{"id":4437,"date":"2014-12-29T17:42:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T21:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2014-12-29T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T21:43:17","slug":"best-new-bible-reference-works-in-the-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=4437","title":{"rendered":"Best New Bible Reference Works in the Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year I survey the new works of Bible reference (commentaries, etc.) for Preaching Magazine. Though I have mentioned it previously, with the end of year lists, it seemed a good time to post a<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1udnNf7\"> link to this year&#8217;s article<\/a>. The article runs from summer to summer so Fall 2013 to Summer 2014 is represented here. I hope this is helpful in making decisions about resources to help in your preparation for preaching and teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Here were my top 5 picks from the group (discussion of them can be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1udnNf7\">the article<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">N.T. Wright,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1xuwLce\"><em style=\"color: #000000;\">The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential<\/em><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Harper One).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bruce Waltke, James Houston, and Erika Moore,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1vDahQ1\"><em style=\"color: #000000;\">The Psalms as Christian Lament: A Historical Commentary<\/em><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1vDahQ1\">\u00a0<\/a>(Eerdmans)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dale Ralph Davis,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1wwR5CP\"><em style=\"color: #000000;\">The Message of Daniel<\/em><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(BST; IVP)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Craig Keener,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1y2b2In\"><em style=\"color: #000000;\">Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, vol. 2 [3:1-14:28]<\/em><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1y2b2In\">\u00a0(<\/a>Baker)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christopher Ash,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1BfzW55\"><em style=\"color: #000000;\">Job: The Wisdom of the Cross<\/em><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Preaching the Word Series; Crossway)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year I survey the new works of Bible reference (commentaries, etc.) for Preaching Magazine. Though I have mentioned it previously, with the end of year lists, it seemed a good time to post a link to this year&#8217;s article. The article runs from summer to summer so Fall 2013 to Summer 2014 is represented &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=4437\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Best New Bible Reference Works in the Last Year&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[241,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4438,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437\/revisions\/4438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}