Daily Study Bible Series: Genesis, Volume 1

by John C. L. Gibson

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 1981

Overview

The Daily Study Bible Series: Genesis, Volume 1 The complete Daily Study Bible—Old Testament follows the brilliant pattern of William Barclay's popular Daily Study Bible—New Testament. Written by accomplished interpreters of the OT, these volumes combine the depth of scholarship, the critical style, and the grace that characterized Barclay's writing.

Contents

Top Highlights

“That message is the sovereignty of God. Because he created the world it belongs to him and he decides everything that happens in it.” (Page 5)

“We can start by admitting that if we are absolutely dependent on God as sovereign Lord of the world, then by definition he is absolutely independent of us.” (Pages 19–20)

“Divested of its historical trappings, the deepest lesson of the Flood story is not that the wicked are going to be destroyed and that only the righteous will be saved. It is, in the words of the apostle (1 Pet. 4:18)—quoting a verse from Proverbs, but in the Septuagint version—that even the righteous are scarcely saved (AV).” (Page 193)

“the very salutary theological lesson that only a hair’s breadth separates God’s justice and his mercy.” (Page 193)

“Sin is then first of all disobedience of God. It is doing what we know he wants us not to do, and” (Page 124)

Product Details

• Title: Genesis, Volume 1
• Author: John C. L. Gibson
• Series: Daily Study Bible Series
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 1981
• Logos Release Date: 2001
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Genesis › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:29.6.9
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-09T22:47:07Z