SPCK Publishing

This volume examines the declaration of the divine name in the golden calf narrative (Exodus 34:6-7), and its trajectory across the biblical canon. The sweep of the divine declaration leads to God's self-disclosure in the incarnation, to the cross and consummation, and affirms a consistent picture of God's character in both testaments.

Petter stresses that Yahweh's declaration of himself must be analyzed alongside Yahweh's declaration about Israel, 'I have seen this people and indeed, it is a stiff-necked people' (Exodus 32:9). Israel's character manifests itself in the storyline. The stiff-necked declaration contributes to the biblical-theological arc that leads to the gospel in the New Testament. It sets up a tension that anticipates a costly confrontation. At the cross of Christ, God's mercy and justice collide with our stiff necks. Petter demonstrates the remedy for stiff necks, and shows how the two declarations work in tandem, so that attempts at creating false dichotomies fall short.

Where there is lack of clarity about God's character, and the tendency to downplay the relevance of the Old Testament at both the scholarly and popular levels, a robust biblical theology that considers the character of God in Scripture has profound implications for the church.

A thorough revision and update of a textbook that won a Christianity Today Book of the Year Award, Gerald Bray offers a careful survey of the rich inheritance of biblical interpretation in the life of the church.

Suitable for use as a textbook, yet readable and accessible to a wide readership, Bray's organizational scheme allows readers to quickly grasp the issues, methods and interpreters of each period or school, and see how contemporary issues and perennial questions have shaped the way the church has read and used the Bible.

This is history with a clear message, written in the vibrant conviction that biblical interpretation and Christian doctrine go hand in hand.

The Old Testament books of Kings are a unique source for understanding the history of Israel, from the last days of the united kingdom under David to the eventual fall of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

Presenting Israel's national history from a divine viewpoint, these narratives measure the kings of Israel and Judah, not by the mark they leave on secular history, but by their 'doing what is right in the Lord's sight'. Embedded in this story are enduring lessons of the ways of God with his people in every age.

This is an entirely new Tyndale Old Testament Commentary on the Book of Job, from W. Dennis Tucker, Professor of Christian Scriptures at Baylor University's Truett Seminary. Replacing Francis I. Andersen's much loved legacy volume, Tucker delves deep into the theological and exegetical work that has been done in the last few decades.

The book of Job is all about human suffering. Its portrayal of one man's anguish, the ineffective responses of his friends, and his struggle for faith and understanding mirrors our own experiences in the world.

Here is a careful, exegetical, theological and pastoral exploration of Job.

The Tyndale Old Testament Commentary is designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text of the book of Numbers says and what it means. The Introduction to this commentary gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting and purpose.

Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book of Job section by section, drawing out its main themes and also commenting on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new Old Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: Context, Comment and Theology. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.