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An unprecedented, monumental work, the three-volume Lectionary Commentary offers superb exegetical essays on 513 biblical texts from the Revised Common Lectionary spanning the three-year liturgical cycle. The present volume, The First Readings: The Old Testament and Acts, covers the lectionary readings from Genesis to Malachi and from the first seventeen chapters of Acts. Unique to this volume is...

paired with the righteous Noah and Daniel. These were outstanding heroes of holiness in the ancient world. In Ezekiel the Lord announces that not even their holiness would be enough for the land of Israel to be spared the punishment the Lord intended to inflict on the people. Their righteousness would save only themselves; it could not have the vicarious effect of sparing the people (see the deliberations of Abraham and the Lord in Gen. 18:22–33). Noteworthy also is the fact that Job (as well as
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