The Center for Biblical Studies Book Award
The Center for Biblical Studies is pleased to announce the following finalists for best books in Old Testament Studies in 2020 for the Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (listed in no particular order).
The winners in each category (Old Testament, New Testament, and Biblical Theology) will be announced on February 19 and the Center for Biblical Studies Book of the Year will be announced on February 22. We congratulate each of the authors for their outstanding work.
MAJOR WORKS
God’s Messiah in the Old Testament: Expectations of a Coming King
By Andrew T. Abernethy and Gregory Goswell
Published by Baker Academic
Understanding Old Testament Theology: Mapping the Terrain of Recent Approaches
By Brittany Kim and Charlie Trimm
Published by Zondervan Academic
The Problem of the Old Testament: Hermeneutical, Schematic & Theological Approaches
By Duane A. Garrett
Published by IVP Academic
War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible
By Jacob L. Wright
Published by Cambridge University Press
Advances in the Study of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic: New Insights for Reading the Old Testament
By Benjamin J. Noonan
Published by Zondervan Academic
Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters
By Sandra L. Richter
Published by IVP Academic
The God of the Old Testament: Encountering the Divine in Christian Scripture
By R. W. L. Moberly
Published by Baker Academic
Where Was the Biblical Red Sea?: Examining the Ancient Evidence
By Barry J. Beitzel
Published by Lexham Press
Seeking What is Right: The Old Testament and the Good Life
By Iain Provan
Edited by Miles V. Van Pelt
Published by Baylor University Press
The Solomonic Corpus of Wisdom and Its Influence
By Katharine J. Dell
Published by Oxford University Press
COMMENTARIES
The Book of Amos (The New International Commentary on the Old Testament)
By M. Daniel Carroll R.
Published by Eerdmans
Genesis (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Pentateuch)
By John Goldingay
Published by Baker Academic
Joel (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament)
By Joel Barker
Published by Zondervan Academic
Nahum (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament)
By Daniel C. Timmer
Published by Zondervan Academic
Ruth, Esther (The Story of God Bible Commentary)
By Marion Ann Taylor
Published by Zondervan
