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Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job (Andersen) - TOTC

Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job (Andersen) - TOTC

by Francis I. Andersen

For Francis Andersen, the Old Testament book about Job is one of the supreme offerings of the human mind to the living God, and one of the best gifts of God to humanity. "The task of understanding it is as rewarding as it is strenuous. . . . One is constantly amazed at its audacious theology and at the magnitude of its intellectual achievement. Job is a prod… Read more…

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: Micah (AYB)

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: Micah (AYB)

by David Noel Freedman and Francis I. Andersen

One of the twelve Minor Prophets, Micah unwaveringly spoke God’s message to Israel—a message filled with judgment but also laced with the promise of redemption. Micah combined poetic complexity and literary sophistication to compel his audience to respond. And now, through an exacting linguistic and literary analysis of the biblical text, coauthors Franc… Read more…

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: Hosea (AYB)

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: Hosea (AYB)

by David Noel Freedman and Francis I. Andersen

Hosea, volume 24 in the Anchor Bible Series of new, book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha is a collaboration by world-renowned scholars Francis I. Andersen and David Noel Freedman. The authors' treatment of Hosea consists of: Introduction: A review and rethinking of Hosea research that offers a fascinati… Read more…

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: Habakkuk (AYB)

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: Habakkuk (AYB)

by Francis I. Andersen

The book of Habakkuk (one of the twelve Minor Prophets) is an intensely personal testimony played out against a highly political backdrop. Writing as his land and his fellow Israelites were being invaded and plundered by the Chaldeans, Habakkuk questions God’s actions with a passion equal to Job’s. Habakkuk wonders, how can a God who is just and compassi… Read more…

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: Amos - Andersen/Freedman (AYB)

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: Amos - Andersen/Freedman (AYB)

by David Noel Freedman and Francis I. Andersen

The life and mission of Amos the shepherd and prophet have always fascinated students of the Old Testament. This rancher-farmer from Tekoa, summoned dramatically by Yahweh to prophesy to Israel under the kingship of Jeroboam II (eighth century B.C.E.) about the corruption, injustice, and religious insincerity of his time, has intrigued scholars for cent… Read more…