Christian Biblical Reference Books

Many aspects of the letter to the Hebrews are a mystery. Who wrote it? To whom? When? Under what conditions? Though the answers to these questions ...

The history of Christianity, the growth of the Church, is the history of its missionary efforts, its successes and failures. Sharing the Good News ...

This volume introduces the reader to the most important methods of biblical criticism. It serves as an indispensable handbook for the work of stude...

To Gain at Harvest celebrates the courage, intellect, humility and passion displayed by figures of all shades of opinion and belief during the Engl...

The Westminster Assembly of Divines which convened in London in 1643 brought together a remarkable group of theologians and pastors whose united la...

A baby is born to an unwed mother in a barn. The child grows up in an obscure mountain village until he emerges---a man with a revolutionary messag...

Becoming an authentic Christian is a lifelong process called sanctification"”a process in which a believer cooperates with the indwelling Holy Spir...

Many missions to the Jewish people, such as Jews for Jesus, use Romans 1:16 as a proof text to encourage the evangelisation of the Jewish people as...

Tom Wright's New Testament For Everyone Bible commentaries provide comprehensive guides to all the books of the New Testament, alongside his own fr...

Unlike heavy Bible concordances, which can be hard to quickly reference and carry around with you, this slim line insert covers the top 500 words a...

This edition brings together one of the most beautiful renderings of the Hebrew Bible in the English language with a wealth of Jewish art and image...

This workbook accompanies Gary Edward Schnittjer's Torah Story. Following the textbook's structure, it offers chapter-by-chapter guided exercises d...

The gospel story begins in Torah. What culminates at Golgotha starts with the rebellion in the garden. The Torah's story can be framed as a questio...

This book takes the reader back through time in British history to the Reformation. The reader is reminded of the debt that we owe to some remarkab...

The book of Kings is a unique source for understanding the history of Israel from the last days of the united kingdom under David to the eventual f...

The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. Martin Selman's commentary on 1 and 2 Chronicles provides an excellent interpretation of these profo...

The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. Martin Selman's volume on 2 Chronicles builds on the groundwork laid by its companion in 1 Chronicle...

Deuteronomy has been aptly described as a book 'on the boundary': it addresses the possibilities of new life 'beyond the Jordan' as dependent upon ...

The place: Persia. The time: fifth century BC. The Jews were threatened with genocide. A decree ordered the extermination of young and old, women a...

Exodus recounts the supreme Old Testament example of the saving acts of God, narrates the instituting of Passover and enshrines the giving of God's...

Exodus, Cole says, is 'the centre of the Old Testament'. It recounts the supreme Old Testament example of the saving acts of God, narrates the inst...

"For most Bible readers Ezekiel is almost a closed book," writes John Taylor. "Their knowledge of him extends little further than his mysterious vi...

Despite the themes of doom and destruction, the primary message of Jeremiah is one of the love and grace of a God who never gives up on those he ha...

For Francis Andersen, Job is one of the supreme offerings of the human mind to the living God, and one of the best gifts of God to humanity. The ta...

The book of Joshua memorializes a transitional episode in Israel's national history. The heroic figure Joshua, imbued with strength, courage and fa...

The book of Judges presents Israel’s frailty, the nation’s need for deliverance, and God’s use of flawed leaders to guide his chosen people through...

Levitical rules and regulations can at first appear irrelevant to contemporary Christians but they provide important Old Testament background for u...

Bridging the gulf between Numbers and today, Wenham explains its background, discussing its structure, sources, date and authorship as well as its ...

The book of Numbers has had something of a renaissance in scholarly engagement in recent years - and this careful and contemporary commentary by Al...

Proverbs is a book of wisdom, similar in many ways to teh wisdom literature of the broader abcient Near East. The predominant style is of a father...

The new Tyndale Old Testament Commentary on the Book of Job, from W. Dennis Tucker, Professor of Christian Scriptures at Baylor University's Truett...

Joel's arresting imagery – blasting trumpet, darkened sun and marching hosts – has shaped the church's eschatological vision of a day of wrath. Amo...

Nahum's prophecy of Nineveh's coming destruction. Habakkuk's probing dialogue with the Lord of Israel. Zephaniah's warning to Jerusalem's last grea...

Long unavailable the republication of Calvin’s Tracts and Letters will delight all who have come to delight in the writings of the sixteenth-centur...

These essays originated when Young Scholars in the Baptist Academy met at Regent's Park College, Oxford, for conversation about what has been 'hand...

The first volume in this series, published in 2017, recalled the courageous lives and costly convictions of those who brought the light of the Gosp...

Revivalism has always been an important strain in American Protestantism. At times it has been the dominant influence. Often perceived as a home-gr...

The Apostle Paul found the gospel message so compelling that he became a rootless wanderer and endured hardships and deprivation to spread this goo...

Three ancient crises shaped Jewish canonical writings: the destruction of Solomon's temple, the loss of Herod's temple, and the acceptance of Chris...

King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, called this his 'Song of Songs.' But through the centuries many have struggled to make sense of it. Wh...

This interdisciplinary study tackles the controversy of translating  nephesh  ( ?????? ) by using an intergenerational translation team to deepen o...

When Jesus was born to Mary, God “translated” himself into our human world. This act of God’s translation continues today wherever the gospel is ex...