Kitab Daniel selain menarik sekaligus membingungkan, sehingga sering menimbulkan perbantahan di antara para pakar Alkitab. Dalam buku ini penulis berupaya menengahi perbedaan-perbedaan itu dan memaparkan secara sistematis hal-hal yang terkandung dalam kitab ini.
The goal of this grammar is to concisely, yet completely cover the essentials of Biblical Aramaic. Aimed at seminary students, this grammar has become the standard textbook of Biblical Aramaic and is the only one to include graded exercises at the end of each lesson. The Annotated Answer Key by Alger Johns provides translations for the exercises in the textbook. Addressing each chapter of the g…
In Leviticus 23 God presents seven annual sacred feasts of Jerusalem. At first it seems to be just a simple list of Israel’s holy days. But the more one studies the Bible, both old and New Testaments, the more one realizes that this passage is more than a list of holy days; it is actually an outline of God’s calendar from eternity to eternity. In this brief but thorough review, the autho…
Dalam buku singkat ini dikemukakan dan dianalisis secara jelas dan sangat cermat berbagai kecenderungan utama dalam ilmu pengetahuan Perjanjian Lama zaman sekarang. Profesor Hasel selanjutnya mengemukakan tujuh kriteria yang berkesan, yang menentukan apa yang ia namakan pendekatan multipleks terhadap teologi Perjanjian Lama, yaitu metode yang ia rasa paling tepat dalam penggunaan semua data. …
Menyadari adanya krisis besar dalam teologi alkitabíah, yakni ketidakmampuan disiplin ilmu tersebut untuk mengemukakan dan menerapkan kembali otoritas Alkitab, Walter Kaiser di sini memberikan satu solusi bagi soal-soal definisi dan metodologi teologi Perjanjian Lama yang belum terpecahkan. Pengertian yang tepat tentang teologi alkitabiah, kata penulis, "menunjukkan kepada kita suatu inti p…
Pada umumnya, umat Kristen sering menganggap kitab-kitab para nabi dalam Perjanjian Lama sulit dipahami dan kurang relevan dengan zaman ini. Mereka beranggapan bahwa kitab tersebut hanya berlaku dan sesuai bagi umat Israel pada zaman dulu, yang nubuat nubuatnya telah digenapi. Tidak bisa dipungkiri, kitab-kitab para nabi umumnya lebih sulit dibandingkan dengan kitab-kitab sejarah ataupun Mazmur…
The aim of this book is to render the teaching and study of Classical Hebrew simple and interesting. While there are a number of Hebrew grammars in English used by teachers and students, my experience in teaching the language has made it clear to me that a more simple, direct, and reasonable system could be devised than is at present available. From conversations with other teachers of Hebrew i…
Revised, updated, and enlarged, this edition of a standard survey clearly sets forth and analyzes the major trends in contemporary Old Testament scholarship, concluding with seven basic proposals for doing Old Testament theology. In this revision Hasel has incorporated significant scholarship since 1982; his bibliography of Old Testament theology, with nearly 950 entries, is the most comprehens…
For more than twenty-five years students have used Eugene Merrill's An Historical Survey of the Old Testament as a comprehensive but concise study of the first thirty-nine books of the Bible. The fifteen printings of the first edition attest to the enduring usefulness of his work. This second edition retains much of the appeal of the first, but is updated to reflect discussion and research. …
Reading the Old Testament is a clear and carefully organized introduction for contemporary readers. It is designed to guide the student of the Bible through the text and its problems, enrich their understanding of the individual biblical books, and explore the way the Bible came to be written. Reading the Old Testament combines the latest scholarship with sensitivity to religious issues and…