{"id":468,"date":"2017-02-21T22:59:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T05:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=468"},"modified":"2018-09-05T21:14:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T04:14:24","slug":"my-recommendations-book-of-the-week-february-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"My Recommendations: Book of the Week, February 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"468\" class=\"elementor elementor-468 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ec80b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ec80b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f2ecf4\" data-id=\"1f2ecf4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0481e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0481e9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0310255724\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0310255724&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=drba-20&amp;linkId=531752d09c885d32ba4744db46330ab0\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=0310255724&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=drba-20\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-106b1bd\" data-id=\"106b1bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b1ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14b1ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you looking for the best reference work for obtaining book-by-book, chapter-by-chapter Bible background information for history, geography, archaeology, and culture? I highly recommend <strong>Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary<\/strong>&nbsp;(5-volume&nbsp;set) for the Old Testament edited by John H. Walton. Top-notch&nbsp;Old Testament scholars who contributed to this set include:\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Numbers<\/strong>, R. Dennis Cole<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Deuteronomy<\/strong>, Eugene E. Carpenter<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Joshua<\/strong>, Richard S. Hess<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Judges<\/strong>, Daniel I. Block<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>1 &amp; 2 Samuel<\/strong>, V. Philips Long<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>2 Chronicles<\/strong>, Frederick J. Mabie<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Ezra and Nehemiah<\/strong>, Edwin M. Yamauchi<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Esther<\/strong>, Anthony Tomasino<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Isaiah<\/strong>, David W. Baker<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Joel<\/strong> and <strong>Zephaniah<\/strong>, Mark W. Chavalas<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Obadiah<\/strong> and <strong>Nahum<\/strong>, Alan R. Millard<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Habakkuk<\/strong>, Victor H. Matthews<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Malachi<\/strong>, Andrew E. Hill<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Ecclesiastes<\/strong> and <strong>Song of Solomon<\/strong>, Duane Garrett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Click on picture for link.<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b33ea25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b33ea25\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a94d64\" data-id=\"4a94d64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c51cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04c51cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/what-books-do-you-recommend-most-highly\/\"><strong>What Books Do You Recommend Most Highly?<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"\/dr-barricks-books\/\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Link&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"\/recommendations\">Recommendations page<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ceac3dd\" data-id=\"ceac3dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cd684d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cd684d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/books-ive-endorsed\/\"><strong>Books I&#8217;ve Endorsed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"\/dr-barricks-books\/\">Dr. Barrick&#8217;s Books<\/a>&nbsp;or <a href=\"\/my-publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for the best reference work for obtaining book-by-book, chapter-by-chapter Bible background information for history, geography, archaeology, and culture? 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