Comments Off on Free Bible Briefs – Exodus and Leviticus Bible Briefs are not available for every book of the Old Testament, but these free short introductions are available for Exodus and Leviticus. The Exodus volume is written by Dr. Murray L. Newman Emeritus professor of Virginia Theological Seminary. And, the Leviticus volume is written by Prof. Kevin A. Wilson of Lithuania Christian College. These are high quality short introductions, so don’t fail to check them out.
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Comments Off on Douglas Stuart's Exodus Commentary Introduction Free Douglas Stuart’s commentary on Exodus is available in limited preview format from Google Books. You are able to read the entire introduction to the commentary HERE. This is Douglas Stuart of How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth fame. He is a prolific author on the Old Testament who is evangelical in his outlook. If you are interested in many of his other works you might check out his author page at Amazon.com
Comments Off on Read Janzen's Commentary Introduction to Exodus Free HERE is a link to Janzen’s commentary on Exodus at Google Books. There is a limited preview and the entire introduction is available.
Comments Off on Read Fretheim's Commentary Introduction to Exodus Free HERE is a link to Fretheim’s commentary on Exodus over at Google Books. It is available in limited preview format. The entire introduction to the commentary is available there. He along with Walter Brueggemann are two of my favorite Old Testament theologians. If you are interested in Fretheim’s other work you might consider checking out his article on Old Testament violence that I have interacted with HERE.
Comments Off on Victor Hamilton Commentary Introduction on Genesis Free Victor Hamilton’s commentary on Genesis is in two volumes and is in the NICOT (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) series. One of my favorite things about this series is the easy to use sections text critical notes, though those are not generally available as a part of this free limited preview. Hamilton’s volume on Genesis 1-17 contains much introductory information for the book as a whole. The introductory section of this commentary is available for free from Google Books – HERE.
Comments Off on Westermann Commentary Introductions on Genesis Free Westermann’s three volume commentary on Genesis is one of the best that I have ever used personally, though I have had to do so through libraries. Google Books has the introductions to two of these commentaries for free in limited preview. It is only for the first two volumes, but the introductions are fairly extensive. Read the introductions HERE (Genesis 1-11) and HERE (Genesis 12-36).
Comments Off on Von Rad – Free Introduction to Genesis (from Commentary) HERE is a link to Von Rad’s commentary on Genesis at Google Books. The commentary is in the Old Testament library series. The entire introduction of the commentary is available in the limited preview format. The entire commentary is not available, but the introduction might be valuable to you either for personal use or to decide whether or not to purchase the text.
Comments Off on Murray Newman – Free Introduction to Genesis HERE is a link to a free introduction to Genesis by Dr. Murray L. Newman a retired professor of Old Testament. It is a 16 page introduction to the book as a whole. It is in the Bible Briefs series made available by Virginia Theological Seminary.
Comments Off on Blenkinsopp Introduction to Ezra-Nehemiah The entire introduction from Blenkinsopp’s commentary on Ezra-Nehemiah is available for free through limited preview at Google Books. Even though you cannot view the entire commentary the introduction alone is very helpful. Check it out HERE.
Comments Off on Haggai Introductions Today’s Old Testament reading is from Haggai. And, when I am reading and studying a passage one of my favorite things to do is go over to Google Books and see what Commentaries I can read for free in limited previews. Sometimes I can view really good commentaries for passages that I am studying, though sometimes I come up empty. Today is one of those days I came up with some decent stuff. The introductions from both Wolff’s and Petersen’s commentaries on Haggai are in tact in the limited previews and you can read them for free. You can also read Vierhoef’s historical background section.
Some of the actual commentary is available for the limited previews of these texts as well. I’ve found that with Google Books I can a lot of times piece together a lot of good information, especially if I’m in a bind. Ah the pleasures of looking for free stuff.
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