Ellens Deborah L. Ellens & Kalimi Isaac Kalimi 
God’s Word for Our World, Vol. 2 [PDF ebook] 

This two-volume work in biblical studies is a commemorative presentation to Simon John De Vries, noted Old Testament Scholar. Volume two encompasses the worldviews of the Bible for Jews and Christians, the Holiness of God, Psalms in LXX, similarities in ancient Near Eastern narrative and Hebrew Bible, the Bible in the cultural settings of ancient Rome, Middle Ages, Oriental theologies, and contemporary cultural imperatives, and the function of biblical metaphors.