BIBLICAL COMMENTARY
Joshua
Joseph Coleson
Judges
Lawson G. Stone
Ruth
Jason Driesbach
general editor
Philip W. Comfort
featuring the text of the
NEW LIVING TRANSLATION
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Cornerstone Biblical Commentary, Volume 3
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Joshua copyright © 2012 by Joseph Coleson. All rights reserved.
Judges copyright © 2012 by Lawson G. Stone. All rights reserved.
Ruth copyright © 2012 by Jason Driesbach. All rights reserved.
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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cornerstone biblical commentary.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8423-3429-7 (hc: alk. paper)
1. Bible—Commentaries. I. Coleson, Joseph II. Stone, Lawson G.
III. Driesbach, Jason
BS491.3.C67 2006
220.7´7—dc22 2005026928
Transliteration and Numbering System
Joshua: Joseph Coleson
BA, Indiana Wesleyan University;
MS, Brandeis University;
PhD, Brandeis University;
Professor of Old Testament, Nazarene Theological Seminary.
Judges: Lawson G. Stone
BA, Asbury College;
MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary;
PhD, Yale University;
Professor of Old Testament, Asbury Theological Seminary.
Ruth: Jason Driesbach
BA, Cedarville University
MA, Dallas Theological Seminary
Tyndale House Publishers.
The Cornerstone Biblical Commentary is based on the second edition of the New Living Translation (2007). Nearly 100 scholars from various church backgrounds and from several countries (United States, Canada, England, and Australia) participated in the creation of the NLT. Many of these same scholars are contributors to this commentary series. All the commentators, whether participants in the NLT or not, believe that the Bible is God’s inspired word and have a desire to make God’s word clear and accessible to his people.
This Bible commentary is the natural extension of our vision for the New Living Translation, which we believe is both exegetically accurate and idiomatically powerful. The NLT attempts to communicate God’s inspired word in a lucid English translation of the original languages so that English readers can understand and appreciate the thought of the original writers. In the same way, the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary aims at helping teachers, pastors, students, and laypeople understand every thought contained in the Bible. As such, the commentary focuses first on the words ...
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About Joshua, Judges & RuthThe Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series provides up-to-date, evangelical scholarship on Scripture. This volume is designed to equip pastors and Christian leaders with exegetical and theological knowledge to better understand and apply God’s Word by presenting the message of each passage as well as an overview of other issues surrounding the text. The commentary has been structured to help readers understand the meaning of Scripture, passage-by-passage. Each book of the Bible is prefaced by a substantial introduction that offers historical background important for understanding. Then readers are taken through the Bible text, passage-by-passage, starting with the text of the New Living Translation. This is followed by a section of notes on the Hebrew behind the English translation of the New Living Translation. This section also interacts with scholars on important interpretive issues, and points readers to significant textual and contextual matters. The commentary on the passage presents a lucid interpretation, giving special attention to context and major theological themes. |
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