Ronald J Clements

AutobiographyThis is the story of Archie and Maggie Watters, who left Scotland in 1914, just after World War 1 began. Never having left the United Kingdom before, they sailed to India. Their story begins in Scotland in 1887 and gives a fascinating insight into the social history of Scottish mining c...

The World of Ancient Israel is especially concerned to explore in greater depth than comparable studies the areas and degrees of overlap between approaches to the subject of Old Testament research adopted by scholars and students of theology and the social sciences. Increasing numbers of scholars ha...

Dr Clements' volume, like others in the series, contains the text in the New English Bible translation, divided into sections, with introductory material preceding, and a commentary directly following each section of the text. Dr Clements discusses the content and historical background of the book, ...

The book of Ezekiel was written during a tumultuous time in Israel's history. It follows a period that began with Ezekiel's warning of Jerusalem's fall and his prediction of the destruction of the temple--a sanctuary regarded as so holy that its destruction was unimaginable. The period continues wit...

Joan Wales had been in China for just a few months when she was forced to leave. But she had not wasted her time. Joan had spent years trying to get to China. War and family problems had hampered her progress, and she wondered if God even wanted her there. After finally reaching Zhajoue, Joan felt t...

Steve and his classmates at the Chefoo school in China--for the most part the children of missionaries--were interned in 1942. Resentment of the Japanese, particularly the brutal prison guards, became a way of life. Eric Liddell, by then a missionary and fellow internee, and a hero to the boy, charg...

This critical assessment of the book of Jeremiah enables the reader to rediscover many of the most profound and relevant features of Jeremiah's message and of the agonies and fears of those to whom it was first given. The picture that emerges of the prophet is an intensely moving one, often at varia...