Filling a notable gap in scholarship on 2 Peter and Jude, Peter Davids artfully unpacks these two neglected but fascinating epistles that deal with the confrontation between the Greco-Roman world and the burgeoning first-century Jesus communities. Davids firmly grasps the overall structure of these oft-maligned epistles and presents a strong case for 2 Peter and Jude as coherent, consistent doc…
1 Peter has a message for Christians of every time and place. Its three main themes are particularly relevant to the present day. When scientific achievement, the welfare state, and dialectical materialism combine to make our century too worldly-minded, 1 Peter recalls us to the heavenly and eternal outlook, and reminds us we are but strangers and pilgrims here. Similarly, when relief from phys…
Tydale New Testament Commenteries contains The Second Epistle of Peter and the epistle of Jude and also book 18.
Tydale New Testament Commenteries contains The Letter of James and also book 16.
"This study examines the association of 'implanted logos' and the 'perfect law of freedom' in the Letter of James. It argues that James understands the Torah to be a written expression of the divine law the Stoics correlated with human reason. After showing how past interpretation of James's 'logos' has been guided by a problematic essentialist approach to Christian origins, the Stoic theory of…
(Revised and updated edition) A classic tool revised for a new generation of pastors and students of the Bible, A. T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament identifies connotations and pictorial nuances often lost in the translation of New Testament words. This widely referenced, classic tool features a new page header system, true Greek, updated translations, Americanized spellings, im…
Translation in modern English with commentary.
In this carefully crafted commentary, Peter O'Brien distinctively harvests the results of recent scholarship on the letter to the Hebrews, especially in relation to the genre of the document and the flow of its discourse. O'Brien views this letter as a "word of exhortation"--A homily or sermon that skillfully interweaves exposition and exhortation, encouraging faithful perseverance in the light…