b'COMMENTARIES AND ORIGINAL LANGUAGE RESOURCESECCLESIASTES AND SONG OF SONGSA Commentary for Biblical Preaching and TeachingJORDAN W. JONES & CHRISTOPHER PASCARELLAKerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the main message in a biblical text.Each volume uniquely combines the insights of an experienced Bible exegete(trainedininterpretation)andahomiletician(trainedin preaching). These two authors work together to explain the essen-tial message for the original listeners or readers, unpack its timeless truth, and then provide a contemporary restatement and communi-cation insights for the key biblical concept. Every book is a resource designed and written with the real needs of the pastor and teacher always in view, providing many ways to creatively express the princi-pal thought in a biblical passage.Authors Jordan W. Jones and Christopher R. Pascarella demon-strate how Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs fit alongside other Old Testament wisdom literature. Ecclesiastes echoes the familiar bibli-cal teaching on the eternality of God and the future judgment being a source of comfort in the face of stark realities acutely familiar to believers today. Song of Songs elevates the place of love and sexual intimacy in marriage relationships and serves as an analogy for other typesofrelationships,particularlytherelationshipbetweenGod and his people. Jones and Pascarella guide teachers and preachers to see how the holy disillusion of Ecclesiastes and the overflowing love in Song of Songs interact with other biblical teachings to present a coherent approach to life and love.Based on the Big Idea preaching model, Kerux enhances the read-ers ability to deliver a message that is biblical, cohesive, and dynamic.Jordan W. Jones (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is an assistant pro-fessor of biblical studies at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia. Specializing in biblical Hebrew and wisdom literature, he has authored She Opens Her Hand to the Poor: Gestures and Social Values in Proverbs.Christopher Pascarella (DMin, Southern Baptist Theological Semi-nary) is a pastor at Lincroft Bible Church in New Jersey. He wrote his doctoral project on a biblical theology of the covenants.KREGELA C A D E M I C RELATED TITLES978-0-8254-2564-6$34.99 Psalms, Vol. 1: TheThe Psalms: Hardcover7.5 x 9.25360 pages Wisdom PsalmsJesuss Prayer Book (Kerux) (4 vols.)RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / 978-0-8254-5846-0978-0-8254-4755-6 Poetry & Wisdom Literature $27.99 $89.99Kregel MinistryRights: WorldNovember 12, 2024kregel.com/academic25'