The College Press NIV Commentary: Minor Prophets, Volume 1
Written as a type of road map for students of the Bible, Harold Shank, in his commentary on the early Minor Prophets, seeks to provide necessary information for the journey of Scripture reading.
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Ezekiel
The book of Ezekiel is notoriously strange. Ezekiel's visions, actions, and words are bizarre "sometimes utterly incomprehensible" to us. He lies on his side for over a year, he eats a scroll, he is asked to cook with human waste, and he cannot cry at his wife's death. Ezekiel's message seems unavai...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Jeremiah and Lamentations
Throughout the writings of Jeremiah—in Jeremiah and Lamentations—the predominant theme is God's sovereignty. In the book of Jeremiah, we see that God retains the ability to choose his prophet, to determine the fate of the nations, and to continue to hold out both the threat of destruction and the ho...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Isaiah, Volume 2
The New Testament quotes Isaiah more than any Old Testament book other than Psalms, but Isaiah offers much more to the Christian. The challenges the prophet Isaiah confronted in his ministry provide the backdrop for profound theological insights. During Isaiah's lifetime the Northern Kingdom fell an...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Isaiah, Volume 1
God's nature has not changed since the days of Isaiah. Worship still serves as a barometer of a people's relationship with God. The responsibility to be God's light to a darkened world now resides in the church. Isaiah thus presents a timeless message for those who desire to know God and to respond...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs
Typically known as part of the Wisdom Literature category, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes provide insight into the process of obtaining and keeping wisdom. Interestingly enough, these books point out that pursuing wisdom on one's own is useless because wisdom is a gift from God. Wisdom that is described ...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Psalms, Volume 2
Psalms is a book not only to read but to meditate upon. Taking refuge in Yahweh as the true King is the answer to the renewed hopes of the people of God. Each psalm has its own "personality." In contrast to the first volume of this series, volume two will keep the entire framework of the Psalter in ...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Psalms, Volume 1
Psalms was written in poetic form, the language of the soul. This expression of emotion ranges through all the human experience from praise and joy to lament and sorrow. By some estimations, nearly one third of the Old Testament is in some form of poetry that could be converted to song. Spanning nea...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Esther and Daniel
Through fasting, prayer, and confession both Esther and Daniel discover the tenacious resolve of faith, its uncompromising purity, and the security of its shelter. These are a man and woman of faith. They challenge us to follow their lead. Dr. Mangano examines these two wonderful books and provides ...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Ezra and Nehemiah
Ezra and Nehemiah are considered some of the “historical” books of the Bible, for in them we get a glimpse of life in Israel after the exile in Babylon. Dr. Schoville identifies these as the Ezra Memoirs and the Nehemiah Memoirs. It is his belief that the first-person material in these books was pro...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: 1 and 2 Chronicles
John Mark Hicks has given us a clear vision of God's desire for his people through the eyes of the Chronicler. The message repeated again and again throughout Chronicles and this commentary is, “God seeks those who seek him; God forsakes those who forsake him.” Just as the Chronicler applied the m...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: 1 and 2 Kings
1 & 2 Kings tell of David's death, the golden age of Solomon's reign, how the nation divided into two kingdoms, and their eventual captivity by heathen powers. Solomon, David's son, began his rule with great wealth, glory, and power, but it ended in disgrace.The spiritual condition of Israel was...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: 1 and 2 Samuel
The immediate purpose of the Book of Samuel was to narrate the circumstances surrounding the founding of the monarchy in Israel with Saul, the fascinating relationships between Saul and David, and David's rise to the throne. First Samuel narrates the expansion of the kingdom of Israel into an import...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy has been a controversial book for at least the last 120 years. At that time what is known as the critical school developed which insisted that the book could neither have been written at the time of the exodus and wandering nor could it have been written by Moses. Hall has cogently and t...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Genesis, Volume 1
The first book of the Old Testament speaks of beginnings. It functions as the introduction to the Pentateuch and is foundational to the understanding of the rest of the Bible. Genesis is designed to be read theologically. It is written to provide guidance to God's people about how to conduct their l...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Old Testament Introduction
The College Press NIV Commentary Series on the Old Testament is a multivolume work, providing clear exposition of each biblical book. This volume, The Old Testament Introduction, focuses on each individual book of the Old Testament and gives specifics on their authorship, date and purpose. The Old T...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Minor Prophets, Volume 2
Part of the NIV based College Press Commentary series, which blends solid scholarship with practical usefulness, this second volume commentary on the Minor Prophets will be a helpful and reliable addition to your reference library. This volume contains the minor prophets from Nahum to Malachi.
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Job
The book of Job is a “God-book” from cover to cover. God is the subject or the subject-behind-the subject of every page. Through its compelling plot and exalted speeches the book of Job explores the mystery of God’s ways to a depth and with an intensity that is unsurpassed in all of ancient religiou...
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The College Press NIV Commentary: Leviticus-Numbers
As part of the NIV based College Press Commentary series, which blends solid scholarship with practical application, this volume contains commentaries on Leviticus and Numbers. This commentary was written with the NIV Bible-reader specifically in mind. It is sure to be a helpful and reliable additio...
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