War in the Bible: an Examination of Biblical Conflict and Violence
                                
                                
                                
                        
                                    The Bible doesn’t flinch at portraying the world’s violence, especially during wartime. And while there is no such thing as a kind and gentle war, you might be surprised to learn t...
                                
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - Old Testament Hebrew Vocabulary Cards
                                            
                                    
                                                
A few weeks ago we gave away two sets of Biblical Greek
flashcards, and this week we are featuring the Old Testament Hebrew Vocabulary
Card...
                                            
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                                            Z Book Around the Web - Ugaritic, Pilgrim Theology, and ZECNT
                                            
                                    
                                                
In his latest Author Talks Podcast, Shaun Tabatt interviews
Michael Williams about the book Basics of Ancient Ugaritic. 
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                                            John Walton - Asking the Right Questions of Job
                                            
                                    
                                                In the clip below John Walton discusses some key questions we should be asking when we read the book of Job.
For more of Walton's ...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - Basics of Ancient Ugaritic
                                            
                                    
                                                
Joining Basics of Biblical Greek, Basics of
Biblical Hebrew, and Basics of Biblical Aramaic is the latest in Zondervan’s
introductory langu...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - The Torah Story
                                            
                                    
                                                
The books of the Torah are foundational for the rest of Old
Testament. Understanding the narrative and theology of these first five books
i...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - NIV Application Commentary on Deuteronomy
                                            
                                    
                                                
It has been an exciting few months for the
venerable NIV Application Commentary. First, John Walton’s commentary on Job
was released in Aug...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - The NIV Application Commentary on Job
                                            
                                    
                                                
It has not been out
long, but John Walton’s addition of Job to the NIV Application Commentary
series is already garnering some excellent re...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide
                                            
                                    
                                                
This week’s giveaway, Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide, by Miles Van Pelt, is a handy, newly released, at-a-glance reference with summaries...
                                            
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                                            Z Books Around the Web - Recent Reviews
                                            
                                    
                                                Nate Claiborne offers an overview of the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series, 
"Here’s 7 reasons y...
                                            
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                                            Z Books Around the Web - A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism
                                            
                                    
                                                Check out this post from Louis McBride, who discussed how war transformed the lives of Old Testament scholars Gerhard Von Rad and...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - Introducing the Old Testament
                                            
                                    
                                                This week’s giveaway is Introducing the Old Testament - the new abridgment of Tremper Longman’s bestselling An Introduction to t...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - The NIV Application Commentary, I and II Kings
                                            
                                    
                                                 Speaking of I and II Kings, for this week’s giveaway we are turning to the backlist and offering two copies of August H. Konkel’s contribut...
                                            
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                                            Was Solomon Really a Good King?
                                            
                                    
                                                The reign of King Solomon is traditionally viewed as the Golden Age of Israel’s history. A king known for his great wisdom, Solomon ov...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism
                                            
                                    
                                                Ever come across a reference to “JEDP” while studying the Pentateuch? 
The acronym stands for the four sources that German Old Testame...
                                            
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                                            Longman and Dillard on the book of Samuel in the Septuagint and Masoretic Text
                                            
                                    
                                                How different is the book of Samuel in the Septuagint compared to the Masoretic Text? Turns out, they are quite different indeed – and Louis...
                                            
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                                            Wednesday Giveaway - Hebrew for the Rest of Us
                                            
                                    
                                                Last week we gave away Greek for the Rest of Us, and this week you have a chance to win the companion volume, Hebrew for the Rest of Us by L...
                                            
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