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Judges, Ruth (The NIV Application Commentary) Hardcover – February 1, 2002

by K. Lawson Younger (Author)
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The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.

To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:

  • Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
  • Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
  • Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.

This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.

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The concept of judgment is at odds with today's culture, which considers it a sin to suggest there is such a thing as sin. Perhaps that is partly because we have seen all too clearly the fallibility of those who judge. What many of us long for is not judgment but righteousness and deliverance from oppression. That is why the books of Judges and Ruth are so relevant today: Judges, because it reveals a God who employs very human deliverers but refuses to gloss over their sins and the consequences of those sins; and Ruth, because it demonstrates the far-reaching impact of a righteous character.

Exploring the links between the Bible and our own times, Dr. K. Lawson Younger Jr. shares literary perspectives on the books of Judges and Ruth that reveal ageless truths for our twenty-first-century lives.

Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. They focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable--but the job is only half done!

The NIV Application Commentary Series helps bring both halves of the interpretive task together. This unique, award-winning series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into our postmodern context. It explains not only what the Bible meant but also how it speaks powerfully today.

About the Author

K. Lawson Younger, Jr. (PhD, University of Sheffield) is professor of Old Testament, Semitic languages, and ancient near eastern history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author, associate editor, and coeditor of several books, and has contributed to numerous collections of essays, dictionaries adn periodicals.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zondervan Academic; 0002nd edition (February 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0310206367
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0310206361
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.98 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.49 inches
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K. Lawson Younger, Jr. (PhD, University of Sheffield) is professor of Old Testament, Semitic languages, and ancient near eastern history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author, associate editor, and co-editor of several books, and has contributed to numerous collections of essays, dictionaries, and periodicals.

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Ashley Foster
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The description said it was a used book. We received the book and it looked brand new. All the pages were intact and clean with nothing written on them. Couldn't have asked for a better item. Thanks again.
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J Simmons
5.0 out of 5 stars Commentary on Ruth
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2014
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I very much enjoyed the Ruth portion of this commentary (I did not read the Judges section.) The insight into the times of Ruth, the historical background of the relationship between the Israelites and Moabites added a new dimension to the book of Ruth. I enjoyed reading this commentary.
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Student Leuven Belgium
4.0 out of 5 stars interpretative and meditative, well done
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2006
From the evangelical OT scholar K.L.Younger, who edited the celebrated three volumes 'Context of Scripture' (a mine of archaeological evidence relevant for comparative studies), comes a very readable and illuminating volume on Judges and Ruth. Consulting this book regularly in preparing sermons you will feel that the people who 'screwed up' the times between the conquest of Israel and the monarchy are not unlike you. Lawson providing just the background issues you need, like information on warfare, meanings of odd phrases, old near eastern habits and the like. Thus he is able to go past these issues and past the very stories themselves so to make Judges and Ruth lively messages, dealing with timeless feelings of honour and distress little different from us and our private war campaigns. Whenever I'm working on Judges Lawson is around.
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Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource!
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2019
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This is a great commentary!
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A. Chou
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for teaching and personal study
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2012
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I used this to help prepare for SS teaching on the book of Ruth. It was extremely helpful. Additionally, there are pretty good sermons by Mark Driscoll and Voddie Bauchaum on Ruth. Interesting how each took different perspectives.
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Abby M
5.0 out of 5 stars Class & Personal Study
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018
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Interesting Read with valuable and intriguing research. Great one's own research and class text.
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Matthew W. Giesman
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Commentary
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2010
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In-depth. Analysis of original languages. Structural outlines. Practical Applications. Scholarly and pastoral emphases. Footnotes if you wanna be detailed, but it doesn't bog down the main text. This and Ralph Davis are my two go-to commentaries for Judges right now.

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Andris Peselis
4.0 out of 5 stars Commenting Judges
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2007
There we can find some good ideas for application, but very dissapointing are sections for contemporary significance. Many of them are so short and it seems they are unfinished. I give four stars for book, but three for contemporary significance.
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