Leslie Allen

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  Psalms 101-150 (Revised)

  $44.99

  The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

  Overview of Commentary Organization:

  *Introduction–covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.

  *Each section of the commentary includes:

  *Pericope Bibliography–a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.

  *Translation–the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.

  *Notes–the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.

  *Form/Structure/Setting–a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope.
  *Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.

  *Comment–verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.

  *Explanation–brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.

  *General Bibliography–occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

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  Liturgy Of Grief

  $28.00

  In Lamentations, we read of the unbearable grief experienced by a group of believers. Leslie Allen suggests the book can be read as the script of a liturgy performed to help the people of God come to terms with the fall of Jerusalem and the national catastrophe it entailed. It reveals God’s sometimes hidden support for those who grieve and for their caregivers. In this unique commentary on Lamentations, respected Old Testament scholar and volunteer hospital chaplain Leslie Allen appropriates this oft-neglected book of the Bible to deal with a universal issue. Incorporating stories of pastoral encounters with hospital patients, Allen integrates Scripture and pastoral care to present a biblical model for helping those coping with grief. The book includes a foreword by Nicholas Wolterstorff, author of Lament for a Son.

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  Jeremiah : A Commentary

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  The weeping prophet exhibits a remarkable range of writing styles (e.g., prose, poetry, oracle, homily, proverb). Allen plumbs the depths of each one linguistically, literarily, historically, and theologically. At the same time he brings the various scattered threads together in order to chart overarching themes.

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  1-2 Chronicles

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  This volume, like all in the Communicator’s Commentary series, has been prepared especially for those who preach and teach the Bible. “The heartbeat of Chronicles is a concern for spirituality. In this respect its key word is to ‘seek ‘God.” Christians today are yearning for a revived spirituality. We are learning anew how to seek God, as individuals and as a church. There could be no better time for the timeless Word of Chronicles to be spoken through the Communicator’s Commentary series.

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