Christian Biblical Reference Books

Divides the group Bible study on Romans into 23 passages and includes conversational discussion starters and suggested questions for the leader.

The Bible is the most extraordinary book you’ll ever read; it’s how God speaks directly to us and how his Spirit works to change us. But it can see...

Reading through the Bible in a year is one of the most popular New Year's resolutions for believers-but like other resolutions, the success rate is...

Intertextuality (the reading of one text in terms of another) is a diverse practice. It is a central and prevalent subject in poststructuralist lit...

Narrator, characters, action, hero, quest, plot, time and space, entrances and exits--these are the essential components of all narrative literatur...

A companion to Reading Biblical Narrative, this volume provides an authoritative introduction and overview to biblical poetry. Fokkelman describes ...

Christian apocrypha has suffered neglect. Living just outside the Christian canon, apocryphal Christian works have been judged deficient, secret, a...

Employing such disciplines as historical criticism, literary criticism, narrative theology, and hermeneutics, Reading Daniel as a Text in Theologic...

In this original interpretation of the story of Esther, Kenneth Craig offers to interpreters a new context for reading this often undervalued and m...

Today's evangelical community faces a multitude of questions about the creation of the cosmos and the beginning of human history and-quite naturall...

What does it mean to be a good reader of Genesis 1-11? What does it mean to take these ancient stories seriously and how does that relate to taking...

Following the proven model established in Reading Romans in Context, Reading Mark in Context, and Reading Revelation in Context, this book brings t...

Perfect for students, Reading Isaiah is a practical and nontechnical literary introduction to the book of Isaiah as a poem. Peter Quinn-Miscall tra...

Martin Luther's writings can be a bit intimidating. Readers can become overwhelmed with the thought of reading his works on their own. Reading Isai...

The book of Jeremiah is often presented as one of the most difficult texts in the Bible, yet it is also a text that speaks with immediacy and power...

This excellent book shows how literary criticism illuminates the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, reclaiming them as Biblical narrative...

The Gospel of Mark has been studied from multiple angles using many methods. But often there remains a sense that something is wanting, that the fu...

Reading Paul explores the central themes of the apostle's gospel. Unlike many introductions to Paul, this one makes a contribution to the ongoing ...

Designed to meet the needs of contemporary evangelical undergraduates, this survey textbook offers an engaging introduction to Paul's Letters in th...

Traditionally, the Psalms have been read in reference to their historical context. This publication suggests to read a psalm in its literary contex...

Reading Revelation in Context brings together short, accessible essays that compare and contrast the visions and apocalyptic imagery of the book of...

Many pastors in the provincial towns and rural villages of Malawi struggle to find practical relevance in the letter to the Romans. While the major...

As Paul's Epistle to the Romans comes to an end in Chapters 12-16, we are offered fascinating insights into the everyday life of the church to whom...

Readers of Paul today are more than ever aware of the importance of interpreting Paul's letters in the Jewish context. In Reading Romans in Context...

What does it mean to “read with Eastern eyes”? According to Jackson Wu, an Eastern perspective is in many ways culturally closer to that of the fir...

Step into Luther’s commentary on Romans—without intimidation. Even though Martin Luther taught about the Book of Romans half a millennium ago, his ...

Mark Gignilliat, a veteran teacher of the Old Testament, explores the theological instincts that are necessary for reading, understanding, and comm...

Recent theological discussions between Roman Catholics and Evangelicals have generated a renewed appreciation for God's ongoing use of Scripture fo...

Reading Scripture with the Church is the result of years of debate and discussion among four leading scholars of biblical interpretation. In this v...

Learn how to read the Bible as literature and fall in love with God's Word. We all want to read the Bible verse-by-verse, cover-to-cover, but what ...

Insights from a noteworthy convergence of top scholars in biblical studies and missiology Over the past half century, it has become clear that m...

Following the structure of Reading the Bible, this corresponding study guide offers assessment questions, exercises, and visuals designed to suppor...

Prominent Reformation historian Timothy Wengert introduces the basic components of Martin Luther's theology of the Bible and examines Luther's cont...

What if you could sit down beside Jesus as he explained the Bible to you? What life-changing insights might emerge? Vast treasures await us when we...

Let’s face it: the book of Revelation is difficult to read! Many neglect it, leaving it to the experts or the obsessed. Others fixate on the detail...

This book invites readers to rediscover the artistry and transformative power of the narratives of the first five books of the Bible. Reading the F...

Christians from diverse cultural, religious, and political contexts have been studying the Gospel of John for almost two thousand years. In this in...

This survey textbook offers an accessible introduction to the four Gospels in their literary, canonical, and theological contexts. In part one, res...

New biblical methods seem to appear each year, and it can be difficult for students to find a comprehensive survey to the wide range of interpretiv...

This survey textbook by two respected Old Testament scholars is designed to meet the needs of contemporary undergraduate students. The book effecti...

Rabbi Evan Moffic has a passion for sharing Jewish faith and traditions with Christian audiences.In Reading the Old Testament Through Jewish Eyes, ...

Rabbi Evan Moffic has a passion for sharing Jewish faith and traditions with Christian audiences.In Reading the Old Testament Through Jewish Eyes, ...

This survey textbook is grounded in the view that the prophetic books of the Old Testament should be read as Christian Scripture. Although it cover...

In Reading the Psalms as Scripture, James M. Hamilton Jr. and Matthew Damico guide the reader to delight in the spiritual artistry of the psalms. P...