Joshua – 2 Chronicles
Biblia Americana. America's First Bible Commentary. A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Volume 3
By (author) Cotton Mather Edited by Kenneth P. Minkema
Hardback (Unspecified)
(December 2013)
ISBN: 9783161524370
6.77 x 9.69 inches
Price: $40.00
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The third volume of the Biblia Americana contains some 1250 of Mather’s “illustrations,” as he called them, on the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. These entries reveal Mather as a sacred historian, marshaling an array of approaches and disciplines to illuminate and defend the Scripture accounts. He revisits certain themes throughout such as idols and idolatry, parallels between the Hebrew Bible and the history and mythology of “pagan” cultures, and typological significations of events and characters.
The third volume of the Biblia Americana contains some 1250 of Mather’s “illustrations,” as he called them, on the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. These entries reveal Mather as a sacred historian, marshaling an array of approaches and disciplines to illuminate and defend the Scripture accounts. He revisits certain themes throughout such as idols and idolatry, parallels between the Hebrew Bible and the history and mythology of “pagan” cultures, and typological significations of events and characters. Other topics warranted sustained attention in a long entry or a series of entries, such as accounts of when the sun stood still; human sacrifice, as instanced in Jephthah’s vow, the building, running, and destruction of Solomon’s Temple, the nature of prophecy, the dispersion of the Israelites in captivity, and the timing of their eventual return.
- By (author) Cotton Mather
- Edited by Kenneth P. Minkema
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Romans – Philemon
Biblia Americana. America's First Bible Commentary. A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Volume 9
Volume 9
Proverbs – Jeremiah
Biblia Americana. America's First Bible Commentary. A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Volume 5
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Ezra – Psalms
Biblia Americana. America's First Bible Commentary. A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Volume 4
Volume 4
Genesis
Biblia Americana. America's First Bible Commentary. A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Volume 1
Volume 1
Hebrews – Revelation
Biblia Americana. America's First Bible Commentary. A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Volume 10
Volume 10
Exodus – Deuteronomy
Biblia Americana. America's First Bible Commentary. A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Volume 2
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