Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry and Writings (Black Dictionaries) - Hardcover

Enns, Professor Tremper Longman III And Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844743063 ISBN 13: 9781844743063

Publisher: IVP, 2008

Synopsis

Rare book

About this title

From the Publisher:

* Third Old Testament volume in InterVarsity Press's celebrated Black Dictionary series
* 148 articles covering all aspects of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ruth and Esther
* Over 90 contributors, many of them experts in this literature
* Coverage of each biblical book, including separate articles on ancient Near Eastern background and the history of interpretation of each book
* Full coverage of literary dimensions of poetry and prose
* Well-rounded treatments of Israelite wisdom and Wisdom literature
* Up-to-date bibliographies

About the Author:

Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also visiting professor of Old Testament at Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and adjunct of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lectures regularly at Regent College in Vancouver and the Canadian Theological Seminary in Calgary. Longman is the author or coauthor of over twenty books, including How to Read Genesis, How to Read the Psalms, How to Read Proverbs, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, Old Testament Essentials and coeditor of A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. He and Dan Allender have coauthored Bold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies, The Intimate Mystery and the Intimate Marriage Bible studies.

Peter Enns is professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University (St. Davids, PA). He is the author of numerous books including Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament and The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn“t Say about Human Origins.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1844743063
• ISBN 13: 9781844743063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1008
• Editor: III Professor Tremper Longman