This collection includes more than 5,000 pages of interpretation, observation, translation, contextual history, reflection, and practical application. A rich and varied selection, it combines accessibility and scholastic richness. The collection is essential for students, scholars, pastors, historians, teachers of the Bible, and anyone else studying the book of Proverbs.

To use the Bible intelligently and profitably, it’s important to realize that it’s a historical library—one containing many different books, one written by a variety of authors who lived in diverse eras and wrote with diverse aims and points of view. Over 12 centuries lie between Moses and Paul, and each century contributed to the gradually growing records of God’s revelation of his character and will in the experiences, hearts, and minds of men.

The Classic Commentaries and Studies on the Minor Prophets Upgrade presents an impressive balance of perspectives from the history of biblical scholarship on the final twelve books of the Old Testament. With contributing voices from Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the contributors here provide an international taste of scholarship on the Minor Prophets from a wide set of perspectives. Some are fully entrenched in the higher criticism and critical exegesis, while others emphasize the traditional historic positions for interpreting the Biblical text. Still others are designed to focus directly on the pastoral needs of the Church. These perspectives give readers opportunity for fresh insight into the Minor Prophets.

In the Messages of the Bible series, the books of the Bible are grouped according to a natural classification, their contents arranged in order of appearance, and a scholarly yet popular paraphrase of their distinctive concepts given in plain, expressive English. Each volume is authored by a leading specialist, and each contains introductions and valuable notes for each portion of Scripture. This unique, popular commentary series is not a substitute for the Bible, but an aid to the reverent, appreciative, and enthusiastic reading of the Scriptures.

The beginning of the Babylonian exile marks a turning point in both Hebrew prophecy and history. The changed conditions and the new point of view gradually developed a new type of prophet. Although the distinctions between the earlier or preexilic and the later of exilic and postexilic prophets must be interpreted broadly, they are clearly defined. The aims of the two groups of teachers were the same, but the earlier spoke to a nation and dealt with the problems of an independent state, while the latter addressed the scattered, discouraged, often oppressed remnants of their people.

The Messages of Israel’s Lawgivers gives, in concise form, the origin, growth, date, and authorship of the different laws and groups of laws found in the Pentateuch. The laws, chronologically arranged, furnish a complete epitome of the growth of Israel’s moral standards. In the system of codification that Kent adopts, kindred laws have first been grouped together under seven main headings, and then, in order to bring out the historical development of each institution, those in each group or sub-group have been arranged in chronological order under the three general headings: “Primitive,” “Deuteronomic,” and “Priestly Codes.”

With Amos and Hosea, in the middle of the eighth century before Christ, began that notable succession of religious thinkers whose utterances have been given permanent form in the prophetic books of the Old Testament. As we know from their writings, they were men of remarkable breadth, insight, and power. While their greatest service to the world of their day, and for ours, was in the sphere of constructive religious thought, they were interested in the practical problems of human life, and touched it at many points. Their conviction that righteousness and sincerity were the fundamental elements of true life made them unsparing critics of social wrongs, idolatry, formalism, and worldliness; preachers of faith in God and love to man, and statesmanlike advisers on questions of public policy.

Our largest package, the 2025 Ultimate Library, provides an incredible library for biblical research and theological reflection. Whether focused on Church history or biblical exegesis, the vast collection of resources and titles at your fingertips cover the gamut—from most devotionals to practical discussions of pastoral ministry to the most rigorous scholarly and academic research. This package has everything you need to engage in the serious study of Scripture and its world, with respected resources like the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies | LHBOTS (382 vols.) and top-tier exegetical commentaries like the New International Commentary on the Old and New Testament | NIC (51 vols.).

The three and a half centuries that began with the division of the Hebrew empire and extended to the Babylonian exile were in many ways the most important period in Israel’s history. It was during this epoch that the Israelites ceased to be a provincial people, limited in their outlook to the narrow horizon of Palestine. Events over which they had little control brought them into close contact with the great world powers of the day, thereby vastly broadening their faith—as well as their vision of history—and their relationship with the rest of the human race. It was a period marked by supreme political, social, and religious crises, which fundamentally transformed Israel’s religion and institutions. These crises called forth the great ethical prophets of the eighth and seventh centuries BC; their work and teachings made Israel’s experience during these trying years one of the most significant chapters in human history.

In Kent’s in-depth introduction, where he sets the stage for the great events of the Old Testament, he dedicates entire sections to Babylonian, Egyptian, and Palestinian history. The body of the book treats the earliest narratives of the Old Testament, examining the history of Israel through the death of Moses. Kent takes up individual themes separately—among them, the stories of man’s creation, man’s sin and its consequences, Cain and Abel, and many more. Each of these sections is followed by a short explanatory discussion.

The second period of Hebrew history, with which this volume deals, was Israel’s heroic age—when physical strength, courage, and patriotism were the prominent virtues, but when deeper spiritual and ethical qualities were only partially developed. It was during this period that the Hebrews most resembled their neighbors in character and faith. This volume, which follows the model of the preceding one, follows the history through the division of the kingdom. It commences with the story of the crossing of the Jordan, adding to it—as with other stories—an explanatory discussion.

The period represented by this volume is in many ways the most complex and confusing in Israel’s history. The record is that not of the life of a nation but of the scattered remnants of a race. It was inevitable that, under the influence of their varied environment, the survivors of the Jewish race should develop very different beliefs and characteristics. The result is that many different currents of thought and shades of belief are reflected in the literature of this period. While the period following the destruction of Jerusalem was a reflective and retrospective age in which the teaching of the earlier priests and prophets gained wide acceptance, it was also a creative era. Fully half of the literature of the Old Testament—and all of the important writings of the Apocrypha—come from these tragic five centuries.

The vividness and consistency of the portrait of Jesus furnished here—in what are recognized as the oldest records in the gospels—demonstrate that this is eyewitness testimony indeed. Through the witnesses’ eyes, we look upon the divine Friend and Teacher of men. As we listen to his words as the witnesses recorded them, we are captivated anew by their irresistible truth. Jesus is surely destined again to draw to himself—as he did in the days of his flesh—the busy men of affairs, who are “bound to the wheel of things” or blinded by ignorance or prejudice, for he has for each of them a plain, practical message that means freedom and happiness and the fullness of life.

The prophets stand at the head of the various groups of teachers whose teachings are recorded in the Old Testament. Through their words and deeply personal experiences are the eternal truths that are foundational of Israel’s faith. A clear understanding of their purposes, methods, and messages provides a valuable key for interpreting the Old Testament, all the while pointing toward the New Testament.

Bulk up your knowledge of the Gospels with this bundle of helpful resources. Understand the Synoptic problem, dig into the original languages behind the text, and unfold the meaning of the Lord's words in the Gospels. Key studies provide you with a focused view of key themes and issues in these crucial texts of Scripture.

The Apostolic Age is the most complex period of biblical history. Students of the Bible studying the period before the death of Jesus focus on the Hebrew race, but after that great turning point in human history, the focus suddenly goes worldwide. Rome soon takes the place of Jerusalem as the center of Christianity—bringing with it all the history of the great Greco-Roman world. It is during the Apostolic Age that the relatively narrow current of Jewish thought mingles with the currents that flow from the ancient East, from cultured Hellas, and from Rome itself. The mingling of these currents explains the resulting complexity of apostolic life and thought, and the New Testament writings vividly reflect this mingling of civilizations and ideas. In this final volume of The Historical Bible, Charles Foster Kent synthesizes the material from Acts and the material of the epistles chronologically.

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