Nahum-Malachi

by Elizabeth Achtemeier

Paper Book, 1986

Call number

224/.097

Collection

Publication

Atlanta : John Knox Press, c1986.

Description

Elizabeth Achtemeier examines the often-neglected Minor Prophets and explains them as they reflect the church at worship and at work. She sets the Minor Prophets in their canonical context emphasizing the relationship between the message of these prophets and the New Testament. Unique in the use of brief quotations from great preachers' sermons on the prophets, Nahum-Malachi is enriched with the vast insightful store of homiletical interpretation available today. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.… (more)

Media reviews

Interpretation
Some readers may not agree with all aspects of Achtemeier's interpretation, but we all will be forced to deal more seriously and more thoroughly with the biblical message because of a reading of her comments. The commentary is a superb tool and worth the price.
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Westminster Theological Journal
This is an essay-type commentary, not a technical commentary, so lexical and text-critical help are to be found elsewhere, but its theological and homiletical strengths guarantee that this commentary will prove to be a useful tool for the preacher who concerns himself with expository preaching.

Language

Physical description

x, 201 p.; 24 inches

ISBN

080423129X / 9780804231299

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