Christian Biblical Reference Books

The power of story as God's word to the community of faith is never more clear than in the books of Samuel. Emotion, drama, complexity of character...

During the reigns of Saul and David as recorded in First and Second Samuel, the people of Israel experience fear, disappointment, heartache, and be...

The books of Samuel present a drama in which the principal players are the God of Israel, the prophet Samuel, and the first kings of Israel, Saul a...

This final volume in the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture New Testament series interprets First and Second Thessalonians from wit...

Though often neglected among readers of Paul's letters, his two surviving letters to the church in Thessalonica are highly valuable sources for rec...

Drawing from many parts of the broad Christian tradition, this commentary on First and Second Timothy and Titus helps readers gain a stronger under...

In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, a respected New Testament scholar examines cultural context and theological meaning in First ...

In First Corinthians, Paul writes to a troubled church at Corinth, urging its members to live a life distinct from the ways of others, governed by ...

Relationships are messy. We're all different and imperfect, and we can struggle to get along--especially with those who disagree with us. Often we ...

Relationships are messy. We're all different and imperfect, and we can struggle to get along--especially with those who disagree with us. Often we ...

Relationships are messy. Sometimes we struggle to get along, especially when there is disagreement. Often we find ourselves divided--even as Christ...

To be a Christian in first-century Corinth was much like being a Christian in twenty-first-century America. In this encouraging exposition of 1 Cor...

Baugh, author of the innovative New Testament Greek Primer, has put together this inductive introduction to intermediate Greek syntax through a rea...

Peter wrote this letter at the outbreak of Nero's persecution, urging his readers to have hope and courage in the midst of terrible affliction.  Hi...

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"This is a book on theological hermeneutics. It is a plea for being hermeneutical about theology and for being theological about hermeneutics. It i...

Paul wrote this letter to Timothy to encourage and instruct him in the ministry.  As a young pastor, Timothy faced many temptations and challenges....

This concise interpretation of the apostle Paul's first letter to Timothy keeps technical matters to a minuimum, while making every effort to provi...

This monograph is a comparative study of three prominent ethical Guides in the Roman East during the Julio-Claudian and Flavian period: Epictetus t...

The Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther. These five Old Testament books, traditionally known simply as The Scrolls, are among t...

The authors of the New Testament regularly quote and allude to Old Testament passages that point to the presence, person, and work of Jesus. Jesus ...

Five Views on the Exodus looks at competing views on the historicity, chronology, and theological implications of the exodus. The biblical account ...

Five Views on the Gospel presents five different perspectives on the question 'What is the gospel?' Presenting a variety of contemporary and tradit...

Want to read the Bible but find it daunting?Wish there was a guide to simplify the overall storyline?Think it would help to “see” the people, p...

Many Christians either think theology is too complicated to understand or wonder if it even matters. Jenny Randle and Brayden Brookshier believe Ch...

What do we do with a God who sanctions violence? Old Testament violence proves one of the most troubling topics in the Bible. Too often, the expla...

The view from above is majestic. Have you ever experienced that thrill of looking out the window of a plane? The beauty of the mountain, the vastne...

Since Gérard Genette first coined the term in 1972, focalization has been recognized as one ofthe key concepts in contemporary understandings of na...

Ira Brent Driggers examines the character of God as portrayed in the Gospel of Mark, paying particular attention to the way God factors into the un...

“How can the contents of a book written so long ago have anything to do with me?” some might ask. The truth is that Luke’s narrative of the first c...

Following Jesus To Jerusalem: Luke 9-19 Paul Barnett expounds Luke chapters 9-19 with the intention of provoking faith and faithfulness in the liv...

In Following Jesus, the Servant King, Jonathan Lunde presents a biblical theology of discipleship that gives the "big picture" of God's relationsh...

In his previous book, Breakfast on the Beach, Rev. Dr. Johannes W. H. van der Bijl retold the gospel narrative through the eyes of Simon Peter, inv...

The church in Philippi was, in many respects, a church like any other in any place or time. There were no great doctrinal nor moral problems there;...

Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (1691-1747) was one of the most important precursors of the Great Awakening. This book contains a biographical intr...