Publisher's Description: 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
400 Pages
Published February 2006
About the Author: Trent C. Butler is Vice President of Editorial Services, Christian Board of Publication. He is a former associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Ruschlikon, Switzerland. Butler earned his Ph.D. in biblical studies and linguistics from Vanderbilt University, with postgraduate study at the Universities of Heidelberg and Zurich. His scholarly articles have appeared in Vetus Testementum and the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. He is the author of Joshua, volume 7 in the Word Biblical Commentary Series.
