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An in-depth examination of the biblical figure

The story of a universal deluge, from which a few persons survived in order to repopulate the earth, is found in literature around the wor…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2890559/Enoch
A valuable survey of Jewish and Christian textual references to an understudied Old Testament figure

Credited with predicting the flood and foretelling a second punishment but mentioned…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2890651/David
A thoughtful examination of one the Old Testament's central human figures

Marti J. Steussy provides a critical approach to the man who receives more attention from the Old Testament's w…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2890754/Baruch-Ben-Neriah
Follows the transformation of Jeremiah's scribe into a divine sage and hero

Baruch ben Neriah traces the evolution of a biblical figure whose legacy grew from that of a scribe who edite…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2890799/Solomon
The paradox of celebrating the wealth, wisdom, and power of Solomon

In this study of Solomon and his place in the larger consciousness of Israel, Walter Brueggemann considers what Old T…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2890857/Abraham
A critical reassessment of the story of Abraham's chosen family and its impact on three faiths

In an inviting style that showcases his literary discernment, theological sophistication,…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2890989/Samuel-and-His-God
An insightful untangling of divergent voices and viewpoints found in the story of the last Hebrew judge and first major prophet.

Samuel and His God explores the relationship among a pro…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2891009/Gleaning-Ruth
The biblical story of Ruth celebrates the power to begin life anew, to gather what has been scattered, to glean what one needs. In this original approach to understanding an ancient love story…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2891119/Qoheleth
Rarely does a biblical book evoke admiration from a Nobel laureate in literature, a newspaper columnist, a prize-winning poet, and a popular songwriter. Ecclesiastes has done that, and for goo…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/2891126/Jeremiah-and-Gods-Plans-of-Well-being
In Jeremiah and God's Plans of Well-being, Barbara Green explores the prophet Jeremiah as a literary persona of the biblical book through seven periods of his prophetic ministry, focusing on t…]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:43:47 -0800