This volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the book of Ecclesiastes.
"For decades, James Crenshaw's Old Testament Wisdom has been the premier introduction to the wisdom books of the Old Testament. That tradition continues with this newly updated edition.
In this expanded edition, James Crenshaw takes stock of the wealth of new material produced by contemporary interpreters.
Professor James Crenshaw, perhaps more than any other single scholar of this generation, has led the way into discussion of this pivotal matter, and the essays included in this volume are based on or react to his seminal contributions to ...
For those who want to read and understand Joel, this book is indispensable.
One of America's leading theologians defines the basic functions of the church while assessing its different roles in the lives of believers and in its mission on Earth.
Crenshaw has been writing about and pondering the issue of theodicy - the human effort to justify the ways of the gods or God - for many years. In this volume he presents a synthesis of his ideas on this perennially thorny issue.
The writers of the Bible depended on other sources for much of their work, including the pseudepigrapha, madeavailable here in two volumes In this groundbreaking new book, distinguished biblical scholar James L. Crenshaw investigates both ...