Stephen Dray

1.

Judges & Ruth - Focus on the Bible

~ Stephen Dray

In the lawless period of the history of Israel between the invasion of Canaan and the establishment of the Monarchy there existed military leaders, national heroes called the 'Judges'. The lesson of the book of Judges is that... read more

1.

Jeremiah Volume 1 (Chapters 1-20)
"John L. Mackay's commentary on Jeremiah is a first class explanation of the prophet... It is certain to become the first 'port of call' in my studies of the book,... he has the ability to uncover the significance of the original message in such a way as to leave the application (almost) transparent."

2.

Exodus
"A tour de force of conservative evangelical exposition. Massively researched, painstakingly explained, theologically nuanced, reliably expounded, simply expressed and sensitivly applied; this volume will be of considerable value to all preachers and Bible students. For accessible and scholarly comment Mackay's work should quickly become the standard evangelical work on the Book of Exodus."

3.

Rethinking Genesis
"An original and stimulating discussion which provides a measured critique of the "assured results of higher criticism" but, from a conservative evangelical perspective, seeks to determine the sources that lie behind Genesis. Drawing especially upon insights from form criticism and structuralism the author offers a constructive analysis of possible literary origins."

4.

Jeremiah Volume 2 (Chapters 21-52)
"...a first class explanation of the prophet from a staunchly and well-argued conservative and grammatico-historical perspective. It is certain to become the first ‘port of call' in my studies of the book"