I taught a Bible survey class that used this book. While I wasn’t the one who chose it for the curriculum, I eventually grew to admire and love it. Students with no Bible background, and students with an extensive background all read it and were able to take in the big picture of the Biblical story. After a while I came around to believing it’s one of the finest introductions to the overall story of Scripture that there is.

This book came out last year, and not to very much fanfare. However, I would recommend this book as an excellent model of how to write for an average Christian in a way that takes them to the gospel through something as simple as the words of God in Numbers 6:24-25. Glodo’s dwelling on the meaning of the face of God, his meditation on what it means for God’s face to shine upon us… it’s just a blessing. This book is good food for anyone – either beginner or advanced. I wish more would hear about it and read it.

Both of these edited volumes from my alma mater cover each book of the Old and New Testament from a biblical-theological perspective. If someone didn’t know much about biblical theology but was committed to studying it, I think these books together would end up being an absolute gold mine. They also double as an excellent overview of every book of the Bible.

Both of these edited volumes from my alma mater cover each book of the Old and New Testament from a biblical-theological perspective. If someone didn’t know much about biblical theology but was committed to studying it, I think these books together would end up being an absolute gold mine. They also double as an excellent overview of every book of the Bible.

A good friend of mine was told, when starting seminary that this would be his most used commentary. On that basis, I purchased this book and found it to be true. This book is essentially a commentary on every verse in the New Testament that quotes the Old Testament. The commentary includes discussion of the original OT context, and of how the way it is used impacts how we might understand the NT passage. This is incredibly rich. I think if an average Christian purchased this book and kept it handy for their Bible reading, they would find it very usable and would take them into deeper places.

A companion volume to the Commentary on the NT Use of the OT, this dictionary includes surveys of biblical books and how they are used throughout the rest of Scripture, essays on the topic of biblical theology, and other essays relating to a variety of relevant topics. In essence this dictionary is like a one-stop shop for biblical theological study. If I had to pick, I would purchase the Commentary before purchasing the dictionary, but they are both rich treasures.