Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship

by Richard P. Belcher Jr., Peter Enns, Tremper Longman III

Christianity Today Merit Award winner
ECPA Gold Medallion

The Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry carry themselves differently from those of the Pentateuch, the histories or the prophets. The divine voice does not peal from Sinai, there are no narratives carried along by prophetic interpretation nor are oracles declaimed by a prophet. Here Scripture often speaks in the words of human response to God and God's world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830817832
• ISBN13: 9780830817832
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 991 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 7.4" x 10.1"