Bible Commentary: Inventions
IN the Bible we read, ``Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.''1 Inventions? Although I had read this verse many times, at first I really didn't see its relevance for me. I realized, of course, that in its Biblical context inventions refers to less-than-upright behavior: ``the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness.''2 But since I didn't see...
A `Mega' Bible Dictionary,
Companion to Anchor Bible commentary has impressive scope
IN today's fast-changing field of Biblical research, there has been a growing need for a major new multi-volume publication to keep up with these changes. The Anchor Bible Dictionary may be just what is needed. Possibly the most expensive Bible dictionary ever undertaken, it is certainly impressive in scope and scholarship. Renowned Bible scholar David Noel Freedman collaborated with the publisher in working out the master plan for the monumental project and served as its editor in...
Bible Commentary: Books in brief
International Bible Commentary edited by F.F. Bruce (Marshall Pickering/Zondervan, $24.95) -- Bible readers should welcome this 1,629-page volume and its verse-for-verse analysis of the International Version of the Bible. The commentaries it contains are based upon the research of many of the most prominent present-day Biblical scholars, collected under the editorship of the professor of Biblical criticism and exegesis at the University of Manchester in England.-- Mike Mulhern...
Bible Commentary: Bible comes in diverse formats
In terms of Americans and the Bible, it is the worst of times and the best of times. The worst because ignorance abounds about humankind's most influential book.And the best because people who want to explore the Bible can enjoy unparalleled richness in resources produced in the decades since World War II.There's a Bible translation to fit every taste and reading level (some would say there are far too many) and, perhaps more important, the finest imaginable...
Bible Commentary: Christmas selection
Books to cause glee when discovered 'neath the Christmas tree
HARPER'S BIBLE COMMENTARY. Harper & Row, $32.50. FINALLY, this publisher has produced a tome (1,326 pages) of everything you've always wanted to know about the books of the Bible and the Apocrypha. Written in an easily understandable style, the massive book dissects biblical passages, offers accompanying historical essays, color plates of the Holy Land, maps and bibliographies. Theologically, the book is typical of most of Harper &...