Women's Evangelical Commentary: Old Testament

Dorothy Kelley Patterson · Rhonda Harrington Kelley

Jun 2011 · B&H Publishing Group

About this ebook

The Women's Evangelical Commentary: Old Testament is a Bible commentay written and edited by women for women. While other commentaries take an egalitarian view of the relationship between men and women, the editors and writers of this commentary believe the complementarian view of the relationship between men and women most accurately interprets God’s intent as expressed in Scripture. Features include: 

• Introductory background (author, recipients, setting, outline, themes) 

• Verse-by-verse exposition, giving special attention to passages of interest to women without sidestepping difficult-to-interpret passages 

• Charts, maps, and word studies 

• Character sketches of women in the Old Testament 

• Pronunciation guide for difficult proper names 

• Archaeological notes 

• Featured articles on topics of interest to women 

• Devotional insights and inspirational notes 

• Suggested bibliography for further study

About the author

Dorothy Kelley Patterson is professor of Theology in Women’s Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas. She is a homemaker, popular speaker, and successful writer, editor, and compiler of numerous books including A Handbook for Ministers' Wives, The Family, BeAttitudes for Women, and Touched by Greatness: Women in the Life of Moses. Patterson is coeditor of the Old Testament and New Testament volumes of the Women’s Evangelical Commentary. Her husband Paige is president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Rhonda Harrington Kelley received her Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of New Orleans and serves as the President's Wife and Adjunct Professor of Women’s Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, LA. She is a frequent speaker for women as well as the author of numerous books and coeditor of the Old Testament and New Testament volumes of the Women’s Evangelical Commentary. Her husband Chuck is the president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.