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

This is the most extensive Bible dictionary ever created. It is the first major Bible dictionary to be published in America in 30 years. It includes: 6 volumes of approximately 1,200 pages each; more than 6,000 entries; and, more than 7,000,000 words...

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...

This is the most extensive Bible dictionary ever created. It is the first major Bible dictionary to be published in America in 30 years. It includes: 6 volumes of approximately 1,200 pages each; more than 6,000 entries; and, more than 7,000,000 words...

"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 "Ho...

"Genesis" is Volume I in the "Anchor Bible" series of new book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. Ephraim Avigdor Speiser was University Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of...

Jeremiah, long considered one of the most colorful of the ancient Israelite prophets, comes to life in Jack R. Lundbom's "Jeremiah 1-20". From his boyhood call to prophecy in 627 b. c. e. , which Jeremiah tried to refuse, to his scathing judgments ag...

"Exodus" is the heart of the Hebrew Bible, the defining moment in Israel's birth as a people, the dramatic triumph of their God. Yahweh, Pharaoh, Moses, Aaron, the Hebrew slaves, the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea – these larger-than-life charac...

This second book of the three-volume "Anchor Bible Commentary" offers an astute translation and commentary on the middle sixteen chapters of "Jeremiah". Important themes in the present volume include injustice within Judah's royal house, sexual immor...

The long-awaited conclusion of William H. C. Propp's masterful study of Exodus, this informative, clearly written commentary provides a new perspective on Israelite culture and on the role of ritual, law, and covenant in biblical religion. "Exodus 19...