Unlocking the Bible Story, Vol. 4

The fourth volume of this series sets the reader on a tour of what God had done throughout the biblical story. The approach is one of a tour guide pointing out the details and full significance of what God has accomplished in Jesus Christ, thus exposing its glory and wonder. [More Info]

Unlocking the Bible Story, Vol. 3

Two thousand years after God promised to bless the nations of the world through Abraham’s descendants, Jesus Christ—the heart of the Bible story—was born. Volume Three takes the reader into the Gospels and Acts to see Jesus, and how He is the fulfillment of God’s promise for then, and now. [More Info]

Unlocking the Bible Story, Vol. 2

Continuing the Old Testament story, this volume touches on topics such as Suffering, Resurrection, Wisdom, Hope, Faith, and many more. Just as in the first, this second part also contains a “Spotlight on Christ” which will help you see how the whole Bible points us forward to Jesus Christ. [More Info]

Unlocking the Bible Story, Vol. 1

The first of this four volume study depicts God setting the stage and introducing Himself as the screenwriter of human history. Each chapter in the two-part Old Testament provides a “Spotlight on Christ” which will help you see how the whole Bible points us forward to Jesus Christ. [More Info]

Theologians of the Baptist Tradition

Theologians of the Baptist Tradition is an effort to preserve and discover the Baptists’ “underappreciated contribution to Christianity’s theological heritage.” Theologians Timothy George and David S. Dockery present a volume of essays to serve as a resource for pastors, students, and teachers and a... [More Info]

The Sacred Trust: Sketches of the Southern Baptist Convention Presidents

The Southern Baptist convention has elected a president at each annual session since its organization in 1845. The Sacred Trust gives a five-page biography of each president and discusses the historical and political context of their work. This is the first such volume on SBC presidents to appear in... [More Info]

The Baptist Way: Distinctives of the Baptist Church

The greatest contribution of Baptists to orthodox Christianity may well be in the area of ecclesiology. From their earliest beginnings, Baptists have been thoroughly committed to planting and building churches that are completely faithful to the New Testament. At the dawn of a new millennium, Baptis... [More Info]

The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness

H. Leon McBeth’s The Baptist Heritage is a definitive, fresh interpretation of Baptist history. Based on primary source research, the book combines the best features of chronological and topical history to bring alive the story of Baptists around the world. The book is comprehensive in its coverage ... [More Info]

Ready for Reformation?: Bringing Authentic Reform to Southern Baptist Churches

According to Ready for Reformation? author Tom Nettles, Southern Baptist churches are still in the midst of a reformation that began with the conservative resurgence. It continues today because reformation requires much more than the recovery of biblical authority. Reformation must penetrate deep; i... [More Info]

One Sacred Effort: The Cooperative Program of Southern Baptists

The preamble of the original constitution of the Southern Baptist Convention describes the purpose of the SBC as “eliciting, combining, and directing the energies of the whole denomination in one sacred effort, for the propagation of the Gospel.” These words are not only historically significant; th... [More Info]

Biblical Authority: The Critical Issue for the Body of Christ

In a world faced with every kind of religious pluralism, it is as imperative today as it ever has been for the Bible to remain the absolute standard by which all things are judged. The subject of biblical authority may be the most critical and sensitive issue facing the evangelical Christian world t... [More Info]

Believer’s Baptism: The Covenant Sign of the New Age in Christ

Is believer’s baptism the clear teaching of the New Testament Scriptures? What are the historical and theological challenges to believer’s baptism? What are the practical applications for believer’s baptism today? This volume addresses these compelling questions. Indeed, Believer’s Baptism: The Cove... [More Info]

Baptists and the Bible

Since its original publication in 1980, Baptists and the Bible has become one of the most complete and oft-quoted sources for reliable, incisive, and detailed information on the history of Baptist attitudes toward the doctrine of the inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible. Now this newly expanded ... [More Info]

A Sourcebook for Baptist Heritage

A Sourcebook for Baptist Heritage provides a rich collection of readings from original documents that will captivate casual readers and serve as a ready reference for professional historians. In A Sourcebook for Baptist Heritage, H. Leon McBeth introduces his readers to the major figures and documen... [More Info]

A History of Black Baptists

Strangely enough, the story of black Baptists in America has not been told from the standpoint of its tremendous spiritual momentum through the ages of American history. Of inestimable importance is the fact that black Baptists were distinctive and eminent in the development of American Christianity... [More Info]

A Bibliography of Pseudepigrapha Research 1850-1999

This comprehensive bibliography of research on the Pseudepigrapha and cognate literature covers the period from 1850 to the present day—thus encompassing almost all the secondary literature on this topic. A reference work designed for both institutions and individual scholars, it systematically pres... [More Info]

Memory in Jewish, Pagan and Christian Societies of the Graeco-Roman World

The ten studies in this book explore the phenomenon of public memory in societies of the Graeco-Roman period. Mendels begins with a concise discussion of the historical canon that emerged in Late Antiquity and brought with it the (distorted) memory of ancient history in Western culture. The followin... [More Info]

Do You Not Remember?: Scriptures, Story and Exegesis in the Rewritten Bible of Pseudo-Philo

The Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum, a ‘rewritten Bible’ that follows the broad contours of Genesis to Samuel, includes numerous secondary, or out-of-sequence, episodes, and frequently juxtaposes unrelated biblical characters. The subtlety and significance of these inner-biblical linkages has up to no... [More Info]

Of Scribes and Sages: Early Jewish Interpretation and Transmission of Scripture, Vol. 2

Of Scribes and Sages focuses primarily on early interpretation of Scripture, including the emergence of Scripture as Scripture in its various versions and contexts. It examines recent research into the relationship of the Old Testament to the New and how sacred Scripture was interpreted during New T... [More Info]

Of Scribes and Sages: Early Jewish Interpretation and Transmission of Scripture, Vol. 1

Of Scribes and Sages focuses primarily on early interpretation of Scripture, including the emergence of Scripture as Scripture in its various versions and contexts. It examines recent research into the relationship of the Old Testament to the New and how sacred Scripture was interpreted during New T... [More Info]

A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Vol. 1

In this volume, Lester Grabbe presents a comprehensive history of Judah (Aramaic Yehud) during the Persian Period. Among the many crucial questions he addresses are: What are the sources for this period and how do we evaluate them? And how do we make them “speak” to us through the fog of centuries? ... [More Info]

The Antichrist Theme in the Intertestamental Period

What are the antecedents of the “Antichrist” figure and its associated themes in Jewish literature prior to the New Testament? Lorein offers the texts and translations of all the relevant passages, together with a discussion of their meaning and significance. He concludes that the “Antichrist” theme... [More Info]

Joseph and Aseneth

This volume is a comprehensive but accessible guide to the major questions raised by the Hellenistic Jewish work, Joseph and Aseneth. Joseph and Aseneth is an excellent example of the controverted issues of text, dating and Sitz im Leben, when such decisions must be largely based on internal evidenc... [More Info]

Tobit and Judith

The two apochryphal books, Tobit and Judith, are Jewish legends presumably created in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE. The first was composed in the Eastern Diaspora, the other in Palestine. The events related are placed in the Assyrian epoch in the 7th century BCE. This volume discusses the problems be... [More Info]

2 Esdras

Some of the greatest moments of religious history have occurred when a poignant experience or event flies in the face of the traditional theological worldview cherished by an individual or society. A fascinating case study of one such occurrence lies open in the text of 4 Ezra (2 Esdras 3–14), where... [More Info]

The Ascension of Isaiah

The Ascension of Isaiah is an important but neglected apocalypse from the early second century CE. Its author wrote at a time when charismatic prophecy was falling into decline and when the experience of oppression from the Roman government was causing deep problems for pious Christians. He responde... [More Info]

The Book of Jubilees

The Book of Jubilees, a Jewish retelling of Genesis and the first half of Exodus, was an important work for the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This Guide gives an introduction to Jubilees that covers its dating, its textual history and its purpose. It also provides a survey of its theological te... [More Info]

Life of Adam and Eve and Related Literature

The Life of Adam and Eve once belonged to the most popular literature in the Christian world. Retelling the Genesis 3 story, it gives an elaborate description of Adam’s death and his assumption to Paradise in the third heaven. His continued existence, as well as his future resurrection, are as much ... [More Info]

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is of especial interest to students of early Judaism and Christianity, though this importance is not always recognized. This collection preserves extra-biblical traditions about the sons of Jacob, it reflects a moral worldview of Jews and Christians around the... [More Info]

1 Maccabees

This is a work for anyone interested in the political and cultural results of the entry of the small state of Judah and its capital Jerusalem into the wider Hellenistic world in the second century BCE. In particular it forms a helpful introduction to the biblical writing called 1 Maccabees, which is... [More Info]

Sirach

Sirach is a book that raises a very distinctive set of problems. What should we call it (Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Ben Sira)? What is the relation between the traditional Greek text and the recently rediscovered Hebrew parts of the book? Where did it stand in relation to Jewish tradition and the Helle... [More Info]

How the Temple Thinks: Identity and Social Cohesion in Ancient Judaism

Beyond the political elites and the scribes, among the anonymous and unranked, the Jerusalem Temple provided the necessary social cohesion for Judaism and the Jewish people. It acted not only as edifice but also as system of thought, with its categories of pure and impure, of sacred and profane, ext... [More Info]

The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of Its Canon

The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, was the ‘Bible’ of the early Christian Church. This is a comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding the translation and development of the Septuagint. Professor Hengel first traces the history of the Septuagint. He explores... [More Info]

The History of the Second Temple Period

This book represents the fruit of a long process of study and reflection, a powerful but subtle synthesis, by one of the most eminent scholars of Second Temple Judaism. Far from a conventional narrative history, it is organized around themes and seeks to uncover the essence of Hebraic/Jewish religio... [More Info]

Standard Lesson Commentary

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Standard Lesson Commentary, 2007–2008

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Standard Lesson Commentary, 2006–2007

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Standard Lesson Commentary, 2005–2006

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Standard Lesson Commentary, 2004–2005

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Standard Lesson Commentary, 2003–2004

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Standard Lesson Commentary, 2002–2003

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Sheffield New Testament Guides: Revelation

John Court introduces Revelation anew with a selection of thematic readings, entitled “Visions of God and Christ”, “Visions of the Church in the World”, “Visions of Creation and the End of the Universe”, “Visions of Rival Powers”, “Visions of the Future Hope”. He pays special attention to the living... [More Info]

Sheffield New Testament Guides: The Johannine Epistles

The three epistles of John occupy only five or six pages of an English Bible, yet they are among the most intriguing writings of the New Testament. Were they written by one person or more? In what sort of community did they originate, and what situation are they addressing? What is the background to... [More Info]

Sheffield New Testament Guides: 2 Peter and Jude

Dr. Knight covers both of these letters because he believes there is a close association between them. He suggests that the author of 2 Peter, in fact, makes use of Jude to frame his response to the false teachers 2 Peter 3:1. Knight begins, therefore, with a detailed explanation of the content in J... [More Info]

Sheffield New Testament Guides: The Pastoral Epistles

1 and 2 Timothy and Titus were once read as individual collections of traditional material—liturgical formulae, lists of virtues and vices, household codes, and codes for church order—but more recent studies have elucidated the coherence of each epistle. This volume exhorts readers through explicit ... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Colossians and Philemon

Barclay brings to light the literary and historical connections between Colossians and Philemon. Paul’s theology and the early influence of Gnosticism, and he reexamines the Colossian hymn. Barclay also outlines Paul’s Christology in relation to the doctrine of creation, doctrine of God, doctrine of... [More Info]

Sheffield New Testament Guides: Ephesians

In the first section of this guide, Dr. Best examines in detail the normal questions of authorship and destination. He then offers a survey of the content of the letter, drawing out its main points while concentrating on the epistle’s theology. He offers a concise treatment of its teaching about the... [More Info]

Sheffield New Testament Guides: 2 Corinthians

Kreitzer explores the controversial place of 2 Corinthians has within Pauline studies. He gives special attention to the contribution that the epistle makes to our understanding of Paul’s views on such matters as his apostolic ministry, his interpretation of scripture, and his ecclesiology. After ta... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: 1 Corinthians

After presenting some preliminary questions regarding authorship, date, purpose and unity of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church, Dunn examines the problematic divisions that arose among the believers. He addresses the immense social tensions that erupted between the Church and society; and... [More Info]

Sheffield New Testament Guides: Romans

Paul’s epistle to the Romans is often seen as a difficult text to understand. Some of that difficulty is the result of context and culture, so Morgan helps the modern reader understand what Paul intended his original audience to understand. The religious language of the epistle, its impact on first-... [More Info]

Sheffield New Testament Guides: The Acts of the Apostles

This book is based on lectures Dr. Marshall delivered at Moore Theological College, Sydney, in 1991. In this volume he discusses the historical and literary structure of the book of Acts. He reveals Acts as a theological work that presents Jesus as the Messiah and focuses on early Christians as witn... [More Info]

Sheffield New Testament Guides: John

Lindars deals with the controversial issue of the Jews in John’s Gospel. He tackles the Gospel’s authorship and its agreement with the Synoptic Gospels. Lindars draws the reader into John’s world and the audience to whom John was writing. He also examines Jesus’ encounters with Pharisees, the Law, e... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Luke

In Luke, Tuckett discusses the authorship, date and text of the Gospel. With the main focus in this guide on Luke’s view of eschatology—salvation history—and the person and work of Jesus, Tuckett also tackles Luke’s positions on Jews, Gentiles and Judaism. Departing from Luke’s theology, the book co... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Mark

Telford divides his study of Mark into three categories: history, literature, and theology. He discusses what Mark’s narrative of Jesus reveals about the early Christians, and how Mark blends history and theology together. The final chapter focuses on the general questions of the Gospel’s purpose an... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Matthew

In this informative guide, John K. Riches concentrates on the literary origins, character, and history of Matthew’s Gospel. He is interested in oral traditions and the way truth is conveyed, the theological positions adopted by Matthew, the Gospel author’s Christology, and the reception of Matthew’s... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Wisdom of Solomon

The Wisdom of Solomon, an early Jewish text that also became a part of the Catholic canon, has become pivotal for understanding both Hellenistic Judaism and the development of the Israelite wisdom tradition. This guide provides an introduction to all the main aspects of scholarship on the book, incl... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi

Coggins first analyzes the historical setting of the books, including the concept of prophets under the oppression of foreign rulers. He describes the editorial framework and then analyzes the content of Haggai and Zechariah 1–8. The author discusses the problem of “theocracy” versus “eschatology” a... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Zephaniah, Habakkuk and Joel

The author begins this guide with an introduction and explains that he presents these three prophetic books in what he believes to be their chronological sequence rather than canonical order. Part One examines the book of Zephaniah by describing the contents, portraying Zephaniah the person, explain... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Micah, Nahum and Obadiah

Mason here provides a valuable basic orientation to the modern reading of these short and often difficult minor prophets. By carefully surveying and evaluating the historical-critical options that have been proposed during the last century, he outlines the message of these books within a post-exilic... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Jonah and Lamentations

The book of Jonah stands firmly in the Old Testament tradition, but the genre and aim of its author are not easy to discern. Salters stresses the authenticity of Jonah’s message to the Ninevites, along with their need for repentance, and Yahweh’s mercy. The purpose of the book must lie in a combinat... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Amos

The contents of this introduction do not mirror the progression of the themes of the book of Amos itself. The reader starts near the end with reports of Amos’s visions and the question of his status, and moves to Israel in the context of its neighbors. The reader is then invited to turn to a more ge... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Daniel

Daniel has produced a good deal of controversial debate, especially regarding its date and authorship and its apocalyptic character. In this study guide, Philip R. Davies carefully notes and evaluates the scholarly issues pertinent to this debate. Emphasis is placed on the literary and theological a... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Ezekiel

A much-neglected prophet, Ezekiel is nevertheless a key figure in Old Testament religion. Standing where he does, at the great crisis point of Israel’s history, the exile, he confronts the basic questions of whether the nation of Israel can survive, and whether it should. Ezekiel represents the prie... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Jeremiah

According to R.P. Carroll, the book of Jeremiah is long, complex and difficult, and to the modern reader it appears to be a repetitive mess, mixing poetry and prose in no particular order. There appear to be traces of attempts to collate and give order to some parts of the material, but the cacophon... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Isaiah 56–66

Grace Emmerson has described Trito-Isaiah, chapters 56–66, as “a bewildering medley of denunciation and promise, warning and hope, lament and confidence,” and she is not alone in regarding its eleven chapters as being a “miscellany of prophecies.” The importance of the message, the balance and artis... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: The Second Isaiah

While noting that the book of Second Isaiah, or Deutero-Isaiah, is free of many of the complications present in First Isaiah, Whybray suggests that the redactional history of Second Isaiah may be even more complex than any other prophetical book of the Old Testament. He considers these chapters to b... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Isaiah 1–39

Isaiah is one of the most difficult and yet rewarding of the major prophets. Barton looks at First Isaiah (chapters 1–39) as a composite work by many authors, but also as a work to be read through in a linear fashion like a literary work. These chapters are a complex assembly built of distinctive co... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: The Song of Songs

This volume about The Song of Songs was written by one of the foremost Hebrew experts on this subject, Althayla Brenner. She graciously and gratefully delivered this complete and insightful guide and her expertise made for a unique treatment of this special canon. She presents her analysis in chapte... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Ecclesiastes

Dr. Whybray describes the ancient Near-Eastern tradition of producing collections of wisdom: instructions in the form of aphorisms and proverbs for educating the young on how to have a happy and successful life. Although Proverbs depends on the tradition of wisdom literature, according to Whybray, t... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Proverbs

In this book James Martin introduces not only Proverbs, but also the genre of wisdom literature in general (dealing with such questions as the origin and location of “wisdom” in ancient Israel). He discusses the structure of the book of Proverbs as a whole, provides a guided reading to the sustained... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Psalms

In this highly competent analysis of the Psalms, John Day begins by introducing the most common types of Psalms. He then examines Psalms of lament, praise and thanksgiving, confidence, wisdom and torah Psalms, historical Psalms, entrance Liturgies, pilgrimage Psalms, the Autumn Festival, and the Roy... [More Info]

T&T Clark Study Guides: Job

Eaton’s thorough analysis of Job is broken up into three chapters: “Chapter 1, Experiencing the Book of Job: A Guided Reading,” “Chapter 2, Gathering our Observations: Structure and Theme,” and “Chapter 3, Questions of Context and Language.” Chapter one is intended to accompany a reading of the Book... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Ezra and Nehemiah

Based on years of rigorous research and study, this guide provides insightful guidance into the complexities of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The author gives special attention to the difficult scholarly challenges associated with their form, structure, and literary history. [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: 1 & 2 Chronicles

Among early Christian and Jewish writers, the books of Chronicles were tacitly understood as authoritative historical works. But in the Septuagint and Vulgate, these works were named “things left out,” suggesting that 1 and 2 Chronicles had only supplementary status in the canon. Jones begins his gu... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: 1 & 2 Kings

This work deals with 1 and 2 Kings as a unified whole, nestled within its canonical context. This canon presumes the reader has prior knowledge of the entire story of Israel and infers the prophetic and New Testament writings. It is examined here as narrative literature with historic and geographic ... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: 1 & 2 Samuel

Gordon clearly and engagingly unpacks the complex issues in 1 & 2 Samuel, such as the deuteronomistic history, the Shiloh tradition, the Ark narrative, the rise of the monarchy, the reign of Saul, the story of David, the Davidic covenant, the Succession narrative and the Samuel appendix. A first... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Ruth and Esther

In this guide, Katrina J.A. Larkin studies the only two biblical books to have been named after women and finds them refreshingly different. She surveys a rich field of new writing on Esther, and poses questions which are returning to the fore of Biblical studies: What makes a biblical text theologi... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Judges

Mayes presents this guide in three parts; “Chapter 1: The Book of Judges,” “Chapter 2: The Social Context of Events Related in Judges,” and “Chapter 3: Israel in the Period of the Judges.” The first chapter covers the deuteronimistic context, the structure, and the history of the origin of the book ... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Joshua

The book of Joshua bridges the gap between the Pentateuch and the story of Israel in the Promised Land. It recounts the familiar traditions of the conquest of Canaan, and details the portions of territory allotted to the tribes. Does the book of Joshua relate to neighboring books in the canon? To wh... [More Info]

Sheffield Old Testament Guides: Deuteronomy

Clements presents this book as a central law-book (Chapters 12–26) surrounded by a framework (Chapters 1–11 and 27–34). The framework consists of a historical introduction in Chapters 1–3, a series of speeches and exhortation and admonition in Chapters 4–11, and a historical epilogue in Chapters 27–... [More Info]