Understanding the Old Testament can be daunting, but these biblical studies texts on the Old Testament open up new pathways to understanding and appreciating God's work throughout time and the whole of Scripture. Seasoned scholars and Old Testament novices alike will find here fresh insight and faithful scholarship for the church and academy today.

To drill down into particular sections of the Old Testament, browse books on Pentateuch, Historical Books, Poetry and Wisdom Literature, and the Prophetic Books.

Commentaries on Genesis 1-3

Bede the Venerable and Severian of Gabala

The Resurrection of Jesus

Michael R. Licona

Apocrypha

Edited by Sever J. Voicu

Homilies on Numbers

Origen

The Meaning of the Pentateuch

John H. Sailhamer

How to Read Exodus

Tremper Longman III

Interpreting Isaiah

Edited by David G. Firth and H. G. M. Williamson

The Lost World of Genesis One

John H. Walton

Ezekiel

John B. Taylor

Jeremiah, Lamentations

Edited by Dean O. Wenthe

1 and 2 Kings

Donald J. Wiseman

Job

Francis I. Andersen

The Epic of Eden

Sandra L. Richter

Psalms 1-50

Edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Hardin

2 Chronicles

Martin J. Selman

Joshua

Richard S. Hess

1 Chronicles

Martin J. Selman

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings

Edited by Tremper Longman III and Peter Enns

1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

Edited by Marco Conti

Esther

Debra Reid

Exodus

R. Alan Cole

Ezekiel, Daniel

Edited by Kenneth Stevenson and Michael Glerup

Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament

Christopher J. H. Wright

Isaiah 40-66

Edited by Mark W. Elliott

Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

Christopher J. H. Wright