Outline: This book was created to aid in the study of the Greek New Testament, using sophisticated computer resources to ensure an accurate, helpful, and in-depth analysis of the word forms that make up the New Testament. Its combination of features sets it apart from all previously analytical lexicons: - Based on the UBS 3rd edition (revised) - Includes both accepted and variant readings -…
Outline: Nineteen biblical scholars and theologians in this volume explore the notions of union and participation within Pauline theology, teasing out the complex web of meaning conveyed through Paul's theological vision of being "in Christ." With essays that investigate Pauline theology and exegesis, examine highlights from reception history, and offer deep theological reflection, this exempla…
Outline: Paul's Letter to the Romans may well be the most influential book in Christian history. In this Romans commentary Colin Kruse shows how Paul expounds the gospel against the background of God's sovereign action as creator, judge, and redeemer of the world. Valuable "additional notes" on important theological themes and difficult texts - such as Paul's discussion of same-sex relationship…
Outline: This book examines the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD 33 to the Council of Nicaea. It surveys, too, the views about women held by various New Testament authors including Paul and the Evangelist. In a careful and judicious study, Ben Witherington III shows that early Christianity was neither unreservedly patriarchal nor adamantly femini…
Outline: The doctrine of believers' union with Christ has undergone a renaissance in recent years. Evangelicals are rightly fascinated by this previously neglected doctrine - a doctrine with wide-ranging implications for the whole of Christian theology and the Christian life. Drawing on his extensive teaching and research experience, theologian Robert Peterson has written one of the most compre…
Outline : Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. Written by notable evangelical scholars, each volume treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek, and each author provides an original translation based on the literary structu…
Outline: One exciting area of study is Paul's use of the Old Testament. The apostle routinely appeals to Scripture to support his arguments and to persuade his readers. One gets the impression that Paul has a high respect for Scripture and that his knowledge of it is broad and comprehensive. And yet, there is something enigmatic about his use of the Old Testament at the same time - something el…
Outline: 1 & 2 Kings, the second volume in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible, is the first Old Testament commentary in the series. It follows Jaroslav Pelikan's volume on Acts, winner of a 2006 Catholic Press Association Award. This commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve the church - through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth - and demonstrate…
Outline: In this addition to the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms series, Tremper Longman combines a careful exegetical reading of the book of Job with keen theological insights. The series is tailored to the distinctives of poetry and Wisdom literature, featuring emphasis on the message of the biblical book; special attention to poetic structure and literary devices; inc…
Outline : Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as…
Outline: William Stegner refines Gerhardsson's analytical method and deftly applies it to four narratives - the baptism and the temptation of Jesus, the feeding of the five thousand, and the transfiguration - bringing to light a "lost chapter" in Christology. Four familiar Synoptic texts are illuminated convincingly in this context.
Outline : In his epistle to the Colossians, Paul responds to challenges posted by various religious currents in first-century Asia Minor by pointing the church to the sufficiency of Christ's work and his lordship over believers' lives. Through this christological lens, Paul critiques the religious practices that fail to conform to the true gospel, and he presents an alternative way of living th…
Outline: The Gospel of John has long been recognized and beloved for its theological depth as one of the most robustly doctrinal books in Scripture. Examining the narrative both exegetically and theologically, Edward W. Klink III helps readers of the Fourth Gospel to be attentive to the theological intentions and categories it applies to the person and work of Jesus Christ - the unique Son whom…
Outline: Life is full of mystery. Is it possible that there is order in the midst of chaos? Are there solutions to everyday problems? Can there be meaning or purpose in life? Is it possible to know why we are here and where we are going? Why is there so much suffering and death? Is there life after death? Can we be enlightened there and now? Am I destined to lose all identity - to become part o…
Outline: What does God have to do with mathematics? Everything. In this book, Vern Poythress argues that the harmony of abstract mathematical truths, the physical world of things, and the personal world of our thinking depends on the existence of the Christian God. Poythress shows that these distinct "perspective" on mathematics cohere because all three find their origin in God's consistent cha…
Outline: Everlasting Dominion is the magnum opus of the greatly esteemed Dr. Eugene H. Merrill, an exceptionally researched theology of the Old Testament based on decades of study and teaching experience. He takes a high view of Scripture as the inspired, authoritative Word of God and guides readers to a deeper understanding of our Creator and the Old Testament's very nature. Employing a well-b…
Outline: Over twenty-five years in the making, this much-anticipated commentary promises to be the standard stury of Proverbs for years to come. Written by eminent Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke, this two-volume work is unquestionably the most comprehensive commentary on Proverbs available. Grounded in the new literary criticism that has so strengthened biblical interpretation of late, Wal…
Outline: Over twenty-five years in the making, this much-anticipated commentary promises to be the standard stury of Proverbs for years to come. Written by eminent Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke, this two-volume work is unquestionably the most comprehensive commentary on Proverbs available. Grounded in the new literary criticism that has so strengthened biblical interpretation of late, Wal…
Outline: The second of John Oswalt's two-part study of Isaiah for the NICOT series, this commentary provides exegetical and theological exposition for scholars, pastors, and students who seek to know the perennial meaning of the text in contemporary terms. Though Oswalt's main introduction to Isaiah is found in his commentary on chapters 1-39, this second volume opens with an important discuss…
Outline: For hundreds of years Christendom has been blessed with Bible commentaries written by great men of God highly respected for their godly walk and their insight into spiritual truth. The Crossway Classic Commentary Series, carefully adapted for maximum understanding and usefulness, presents the very best work on individual Bible books for today's believers. While other parts of Script…
Overview: In this book, the author - master teacher, deft exegete, committed churchman, and fully attuned contemporary intellectual - takes up this challenge with extraordinary energy and intelligence. The result is a capstone volume that puts all the pieces together both for students who read it straight through it at their own pace. For all who read it, the book will become a standard refe…
Outline: Each volume in the Understanding the Bible Commentary Series breaks down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. They present a careful section-by-section exposition of the biblical books with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Greek transliterated. Notes at the close of…
Outline: In appreciation of Carson's lifework, editors Andreas J. Kostenberger and Robert W. Yarbrough have assembled a team of his former students and colleagues to produce this volume of essays on contemporary New Testament studies. This book explores New Testament studies as they relate to special topics and ancillary disciplines, and it surveys the state of New Testament scholarship aroun…
Outline: Christians are called to stand firm on the inerrancy of Scripture. Sadly, more and more people - not only from outside the church but also from within - are denying the complete truthfulness of God's Word. Edited by pastor John Mac Arthur, these commissioned essays by a host of evangelical pastors, theologians, historians, and biblical scholars contend that the Bible is completely t…
Outline : Time and time again, God uses insignificant and desperately sinful people to fulfill his marvelous plans. In short, he uses people lis us! We find vivid examples of this truth in Isaac and Jacob, two men who couldn't live up to Abraham's example, let alone God's standards - yet God never abondoned them. The author's study of their stories in Genesis shows us how the gospel triumphs…
Identifying the group or position that the author of Colossians attacks in ch 2 of that letter has long occupied scholars, but no interpretative consensus has resulted. This study details the inadequacy of existing reconstructions and offers in their stead the portrait of philosophically inclined Gentiles drawn to the Jewish community and then to the Christian congregation by ideas and practice…
This convenient text utilizes material from the award-winning Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (DTIB) to introduce students to the Bible and theological interpretation through a comprehensive book-by-book survey of the New Testament. The articles, authored by respected scholars, make unique contributions to the study of theological interpretation of Scripture. Theological …
Overview: Buku ini memncoba menerangkan metode-metode yang dikembangkan oleh para penafsir, baik dalam gereja Kristen Protestan maupun dalam Gereja Katolik Roma. Metode kritik nas, bentuk dan analisis sastra, lisan, bidang kehidupan, peredaksian, pengaruh agama-agama, tempat dan waktu, relevansi firman hingga tujuan nas dibicarakan dalam buku ini bersama contoh-contoh yang sederhana.
Outline: Bagi pembaca yang menaruh minat terhadap Perjanjian Baru, buku ini mau memberi keterangan tentang latar belakang Perjanjian Baru ini : siapa pengarangnya, kepada siapa dan dalam keadaan yang bagaimana surat-suratnya ditulis; bagaimana terjadinya, dan apa sebabnya justru kitab-kitab yang sekarang termuat di dalamnya, diterima dan yang lain tidak; dan lain-lain lagi.
Outline: Buku ini sangat tepat bagi pembaca yang ingin mempelajari dunia Perjanjian Lama dan mencari tahu bagaimana umat Israel memahami perkataan dan tindakan Tuhan Allah terhadap mereka sebagai umat pilihan.