This volume is a new translation, introduction and commentary on the book of law that shaped the religion in Israel.

Jacob Milgrom, a rabbi and Bible scholar, has devoted the bulk of his career to examining the laws of the Torah. His incisive commentary on Leviticus, which began with "Leviticus 1-16", continues in this last volume of three. It provides an authorita...

In a groundbreaking work of literary archaeology, a bold young scholar adds a new page to the quintessential book of adventure stories, that of the heroic traditions of the "Old Testament". Gregory Mobley brings a highly original eye to the familiar...

This volume provides a translation, commentary and introduction to several apocryphal texts, including Susanna, Bel and the Snake and the additions to Esther and Jeremiah.

"Esther", the biblical book named after the beautiful Jewish woman chosen by the Persian King Xerxes to be queen, is a story of love, political intrigue, and religious faithfulness. Carey A. Moore combines his treatment of scholarly issues with an en...

"Judith" is Volume 40 in the acclaimed anchor Bible series of new book-by-book translations of the "Old and New Testaments" and "Apocrypha". In the "Apocrypha", Judith is the saint who murdered for her people. She offered herself to Holofernes, the A...

"Tobit" is the story of a righteous, devout, and charitable man who – blind and miserable – sends his son, Tobiah, to collect on an old loan. To test his faith, an angel joins Tobiah on his journey, and in the end Tobiah returns with the money, a bea...

The books of "Ezra" and "Nehemiah", treated here as one larger work, continue the story of Israel's experience begun in the biblical books of I and II Chronicles. In the wake of Persia replacing Babylon as the ruling empire in the ancient Near East,...

"I and II Esdras" is Volume 42 in the "Anchor Bible" series of new book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha, each by a preeminent scholar. Jacob M. Myers is Professor of Old Testament at the Lutheran Theological Seminary...

"II Chronicles" (Volume 13 in the acclaimed "Anchor Bible Commentary" series) is a crucial book for historians of the biblical period and for students of the Bible. Like "I Chronicles", it has been both over- and undervalued. In recent years it has,...