- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Hendrickson Publishing (June 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1565632214
- ISBN-13: 978-1565632219
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 399 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,963,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Murphy, on Proverbs, pays particular attention to parallelism in the book of Proverbs. This "collection of collections" was formed over many centuries and reflects generations of wisdom poems and sayings, symbolism, theology, and anthropology. Huwiler, on Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs, enhances the reader's appreciation through her exposition of the themes and images in two biblical books devoted to such human exploration and experience.
"Murphy and Huwiler's lively commentaries on the NIV text bring the wisdom tradition into critical focus for questions of faith. Armed with the insights of biblical scholarship, they situate their texts within the thought world of the Hebrew Bible, but with an eye to a modern reader's concerns about meaning, coherence, and authority. Together, they produce a work that is readable and useful for the general reader and is a real treat for those believers who find most academic studies of the Bible dry and daunting."
-Carole R. Fontaine, professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Andover Newton Theological School
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Expert help for understanding the Bible
Each volume in the Understanding the Bible Commentary Series breaks down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. They present a careful section-by-section exposition of the biblical books with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated. Notes at the close of each chapter provide additional textual and technical comments for those who want to dig deeper. A bibliography as well as Scripture and subject indexes are also included. Pastors, students, and Bible teachers will find in this series a commitment to accessibility without sacrificing serious scholarship.
The authors help the reader understand Hebrew thought expressed in wisdom literature and poetry. Murphy brings greater clarity to Proverbs via literary insight and intrabook connections. Huwiler sets Ecclesiastes in the larger biblical context and is a reliable guide through this consideration of existence and meaning. He explores the rich imagery of Song of Songs, a celebration of the goodness of human sexuality and love.
Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., contributed the commentary on Proverbs. He was the George Washington Ivey Emeritus Professor at Duke University.
Elizabeth Huwiler contributed the commentary on Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. She was professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Each volume in the Understanding the Bible Commentary Series breaks down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. They present a careful section-by-section exposition of the biblical books with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated. Notes at the close of each chapter provide additional textual and technical comments for those who want to dig deeper. A bibliography as well as Scripture and subject indexes are also included. Pastors, students, and Bible teachers will find in this series a commitment to accessibility without sacrificing serious scholarship.
The authors help the reader understand Hebrew thought expressed in wisdom literature and poetry. Murphy brings greater clarity to Proverbs via literary insight and intrabook connections. Huwiler sets Ecclesiastes in the larger biblical context and is a reliable guide through this consideration of existence and meaning. He explores the rich imagery of Song of Songs, a celebration of the goodness of human sexuality and love.
Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., contributed the commentary on Proverbs. He was the George Washington Ivey Emeritus Professor at Duke University.
Elizabeth Huwiler contributed the commentary on Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. She was professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Disappointed, Aug 17 2008
By R. Thomas - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES, SONG OF SONGS (Paperback)
I am disappointed in the brevity of the work (on Ecclesiastes). If only the commentary would correspond with the introduction offered, it would be a more useful work to me. It does have exegetical remarks, but not sufficiently so. I have failed to see any sense of useful application offered by the author of the work. The book has a dedication to the Catholic and Lutheran communities they serve, but I would like to think those communities would desire more.
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