Insights series: short, simple and deeply insightful--Barclay"s guides bring the stories and key themes of the Bible vividly to life, setting the scene in fascinating context of place, culture and time. "The William Barclay commentaries are absolutely fantastic and I wouldn"t give up my set for anything." Steve Chalke "It is as if he is so constantly excited by the subject matter that he hopes to infect the reader with his own sense of wonder at the riches which the Word of God has to offer." John Bell