The Bible was not written for our information but for our transformstion. It is not a quarry to find stones with which to batter others but to find the rock on which to build the church.
The commentaries adhere to the same chief principle of grammatico-historical interpretation that drove the first edition.
The theological stance of this commentary series remains unchanged ; the autors are committed to the divine inspiration, complete trustworthiness, and full authority of the Bible.
The book of Proverbs is a marvelous collection of wise sayings and instructions for living a useful and effective life.
The book of Daniel is one of the most contested books in OT scholarship. Issues of historical and chronological accuracy, literary genre and biblical interpretation, and the nature of OT prophey continue to stirdebate among scholars. The book of Hosea provides little specific information of a personal nature about the prophet. He is from the northern kingdom and is said to be to son of Beeri,…
The first volume of a series devoted to medical cmmentaries on sacred scripture, with its capacius introduction and wide choice of translated texts, augurs well for the project as a whole.
This Theological Commentary on 1&2 Timothy and Titus by Robert Wall powerfully demonstrates the ongoing relevance and authority of the Pastoral Epistles for the church today. Three successive historical case studies by Richard Steele vividly instantiate key themes of the Pastorals.
Among his readers Lietzmann could presuppose philological and historical knowledge which today is missing. Today, however, new lexicons of several kinds, which are standard tools of exegesis, have largely outdated and broadned the helps he offerd, and we may refer to these.
The volumes of the NIGTC are for students who want something lesstechnical than a full - scale critical commentary. The commentaries include, therefore, extensive bibliographies and attempt to treat all important problems of history,exegis, and interpretation that arise from the New Testament text.
Translators frequently find that the churches waiting for their new Bibles are eager to have the Book of Psalms available. In many cases this is because psalms play an important role in the worship life of the Christian community. However, the book of Psalms is one of the most difficult to translate because of the poetic from of the original.