A Few Excellent New Titles

This past month, or so, has been packed with a host of excellent new publications. Here are a few that I have noted.

1. Grogan, Geoffrey W. Psalms. Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008. Paperback. 502 pages. ISBN: 0802827063
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• In a previous post, I highlighted Grogan's Prayer, Praise and Prophecy: A Theology of the Psalms. I've been eagerly awaiting the appearance of this commentary on the Psalms.
• Geoffrey W. Grogan is a lifelong theological educator. His previous works include commentaries on Isaiah, Mark, and 2 Corinthians and books on the Trinity, Christology, and the theology of the Psalms.
• Geoffrey Grogan has authored the following commentaries: In the Focus on the Bible Commentaries series - 2 Corinthians (2007), Mark (2003); and in the Expositor's Bible Commentary series - Isaiah (1986).
2. Merrill, Eugene H. Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel, 2nd edition. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008. Paperback. 560 pages. ISBN: 0801031990
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• I announced this volume here, and shared some comments from Dr. Layton Talbert, who is an acquaintance of Dr. Merrill's and who compared and contrasted the first edition with Walter Kaiser's A History of Israel (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1998). If you missed that post, I'd encourage you to take a minute to read Dr. Talbert's comments.
• Eugene Merrill (ETS page) began his studies at Bob Jones University. It was there that he earned a B.A. (1957), an M.A. (1960), and his first Ph.D. (1963). He taught for a while at the University and then went on to earn a second M.A. at New York University (1970), an M.Phil. (1976), and a second Ph.D. at Columbia University (1985). He is currently the Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary.
• You will also want to be acquainted with Eugene H. Merrill's Everlasting Dominion: A Theology of the Old Testament (2006) and An Historical Survey of the Old Testament (1992). Merrill has also contributed to Show The No Mercy: 4 Views on God and Canaanite Genocide (2003), Cracking Old Testament Codes: A Guide to Interpreting Literary Genres of the Old Testament (1995) and A Biblical Theology of the Old Testament (1991).
3. Kaiser, Walter C., Jr. The Promise-Plan of God: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008). Hardcover. 432 pages. ISBN: 0310275865

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• Download the Scripture Index
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• I announced this book here. This book is a complete revision and expansion of Walter Kaiser's Toward an Old Testament Theology.
• Walter C. Kaiser Jr. (PhD, Brandeis University) is the Colman M. Mockler distinguished professor of Old Testament and president emeritus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. He has taught at Wheaton College and at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

There are many others, but these are a few that have caught my eye.

A Few Excellent New Titles