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Customer Reviews for Zondervan Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
Zondervan Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
Many today find the Old Testament to be a closed book---but this accessible behind-the-scenes perspective will open your eyes to the historical and cultural background of these cherished writings. Filled with photographs, maps, drawings, and charts, it offers passage-by-passage commentary; explanations of archaeological findings, historical observations, geographical insights, and customs; and an analysis of ancient Near Eastern literature. Five hardcovers.
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Customer Reviews for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
Review 1 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Great product at a very good price.
Date:February 22, 2013
Richard Stenbakken
Location:Loveland, Colorado
Age:Over 65
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Very usable product with good scholarship behind the writing and articles. User friendly yet with deeper meanings.
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Review 2 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Date:March 3, 2012
JUDI
Location:Charlotte, NC
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Good overall summary of the Bible books with cultural references.
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Review 3 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Great Bible study tool!
Date:February 25, 2012
Pekka Perho
Age:25-34
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Gives background information on all the essential verses of the Old Testament. The pictures and illustrations are fantastic!
I highly recommend this to anyone interested in a deeper study of the Bible. Also very useful for preaching and teaching.
I highly recommend this to anyone interested in a deeper study of the Bible. Also very useful for preaching and teaching.
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Review 4 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Zondervan helps you get through the Study Bible!
Date:January 14, 2011
TJNugent
Location:Florence, Cape Breton NS, Canada
Age:45-54
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Zondervan gives you a brief description of who, what, where, when, and why. And then it adds little features that keep you interested such as maps, illustrations of typical tools, household wares, to help explain the life such as during their 40 years in the desert. Now Genesis was a hard book to read but there was mostly one type of information and that is the beget etc, etc,,, but to me the two hardest books were Numbers and Deuteronomy because there were the families, but then there was also the history, the Who, why, when and consequences of your actions by Gods laws and still remembering that Moses is in charge of a substantial army and Zondervan Old Testament gives you a good background than helps you by explaining as neutral as possible the reasons, the happenings and then gives you the books intertwined with explanations to aid you in figuring out a lot of things. When I was just using a Study Bible, I felt the closest source to the best translation was the Georgian Orthodox Church (which I found exciting but a little funny because it uses King James the First Version as a source of reference to the old Testament but King James used the same Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek Translation of the old Testament as the Georgian Bible, but I know Zondervan uses NIV for its Bible Reference, but if I find any differences than I go back to my Study Bible and check out the differences and than make my own opinion of what might have happened. But I still think it a good idea to have read the Bible and in that way you get so much more eye opening explanations and answers to your questions. BUT remember their are as many explanations for a verse as there is Bibles so a good idea is to slowly add other reference material from other religions and people that you get a good distribution of an answer to your questions. But these illustrated Bible backgrounds and Commentary is a very good place to start trying to find your answers. I am a little biased in that I use a lot of Zondervan because they meet my intellect Level and pictures are very helpful, see what I mean....Hardy Laugh... Not saying the Books are made of non-intellectual people just thata picture is worth a thousand words and if you read them and then see a picture or an explanation in simpler terms, it's Fantastic.
Thanking you for reading this.
Tom
Thanking you for reading this.
Tom
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Review 5 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Colored by Critical Scholarship
Date:January 4, 2011
Johnny
Location:GA
Age:25-34
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The pictures and maps are outstanding, but sadly the commentary is far from acceptable. I have made it through Genesis 19 and thus far all of the commentary has been from the liberal-critical point of view. It is almost as though John Walton is trying to convince his readers that there is no difference between the God of the Bible (the one true God) and any of the other Ancient Near East deities. He also seems to want to attribute the ideas, stories, and concepts found in the Old Testament as having been ripped off from other ancient sources. Overall, I believe that these scholars have an extremely low view of Scripture and I would not recommend this set to anyone for anything except the pictures, and it seems like a lot of money to pay for pictures.
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Review 6 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Date:December 24, 2010
rpgittins
Location:Des Moines, IA
Age:45-54
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I have the set myself and just bought them for my 25-year old son. I'm a junior class SS teacher at my church and use them every single Sunday in preparing my lessons. The maps and historical information are two of my favorite parts of the commentary. My son loves history too and will really put them to use!
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Review 7 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Date:December 14, 2010
lebtahol
Location:chicago
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I like it a lot because of very good perspective and useful commentary
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Review 8 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Date:August 20, 2010
John Smith
Interesting background information. Useful in preparing class material & notes. It does have a bit of a liberal bent, but when you wade through that, you will find some useful information.
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Review 9 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Date:April 7, 2010
Russell Crawford
As a Sunday School teacher and a Minister I knew that this set of books could come in handy. It has done that and a lot more for my personal study. The set includes five books that cover every book in the old testament. Inside you will be introduced to bible study like you have never seen or participated in before. You will learn so much about bible manners and customs, geography of biblical places, culture, archeology and so much more. Another plus about this terrific set is the easy readability. You do not have to be a Bible scholar with a P.H.D to understand the content that are found in these books. The books are beautifully printed and make a great source for anyone to study the bible with.
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Review 10 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Date:January 8, 2010
Concerned Parent
Excellent source when studying your Bible or just for pleasure reading. Buy it for your study/library. You won't be sorry.
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Review 11 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Date:October 22, 2009
Revd Gordon Jones
A very good resource for laypeople and for those in ministry. Information is presented clearly and the many maps, images and illustrations are helpful. Content is in-depth while not being overly technical, making it perfect for the non-academic. I would recommend this set.
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Review 12 for Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Old Testament, 5 Volumes
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Date:October 16, 2009
sevenpillars
This is an amazing product. The depth and breadth of these volumes is incredible. I now keep these volumes within reaching distance as I study the Old Testament. Each section is heavily footnoted for further study. The illustration add meaningful context to the Old Testament. We are separated from the Scriptures by language, culture, and time. These volumes go a long way in removing the cultural obstacles from understanding the text. I look forward to a lifetime of mining this treasure for insights into the Holy Scripture. Thank you, Dr. Walton and all the contributors.
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