Contributors to Volume 12 are: Leon Morris (Hebrews), Donald W. Burdick (James), Edwin A. Blum (1 & 2 Peter and Jude), Glenn W. Barker (1, 2, & 3 John), and Alan F. Johnson (Revelation).
Tydale New Testament Commenteries contains The Letter to the Hebrewand also book 15.
These commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text actually says and what it means. The introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of questions of authorship and date. This is helpful to the general reader by showing the original setting and purpose of the book. It is also invaluable for students and teachers wanting an informed treatm…
The words which crystallize the letter for me are the two little monosyllables su de (but as for you), which occur four times. Timothy is called to be different. He is not to yield to the pressures of public opinion or conform to the spirit of his age, but rather to stand firm in the truth and the righteousness of God. - Preface.
The Johannine Epistles are today read as an important part of the Johannine literature. Yet the meaning of the text is often unclear. Part of the problem arises because, although 1 John is called an Epistle, it lacks the formal marks of an Epistle. In 1, 2, and 3 John, John Painter illuminates the relationship 1, 2, and 3 John have to each other and to the Gospel. Painter explains the historica…
One in an ongoing series of esteemed and popular Bible commentary volumes based on the New International Version text.