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God's Unfaithful Wife: A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Adultery (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

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This book has given me a fresh perspective from which to view the OT. I think it also gives new understanding to the Song of Songs. This book has been an eye opener into how to read the OT, as he traces Israel's adultery, from Scripture, throughout the OT. This work provides another means of viewing our own bondage to sin, and how marvelous is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving us from it. Ortlund's knowledge of Hebrew is impressive, which I expected, and his in-depth study, exploring Hebrew syntax and grammar, BHS, the Talmud, Vulgate and LXX in his exegesis is very helpful in my own study. Thank you sir. I highly recommend this work.

when I first jumped into this book I asked myself why change the name from the original. This book is so compelling on many levels. If you're looking for a great source of material in the background of spiritual adultery Ray Ortlunds God's Unfaithful Wife ( Whoredom ) is a must read

An excellent book, I have recently started exploring the Old Testament and find this book does very well exploring the prophetic image of recurring and abusive unrepentant adultery as a metaphor for the practice of idolatry which so many Christians have difficulty resisting. When viewing the New Testament as the Old Testament Prophesy fulfilled, the books referred to in this work make the New Testament even richer.

Compared to feminist crtiques of Hosea and the other prophetic literature that uses this imagery, this book is a welcome traditionalist reading of the text.