A Companion to the Old Testament Writings: Volume 3 of Three

The Jews divided their sacred writ into three sections—the Torah and Histories; the Prophecies; and the Writings. This book is about the writings—Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel. Their content constitutes in a special way God’s Word for our times. This is a companion to one’s reading of the Bible. For each book there is an introduction, a section on “history and setting”; then, “Looking at the Text,” “Eternal Truths in this b...