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Posted in Friday Updates on Feb 10th, 2012
Good afternoon, and welcome to the world of Christian Academics at CBD. This is the Friday update. 1. IVP Academic adds Jerome’s commentary on Jeremiah IVP has produced multiple “ancient text” series in recent years, but there “Ancient Christian Texts” series focuses on supplying complete texts in fresh translation. The latest volume is a very welcome addition [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies on Nov 22nd, 2011
Buying gifts for those who study can be quite difficult. If you are trying to give a gift that will add to their research or simply pique their interests you must be, to some extent, familiar with literature that you might otherwise know nothing about. For this reason, I decided to take the time a [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, New Testament on Nov 24th, 2009
Matthew For Matthew’s Gospel I have chosen Craig Keener’s, The Gospel of Matthew. Originally published as an independent commentary this new volume, at much reduced cost, is now available as part of Witherington’s Socio-Rhetorical series. Two attributes make this commentary stand-out to me. 1. It is comprehensive. It combines excellent historical information, exegetical detail, and [...]