Female Piety in Puritan New England

Female Piety in Puritan New England
Author: Amanda Porterfield
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1992
Genre: Christian women
ISBN: 0195068211

This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals and established the standards against which the moral character of real women was measured.

Ecclesiastes (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms)

Ecclesiastes (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms)
Author: Craig G. Bartholomew
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441205071

Respected Old Testament scholar Craig Bartholomew, coauthor of the well-received Drama of Scripture, provides a careful exegetical reading of Ecclesiastes in this addition to the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms series. Along with helpful translation and commentary, Ecclesiastes considers the theological implications of the text and its literary, historical, and grammatical dimensions. Footnotes deal with many of the technical matters, allowing readers of varying levels of interest and training to read and profit from the commentary and to engage the biblical text at an appropriate level. Pastors, teachers, and all serious students of the Bible will find here an accessible commentary that will serve as an excellent resource for their study.