Malachi, a prophet in times of despair

Malachi, a prophet in times of despairMalachi: A Prophet in Times of Despair connects the plight besetting the Jewish people of the prophets time and challenges facing modern Christians with words of hope and with the call to selfless obedience. Baruch Maoz surveys the Jewish communitys circumstances in Malachis time, the biblical books characteristics and its place in the Bible, exploring the text, passage by passage to draw out the riches of the prophets message, helping readers connect

Malachi: A Prophet in Times of Despair connects the plight besetting the Jewish people of the prophet’s time and challenges facing modern Christians with words of hope and with the call to selfless obedience. Baruch Maoz surveys the Jewish community’s circumstances in Malachi’s time, the biblical book’s characteristics and its place in the Bible, exploring the text, passage by passage to draw out the riches of the prophet’s message, helping readers connect that word to daily life. Christians interested in Jewish Christian insights of an often overlooked prophetic book and pastors seeking inspiration for preaching and teaching will find in Malachi: A Prophet in Times of Despair a helpful guide. Readers facing frustration, disappointment, marital stress, or spiritual malaise, will find that Malachi’s message shines on the dark places of life with God’s light and guidance.

Publisher: Founders
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781943539000

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Baruch Maoz served for thirty-three years as pastor of Grace and Truth Christian Congregation near Tel Aviv and field leader for Christian Witness to Israel. He is senior editor of the Modern Hebrew Bible, coeditor of the Annotated Hebrew New Testament, and founder and former coeditor of Mishkan: An International Theological Forum on Jewish Evangelism.

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This is an excellent, very readable commentary on the book of Malachi. I used it only as a resource to teach a Women's Bible Study at the local YMCA and found it exceptionally helpful. It was so good that I recommended that all of the women purchase it and even bought a number of copies for Christmas gifts. Baruch Maoz has provided his own excellent translation of Malachi and he has provided extremely helpful comments about the history, culture and background of the book. His unique insight into the history and culture is enhanced by his first-hand knowledge due to living and working in Israel for many years. It is extremely readable to one who knows little or nothing about Malachi yet it is also very helpful for those who have studied the book countless times. He has formatted the book so that it would be an outstanding basis for a Bible Study on Malachi. H. Martin