Featuring new content and translation, Reid's analysis of Esther is designed to help pastors, students, and laypeople understand what the text says and what it means for us today. Her section-by-section commentary considers historical context; canonical, literary, and textual issues; and theology and purpose. 168 Pages. Softcover from InterVarsity.

The Tyndale series of commentaries takes each Bible book section by section, drawing out its main themes. It comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional notes give a fuller discussion of particular difficulties, showing the true meaning of the text and its message.

Debra Reid is Director of Open Learning at Spurgeons's College, London.

The place: Persia. The time: fifth-century BC. The Jews were threatened with genocide. A decree ordered the extermination of young and old, women and children. The book of Esther describes how this crisis was averted through the bravery of Esther, the wisdom of Mordecai and the unity of the Jewish people. Debra Reid's approachable commentary helps us see even more clearly in the book of Esther the God who quietly --and sometimes unexpectedly-- works behind the scenes to order the events of our lives. This completely new volume replaces the previous editon of Esther in the Tyndale Commentary series written by Joyce Baldwin.

Debra Reid is director of open learning at Spurgeons College, London. She is the author of and in the Crossway Bible Guides, a contributor to several reference works, and has been involved in the publication of a variety of Bible editions and new translations.

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