Book Briefs: Textuality and the Bible by Michael B. Shepherd

By Billy Doolittle Dr. Michael Shepherd is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio. He earned his M.Div and PhD from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary under the guidance of Dr. John Sailhamer. He has published many works including The Text in the Middle, Daniel in the Context of the Hebrew Bible, …

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Book Briefs: Christ and the New Creation by Matthew Y. Emerson

By Billy Doolittle Matthew Emerson is the Dickinson Assistant Professor of Religion at Oklahoma Baptist University.  He earned his bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and his M.Div and Ph.D. from the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He has published numerous articles and books in his specialty, biblical hermeneutics, and theological method of the Old and New …

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Book Briefs: Idolatry in the Pentateuch: An Innertextual Strategy by Tracy J. McKenzie

By Billy Doolittle Tracy McKenzie teaches at the undergraduate program at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.  Idolatry in the Pentateuch is an interesting and well put together read.  Readers seeking foundational interpreting skills of the Hebrew Bible and solidifying their hermeneutic would gain greatly from this small informative book.  The final shape of the Bible …

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Book Briefs: The Doctrine of Justification by James Buchanan

By Evan Knies James Buchanan was born in Paisley in the west of Scotland, and later studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1840 he was appointed to be minister of the High Church (St. Giles) in Edinburgh, where he became colleague to Dr. Robert Gordon, another evangelical preacher. After Thomas Chalmers' death in 1847, …

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