' time, place and social setting have received renewed scholarly attention. New research on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jew...

Messiah? Madman? Teacher? “Who do you say that I am?” That’s the question Jesus asked his disciples and the question he still asks us today in a se...

First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible is a landmark, one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bibl...

Many Christians wrestle with biblical passages in which God commands the slaughter of the Canaanites – men, women, and children – and the book of J...

Stuck in a spiritual wilderness, it can be easy to forget that God remains the God of overcomers. The power and victory present in the Old Testamen...

The purpose of life is not to prosper; it is to develop the soul (Alexander Solzhenitsyn) The Christian life is not so much walking the line as ...

An accessible Christian survey of the history of philosophy, tracing the journey of human thought about God, the world, and humanity's relation to ...

Written by four outstanding Torah scholars, the JPS Torah Commentary Series represents a fusion of the best of the old and new. Utilizing the lates...

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is full of truth. But to experience the life-changing power of God's Word, we need to go beyond merely knowin...

In this accessible guide, Derek Prince immerses you in what the Bible has to say about Israel. He offers insight into the mounting tension and expo...

Authoritative answers defending the modern translations from those who say the King James is the only true Bible; shows how Bible translation actua...

The kingdom of God was at the heart of Jesus’ teaching. Time and again, He spoke of “the gospel of the kingdom,” revealing the fullness of God’s pr...

The story told in the Book of Isaiah is one of power, fall, loss and restoration. It speaks not only to its own time and place but to us today in a...

What is the average person to make of the book of Revelation, with its vivid imagery and its apocalyptic visions? Richard Bewes steers his readers ...

In The Land and Its Kings biblical scholar Johanna van Wijk-Bos accompanies the reader across a large sweep of the story of Israel, from the end of...

This volume guides readers through the world of the Bible, the land where the decisive religious experiences of the ancient Israelites and the earl...

Since its first publication in this country, Yohanan Aharoni's informative, fact-filled work has been a prime source in its field. Now considerably...

44 Bible places you can still visit today Whether you love to travel or prefer the view from your armchair, The Lands of the Bible Today guides you...

Acclaimed New Testament scholar Francois Bovon engagingly and concisely explores the last days of Jesus. Detailing the similarities and differences...

The Bible has much to tell about the imminent future and this blockbuster reveals all the signs, seen in today's society, that foreshadow the retur...

Being the first legal corpus in the biblical canon, Exodus 19–24 is a law collection that belonged to a people living under the shadow of empire. U...

Jesus cared for the least, but did Paul?The apostle Paul has a reputation for being detached from the concerns of the poor and powerless. In this b...

The apostle Paul-- antifeminist conformist, or social radical? Combining New Testament studies with folkloristic methods to search for the true ide...

Few New Testament books have been as con­troversial and misunderstood as the letter of James. Its place in the canon was contested by some early Ch...

This commentary on The Letter of Jude engages the Greek text and is designed for pastors, theological students, and lay readers. Jude, a brother of...

Paul's letter to the Ephesians has been beloved throughout church history and is full of theological significance and practical instruction. Its th...

In The Letter to the Hebrews, noted Scottish Bible interpreter William Barclay follows the formula of the Daily Study Bible by first giving the tex...

In this book, Barclay examines three very varied, but important, letters from Paul. Known as the 'Epistle of Joy', his letter to the Philippians is...

An otherwise unknown second-century Christian, Ignatius was taken from Antioch to Rome in an imperial triumph, to be executed in the arena. He saw ...

Based on the latest text of the NIV, this updated commentary reflects the most current scholarship.This updated and revised Pillar commentary seeks...

Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from the twentieth century to the first century. But they leave us there, assuming that we can so...

The second edition of Douglas J. Moo’s commentary on Colossians and Philemon.

The Letter to the Galatians proclaims that Christiantiy was dependent upon nothing but God's free gift of grace, bestowed on all who would accept t...

Through writing this book, Cushroo Bejon hopes to facilitate the exposition of the message that God has for each of us in the book of Jeremiah “So...

"Jesus wrote no autobiography. He left nothing in writing at all. He committed himself and his teaching simply to the hearts and memories of the ...

Who was Peter and what was his true stature in the early church? For Protestants at least, Peter seems caught between two caricatures: the rustic f...