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  • Discovering Genesis

    Content, Interpretation, Reception

    by Iain Provan ...
    Series series Discovering Biblical Texts (DBT)
    Concise, student-friendly introduction to GenesisIain Provan here offers readers a compact, up-to-date, and student-friendly introduction to the book of Genesis, focusing on its structure, content, theological concerns, key interpretive debates, and historical reception.Drawing on a range of methodological approaches (author-, text-, and reader-centered) as complementary rather than mutually ... Read more

    $35.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cuckoos in Our Nest

    Truth and Lies about Being Human

    by Iain Provan ...
    Throughout the history of the Christian church there have been moments of significant theological crisis, and we are currently in the midst of another. But our pressing question is not "Who is Jesus?" (as it was in the fourth century) nor "How can we be saved?" (as it was in the sixteenth). Now it is, "What is a human being?" In many communities that claim the name "Christian," even people who can ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: Daniel

    by Iain Provan ...
    The Eeerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary compliments succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers.Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cucos en nuestro nido

    Verdades y mentiras sobre el ser humano

    by Iain Provan ...
    Translated by Héctor Nieblas ...
    A lo largo de la historia de la iglesia cristiana ha habido momentos de crisis teologica significativa, y actualmente nos encontramos en medio de otra. Pero nuestra pregunta mas urgente no es: «¿Quien es Jesus?» (como lo fue en el siglo IV), ni «¿Como podemos ser salvos?» (como lo fue en el siglo XVI). Ahora es: «¿Que es un ser humano?» En muchas comunidades que se identifican como "cristianas", ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seriously Dangerous Religion

    What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters

    by Iain Provan ...
    The Old Testament is often maligned as an outmoded and even dangerous text. Best-selling authors like Richard Dawkins, Karen Armstrong, and Derrick Jensen are prime examples of those who find the Old Testament to be problematic to modern sensibilities. Iain Provan counters that such easy and popular readings misunderstand the Old Testament. He opposes modern misconceptions of the Old Testament by ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • A Biblical History of Israel, Second Edition

    by Iain Provan, V. Philips Long, Tremper Longman III ...
    For over a decade, A Biblical History of Israel has gathered praise and criticism for its unapologetic approach to reconstructing the historical landscape of ancient Israel through a biblical lens. In this much-anticipated second edition, the authors reassert that the Old Testament should be taken seriously as a historical document alongside other literary and archaeological sources.Significantly ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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  • 1 & 2 Kings

    by Iain Provan ...
    Series series Understanding the Bible Commentary Series
    The Understanding the Bible Commentary Series helps any reader navigate the strange and sometimes intimidating literary terrain of the Bible. These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. The contributors tackle the task of interpretation using the full range of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs

    by Iain Provan ...
    Series series The NIV Application Commentary
    The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’' context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.Bridging Contexts. A bridge ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Seeking What Is Right

    The Old Testament and the Good Life

    by Iain Provan ...
    The question of the good life--what it looks like for people and societies to be well ordered and flourishing--has universal significance, but its proposed solutions are just as far reaching. At the core of this concern is the nature of the good itself: what is "right"? We must attend to this ethical dilemma before we can begin to envision a life lived to the fullest.With Seeking What Is Right, ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture

    by Iain Provan ...
    In 1517, Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of Wittenberg's castle church. Luther's seemingly inconsequential act ultimately launched the Reformation, a movement that forever transformed both the Church and Western culture. The repositioning of the Bible as beginning, middle, and end of Christian faith was crucial to the Reformation. Two words alone captured this emphasis on the ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: Daniel

    by Iain Provan ...
    This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Provan's introduction to and concise commentary on Daniel. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, ... Read more

    $4.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Convenient Myths

    The Axial Age, Dark Green Religion, and the World that Never Was

    by Iain Provan ...
    The contemporary world has been shaped by two important and potent myths. Karl Jaspers' construct of the "axial age" envisions the common past (800-200 BC), the time when Western society was born and world religions spontaneously and independently appeared out of a seemingly shared value set. Conversely, the myth of the "dark green golden age," as narrated by David Suzuki and others, asserts that ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD