Lexham Context Commentary
Old Testament
Douglas Mangum
Steven E. Runge
Project Editors
Thomas Parr and Mark Ward
Associate Editors
Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament
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Project Editors: Douglas Mangum, Steven E. Runge
Associate Editors: Thomas Parr and Mark Ward
Lexham Editorial Team: Claire Brubaker
Cover Design: George Siler
CONTENTS
Exodus: Divine Deliverance from Egypt and Divine Presence at Sinai
Joshua: God’s Gift of the Promised Land
Judges: The Gradual Unraveling of an Unfaithful People
Ruth: The Faithfulness of God Overcomes Calamity Through the Faithfulness of His People
1 Samuel: The Rise of David’s Kingdom Over Saul's
2 Samuel: David’s Glorious Kingdom Established by God's Grace Despite His Sin
1 Kings: Forgetting God’s Grace and God’s Covenants: The Downward Spiral of the Kingdom of Israel
Ezra: Temple Reconstruction and Spiritual Reformation
Esther: Our Faithful God Works in Unexpected Ways
Job: God’s Testing of a Righteous Man: The Problem of Suffering, Evil, and God’s Sovereignty
Psalms: Human Experience as Praise
Ecclesiastes: Finding Joy in a Fallen World
Song of Solomon: True Love in a Dark World
Isaiah: Trust the Sovereign Lord, Who Redeems Israel and the Earth by His Servant
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About Lexham Context Commentary: Old TestamentThe Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament surveys each book of the Old Testament at several levels—Book, Super Division, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture. |
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