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Explore the historical and theological significance of the book of Ezekiel.Authored by Dale F. Launderville, an expert in Semitics and the Hebrew Bible, this cutting-edge commentary provides scholars, teachers, and preachers with essential resources for understanding Ezekiel 1-24. In addition to discussing key issues of language, methodology, structure, and theology, Launderville explores the book's history of reception. Throughout, he weaves together scholarly and pastoral concerns. The volume is part of the Eerdmans Illuminations series, in which authors employ the full range of biblical scholarship to illumine the text from a wide variety of perspectives, including the engagement and impact of the text through the centuries.For each chapter of Ezekiel 1-24, Launderville offers translation, interpretation, and commentary. The translation of the Hebrew text is complemented by translations of the Old Greek, Aramaic, Syriac, and Latin texts. Within the interpretive section that follows,

The cat and the tiger are best friends. Every day, the cat enters the zoo and visits the tiger’s cage. They talk about everything, but when the cat confesses that he’d like to be big and strong like t

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An effective theology of the Old Testament is urgently needed for bringing humankind to face new perils in the millennium that lie just ahead.

Sweeney's work on the first 39 chapters of the Book of Isaiah is part of The Forms of the Old Testament Literature series which aims to present, according to a standard outline and methodology, a form

How did apocalyptic concerns shape ancient Jewish life and literature?In this compelling study, renowned scholar John J. Collins examines the apocalyptic worldview that emerged in Jewish thought during the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman periods. He reconstructs this perspective through carefully contextualized readings of ancient Jewish apocalyptic literature.According to Collins, defining features of the apocalyptic worldview include the desire to grasp history in its entirety; the expectation that history as we know it will come to an end; the use of patterns and images drawn from ancient myths to frame history as something beyond human control; increased interest in the heavens and otherworldly regions; and hope that humans may enjoy eternal life in heaven. As Collins systematically outlines ancient Jewish understandings of time and space, he situates them within broader intellectual currents. Ultimately, he shows that apocalyptic concerns extend beyond specific historical crises to fu