Well worth the time. I highly recommend this book

The Wisdom of Solomon at Work was an easy, enjoyable read that stimulated the mind with ancient Biblical stories and applied those stories to rea-life management issues in business.

One of the most interesting components of this book is that all of the authors come from different religious backgrounds (Protestant, Catholic and Jewish). All three united in telling some of the wonderful Old Testament stories of Ruth, Job, Moses, David and Solomon and gave examples of witnesses that used these teachings to improve a workplace.

I thought the book was insightful for those Christians who search for methods to apply their faith in their workplace. Whether you are a Christian or an atheist, this book provides wonderful illustrations of how to become a better manager.

Give it a try and enjoy learning about our God and principles in management.

This one-volume commentary is written from the REFORMED point of view. The authors are established scholars who hold completely to the fundamentals of the Christian faith. It is not a devotional commentary, rather, it focuses on understanding what the Bible says and means, leaving it up to the reader to apply this to life today.

The one thought that captured my thinking: God knows my child. Each one. He designed her, He shaped him. But as a parent, I need help in understanding this concept and each child. Dr. Swindoll's book is the help I needed to put into practice with our three children. By Biblical examples and thoughtful processing found in this book, I became a better, more sensitive dad. It's as if Dr. Swindoll knows my children, too. Now, I'm buying this book for my two married children who are both expecting babies soon. A book well worth reading, and passing on to my own grown kids.

If you are a lover of great literature of any kind - pick this up and start reading! What's your favorite style? You'll find it in the Bible - romance, poetry, tragedy, action, intrigue, narrative, parables, miraculous events...on and on and the best part is that it is all true. I have found that most people who "do not believe" the Bible is truthful have not read or investigated it for themselves but are merely echoing popular sentiment held by the majority of those in the liberal media and entertainment industries.

If you are ready to investigate and learn, then I believe that this is probably the best study Bible available. Ryrie's commentary is outstanding and presents notes as to what the verses or the text is trying to communicate. In some cases, different commonly held understandings of the passage will be given.

Ryrie also presents "A Synopsis of Bible Doctrine" that is easy to understand and essential for any new or old Christian or non-Christian who may be unfamilar with Christian beliefs (essential doctrine). Ryrie provides information regarding the "End Times" (Revelation period, end of the world, Left Behind time frame) that presents are fair accounting of the differing understandings and beliefs held by the Premillennialists, Postmillennialists, and the Amillennialists are. Also included are sections on the meaning of salavtion, archaelogy, and church history. I find this to be an excellent translation with an abundance of helpful, easily comprehended material that adds to our understanding of the Bible text itself.

A MUST read!!!

The Ryrie NEW AMERICAN STANDARD is the MOST ACCURATE English Bible that we have available to us to date. It is an excellent study Bible with a good concordance and much more. The most important feature of this Bible is that it is a "word-for-word" translation of the original manuscripts. It is easy to read, clear, and concise. Also, there are maps, word descriptions, references to historical events, and records that concur and validate the Word.

The study Bible is simply one of the best on the market. The running commentary is outstanding as Charles Ryrie tries to present fair and balanced notes as to what the verses or the text is trying to communicate. On some passages, such as Genesis 6, he will provide serval diferent understandings of the passage, giving a broad education to the reader.

"A Synopsis of Bible Doctrine" is this study bible's strongest suite. It is easy to understand and would be a plus for any new Christian who is unfamilar with Christian doctrine. Except for a couple of places, Ryrie tries to present an objective look at doctrines. The section "The Doctrine of Future Things" is really good considering that Ryrie was dispensationalist, yet, he provides a quick refernce for all the major views: Pre-,Post-, and A-, millennialists are described.

There are other sections which make this study Bible the standard which others should be measured: Sections on the meaning of salavtion, archaelogy, and church history are easy to read and yet very informative.

Simply the study Bible that set the standard for others to follow.

I really wanted to give this book 5 stars with every1 else but felt the author should have prepared his readers with the fact LOTS of info was to b covered. I'll have 2 read this book 2 or 3 times before I can say I totally understand the authors theories and insight. LOTS of cross-refrencing and math here I would not recomend this book for the new believer as the person would only get confused with information overload. I do feel it's a GREAT book but will have to read it 2 or 3 more times to really get it.

This book covers more than simply Biblical Prophecies that are being fulfilled. It covers MUCH more than that.

It's a VERY good read. I recommend it to anyone that wants to read a good book. Christian, Non-Christian, interested in End Times or not. Read this book and have a good time doing so. It's not hard to do at all.

If you ever purchased a book other than the Holy Bible....purchase this one. It will tear down all those sacred cows of religion and give you the truth. It is a last warning...and I do mean a last warning to escape the wrath coming upon the Earth.

I've just finished reading this book and it's Pellegrino at his best - and that's The Best. Period.

All I can add to the other reviews is a personal comment: I wish every human on earth could read this book and understand it. Then we might finally have a common language, and some hope. If that sounds like overstating the case, consider that this book successfully takes on the task of illuminating life's greatest - and, at this juncture in history, most pressing - mysteries.

If that's not enough for you, it also contains several moments of laughing-out-loud humor.

The only thing I could find wrong with this book: a few minor editorial lapses (mostly things like repetition of previously-disclosed information, in footnotes) which are completely forgivable, considering how rich and complex the structure is. If I'd been editing it, I'd have been too dazzled to notice things like that myself.

Pellegrino is an international treasure. With a sense of humor.

Wow.

Without exagerating, this is simply the most amazing book that I have ever read. I can honestly say that this book has changed my life. It will completely re-form your perspectives on history, humanity, the planet earth, the universe and our future. Although wordy at times, the many revelations contained will simply astound you. The soul of Leonardo lives on in Charles Pellegrino! Keep writing Charles!

In what reads as a detailed screenplay from the pages of archaeological adventure, Mr. Pellegrino proves to us how he rightfully earned the moniker that was so casually bestowed upon Harrison Ford. I am impressed by the scope of expertise this paleontologist turned physicist turned archaeologist commands as he brings evidence both scientific and biblical in a quest fit for the cinema, that of locating the legendary cities of the title. His book enthralled this rocket scientist and would-be archaeologist from the dedication page all the way to the author's biography in the back. Well worth a read (and a re-read)

Without a doubt the most complete study of Biblical Hebrew I have run across in my 18 years of study. Complete, concise and clear definitions with references to scripture search as well. Cross references with Strongs Concordance so even if you don't know Hebrew you can find your word or passage in Strongs and then look for Strongs reference number at the back of BDB Lexicon to find the page for your word within the Lexicon. Will open a entire new world of study for the serious student of Hebrew.

I've found it difficult to find a good quality Hebrew and English Lexicon that doesn't require previous knowledge of Hebrew. This user friendly lexicon makes it easy to look up any biblical Hebrew word and get the meaning behind the word.

When I first picked this book up I was intimidated because it was full of Hebrew letters and looked more advanced than it really was. This lexicon can be used by novices like me who don't know Hebrew, but can be useful to those who do know it too. This book uses Strong's numbers so it maximizes what Strong's can do.

I am glad that I purchased this lexicon. It has served me very well in my study of the Hebrew language and how it is used in the Old Testament. This book can be useful to any bible student or anybody who studies the Old Testament.

This is a wonderful resource for a student of Biblical Hebrew. I used it all the time in college and couldn't have gotten through my Hebrew classes without it. Make sure you get the index by Bruce Einspahr too.

This is my third Swindoll book. And my favorite. In this excellent book, Swindoll shows that you can step above mediocrity, you can do better and most of all, it's God's desire for you to have all that you want. All you have to do is go for it.I also recommend Business Buy the Bible as a excellent succcess book based on scriptures and biblical principles.I look forward to more books by Swindoll. Easy read and inspiring.

Swindoll is certainly one of the most articulate and intelligent preachers of the times. This book is certainly an eye-opener of what God has intended for his children.

Living Above the Level of Mediocrity is yet another fantastic title by Charles Swindoll. The gist of this book is the need for us to live above the level of just doing enough to get by.

Among the many principles Swindoll covers are:

1. Encouragements for standing tall.
2. Problems with the world's system.
3. Be willing to minister to others out of the limelight.
4. Soaring takes effort and requires eliminating negativity.
5. Following Christ will cost us relationships, possessions, and personal goals/desires.
6. Characteristics of people who positively impact others.
7. Defining vision, determination, and dreaming.
8. Observations about conformity to other people's standards.

Read it and be encouraged to soar like an eagle!

This book presents the Septuagint (LXX) in parallel columns of Greek and an English translation. If you cannot read Greek, then the English translation is available for you to use. If you can read Greek, then the English is available to help clarify things when the torturous LXX Greek seems overwhelming.

The New Testament authors largely used the LXX whenever they quoted the Old Testament, and it sometimes differs from our Hebrew text. It seeded the theological language of the early church and the New Testament in a more fundamental way than even the King James Bible has for the English speaking theology of today.

To fully understand the New Testament, we must familiarize ourselves with the LXX. For example, the NT authors primarily used two words for the Church, "ecclesia" and "synagoge." These words were used almost exclusively in the OT for Israel. The NT authors' usage of these words can only mean that the Church and Israel are the same in their minds. I am an evangelical, but this fact challenges fundamentally some of the dominant teachings of our churches. Without the LXX, I would not have understood much NT doctrine. This includes far more than beliefs about the Church. Work through it and discover the others for yourself.

That said, this book suffers from some fatal flaws. First, it divides the Apocryphal books from the rest of the books, and it does so with the Apocryphal portions of accepted OT books. The early Church did not look at them this way. While the Apocryphal portions of Daniel do not exist in our modern Protestant Bibles, most of the early Church read them without any indication that they were different. The division is artificial and changes the reading for us and polluting our studies in the LXX.

It also does not document well where the text came from. If you are curious what manuscripts Brenton got his information from, you won't find it in the book. The textual apparatus is short and does not list many variant readings.

With those flaws, I almost gave it three stars, but the value of the LXX in general forces it to have no less than four stars. If you are serious about learning the Bible, then you must study the LXX. It will enrich every area of study you embark on.

Having several members of my family involved with the Jehovah's Witnesses, and having had many religious discussions with them, I recognize your comments as those of a member of the Watchtower Society.

I would like to point out the double standard you manifest in your comments. With regard to Brenton translating the tetragram (YHWH) as "the Lord", you said:

---- "Brenton, as a translator, should have acknowledged the seriousness of producing a Bible translation, translating Hebrew into Greek with utmost dignity and respect..." ----

and:

---- "Displaying a religiously biased style, it is evident that Brenton had no intention of making the true thoughts and ideas that the scriptures were meant to convey available for the reader." ----

I wish to draw your attention to the fact that the Watchtower Society, in their own 'New World Translation' bible, inserted the name "Jehovah" into the inspired New Testament text 237 times when in fact it is not found even once in any Greek NT manuscript available today.

By altering the original reading of the Greek text, did the Watchtower Society translate "with utmost dignity and respect"? They did not.

In fact, they demonstrated a "religiously biased style".

It is also evident that they "had no intention of making the true thoughts and ideas that the scriptures were meant to convey available for the reader".

I don't know how the subject of the Jehovah's Witnesses or the New World Translation have entered into the discussion of the LXX, but a few thoughts should be brought out in the open. The Divine Name is in all known copies of the Septuagint before the middle of the second century. The first-century copies of Theodotion and Aquila have it. I cannot think of a single Greek translation before the middle of the second century that does not have a form of either the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) or the Greek transliteration IAW. "We know that the the Greek Bible text [the Septuagint] as far as it was written by Jews for Jews did not translate the Divine Name by Kyrios, but the Tetragrammaton written with Hebrew or Greek letters was retained in such MSS. It was the Christians who replaced the Tetragrammaton by Kyrios, when the divine name written in Hebrew letters was not understood anymore". (Dr. P. Kahle, The Cairo Geniza, Oxford, 1959, p.222) "The removal of the Tetragrammaton from the New Testament and its replacement with the surrogates KYRIOS and THEOS blurred the original distinction between the Lord God and the Lord Christ, and in many passages made it impossible which one was meant. ..Once the Tetragrammaton was removed and replaced by the surrogate 'Lord', scribes were unsure whether "lord" meant God or Christ. As time went on, these two figures were brought into even closer unity until it was often impossible to distinguish between them. Thus it may be that the removal of the Tetragrammaton contributed significantly to the later Christological and Trinitarian debates which plagued the church of the early Christian centuries." George Howard, The Name of God in the New Testament. The NWT was certainly not the first, nor the last to restore the Divine Name to the NT. In fact, the oldest NT mss I own is Shem Tov's Matthew (1385 AD), and it contains the Name. Perhaps a little more education and a little less bigotry will go a long way to appreciating a Bible with the fullest potential for accuracy...and yes, buy Brenton's LXX, as it is a must for Bible students. Feel free to write to me at (email address)