F. F. Bruce (1910–1990)
Author of The Book of the Acts (New International Commentary on the New Testament)
About the Author
F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) was Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester, England.
Image credit: F. F. Bruce, on 1rst cover of "In Retrospect: Remembrance of Things Past" (1980)
Series
Works by F. F. Bruce
The Book of the Acts (New International Commentary on the New Testament) (1954) 2,496 copies, 6 reviews
The Epistle to the Hebrews (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) (1964) 2,085 copies, 4 reviews
Israel & the Nations: The History of Israel from the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple (1963) — Author — 651 copies, 4 reviews
New International Biblical Commentary: Philippians (New Testament Series) (1983) 495 copies, 2 reviews
Peter, Stephen, James and John: Studies in Early Non-Pauline Christianity (1979) 426 copies, 1 review
Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and the Colossians: The English Text, with Introduction, Exposition and Notes (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) (1958) — Author — 419 copies
The Acts of the Apostles: The Greek Text with Introduction and Commentary (1951) 404 copies, 1 review
The Time Is Fulfilled: Five Aspects of the Fulfillment of the Old Testament in the New (The Moore College Lectures, 1977) (1978) 176 copies
The growing storm : sketches of church history from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1350 (1961) — Editor — 43 copies, 2 reviews
The Origin of the Bible 25 copies
Holy Book and holy tradition;: International colloquium held in the Faculty of Theology, University of Manchester; (1968) 20 copies
Promise and Fulfillment: Essays Presented to Professor S.H. Hooke in Celebration of His Ninetieth Birthday, 21st January 1964 (1963) 11 copies
Light in the West: The Progress of Christianity from the Accession of Constantine to the Conversion of the English (1952) 10 copies
The Open Your Bible New Testament Commentary: Page by Page (Open Your Bible Commentary Book 2) (2013) 4 copies
The Epistles of James and John 4 copies
Acts: Bible Study Commentary 3 copies
Rōmabito eno tegami 2 copies
Epistle to the Romans 2 copies
The Forest People 2 copies
Gálatas: comentário exegético 2 copies
O Cânon das Escrituras 2 copies
Galatian Problems 2 copies
Rimljanima 2 copies
The Newberry Study Bible 2 copies
Pauline Circle, The 2 copies
Tradition and the Canon of Scripture 2 copies
Message Of The New Testament, The 2 copies
La defensa apostólica del evangelio 2 copies
Apostolic Defence of the Gospel 2 copies
Hard Sayings of Jesus #15 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #19 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #18 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #17 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #12 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #9 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #16 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #13 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #14 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #20 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #7 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #3 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #4 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #11 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #8 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #5 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #6 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #10 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #21 1 copy
Az Újszövetség megbízhatósága az Újszövetség mint örömhír és történeti dokumentum az újszövetségi szentiratok vizsgálata (1993) 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #22 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #23 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #24 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #25 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #26 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #27 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #28 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #1 1 copy
Hard Sayings of Jesus #2 1 copy
The New International Greek Testament Commentary (NIGTC): The Epistle to the Galatians [Logos] 1 copy
丁道爾新約聖經註釋--羅馬書 1 copy
The Fourfold Gospel 1 copy
Deity of Christ 1 copy
Between the Testaments 1 copy
The Wisdom Literature 1 copy
Psalms : vol. 2 1 copy
New Testament Theology 1 copy
Psalms : vol.1 1 copy
Romanos 1 copy
the New International Commentary on the New Testament - Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews 1 copy
The Epistle to the Ephesians 1 copy
Colossians-Philemon 1 copy
Associated Works
Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary: Completely Revised and Updated Edition (1995) — Editor, some editions — 589 copies, 3 reviews
The Minor Prophets: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary : Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, and Habakkuk (Minor Prophets: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary, Vol. 2) (1993) 268 copies, 1 review
Church, word, and spirit: Historical and theological essays in honor of Geoffrey W. Bromiley (1987) — Contributor — 45 copies
Scripture, Tradition and Reason: A Study in the Criteria of Christian Doctrine (1988) — Contributor — 33 copies
The Living and active word of God : studies in honor of Samuel J. Schultz (1983) — Contributor — 12 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bruce, F. F.
- Legal name
- Bruce, Frederick Fyvie
- Other names
- Bruce, Frederick F.
卜魯斯
布魯斯
卜魯斯[布如師] - Birthdate
- 1910-10-12
- Date of death
- 1990-11-09
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Aberdeen (MA|1932, DD|1957)
Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge (BA|1934, MA|1945)
University of Vienna - Occupations
- pastor
theologian
professor - Organizations
- University of Manchester
Society for New Testament Study (President)
Plymouth Brethren
Society for Old Testament Study (President) - Awards and honors
- Fellow, British Academy (1973)
Burkitt Medal (1979) - Cause of death
- cancer
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Elgin, Moray, Scotland, UK
- Places of residence
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
Members
Reviews
Let's hope we don't get too political here.
Back in the days when F. F. Bruce was alive, he was regarded as a very conservative evangelical scholar. Now -- I wonder. The Greek text of this book is the United Bible Societies' edition, and Bruce for the most part accepts its text.
That means that it is very far from the Greek text underlying the King James and New King James versions. And there seems to be a rising movement by the most conservative Christians -- at least in the United States -- show more to return to that "Byzantine"/King James text-form. And so Bruce -- conservative as he is in most regards -- suddenly finds himself in a relatively liberal position on the text of Acts.
Should it matter? I don't know. This is a very thorough, intelligent, and relatively conservative commentary. In this most historical of the New Testament books, it makes a serious attempt to relate the events of the text to those of the outside world. It also looks at their meaning. It seems to me that it is very useful to both liberal and conservative students of Acts. But it really does use a modern, critical text. If that isn't acceptable... you have been warned. show less
Back in the days when F. F. Bruce was alive, he was regarded as a very conservative evangelical scholar. Now -- I wonder. The Greek text of this book is the United Bible Societies' edition, and Bruce for the most part accepts its text.
That means that it is very far from the Greek text underlying the King James and New King James versions. And there seems to be a rising movement by the most conservative Christians -- at least in the United States -- show more to return to that "Byzantine"/King James text-form. And so Bruce -- conservative as he is in most regards -- suddenly finds himself in a relatively liberal position on the text of Acts.
Should it matter? I don't know. This is a very thorough, intelligent, and relatively conservative commentary. In this most historical of the New Testament books, it makes a serious attempt to relate the events of the text to those of the outside world. It also looks at their meaning. It seems to me that it is very useful to both liberal and conservative students of Acts. But it really does use a modern, critical text. If that isn't acceptable... you have been warned. show less
Mais um livro sobre o Cânon? Esta pergunta pode ser feita – e com razão, mas a resposta dada pelo próprio autor, F. F. Bruce, é extremamente agradável. Aliás, o próprio Bruce antecipa-se ao leitor fazendo a pergunta já no seu prefácio. E,já na introdução, o leitor tem um vislumbre de que está diante de uma obra necessária. Isso porque Bruce elaborou seu livro sob a perspectiva da liturgia, com muita informação sobre este aspecto. Por ser um erudito no Novo Testamento, é show more compreensível e até desejável que o autor dê maior atenção a esta porção das Escrituras.
A obra considera as importantes discussões sobre a lei e os profetas do Antigo Testamento, antecipando o cenário para discussões e considerações posteriores em cenários como a Igreja Primitiva em sua pluralidade de interpretações, nas tradições orientais e latinas, a própria tradição judaica, nos pais e, posteriomente, na Reforma Protestante. Mas isso ainda é pouco. F. F. Bruce não se esquiva de dar uma resposta satisfatória ao criticismo (que merece um capítulo). Por outro lado, inova ao considerar as diferentes tradições de nossos dias, isso sem falar na riqueza de citações de autores e obras, mostrando porque é um dos especialistas mais aclamados no estudo das Escrituras nos últimos anos.
Completa a importância e relevânica da obra a sua linguagem clara, direta, fluída, própria de um destacado professor que pretende ser compreendido pelo leigo sem deixar de impressionar o acadêmico, acrescentando considerações aprofundadas sobre problemas complexos. Em resumo, fica mais que justificada a publicação de um novo livro sobre o assunto – ainda mais porque O Cânon das Escrituras não é, nem de longe, um livro qualquer. Por que ler este livro: O doutor F. F. Bruce, falecido em 1990, foi uma das maiores autoridades no estudo das Escrituras, notadamente do Novo Testamento. Isso já seria argumento suficiente para ler um autor que tem, ainda, pouco material traduzido para a língua portuguesa. show less
A obra considera as importantes discussões sobre a lei e os profetas do Antigo Testamento, antecipando o cenário para discussões e considerações posteriores em cenários como a Igreja Primitiva em sua pluralidade de interpretações, nas tradições orientais e latinas, a própria tradição judaica, nos pais e, posteriomente, na Reforma Protestante. Mas isso ainda é pouco. F. F. Bruce não se esquiva de dar uma resposta satisfatória ao criticismo (que merece um capítulo). Por outro lado, inova ao considerar as diferentes tradições de nossos dias, isso sem falar na riqueza de citações de autores e obras, mostrando porque é um dos especialistas mais aclamados no estudo das Escrituras nos últimos anos.
Completa a importância e relevânica da obra a sua linguagem clara, direta, fluída, própria de um destacado professor que pretende ser compreendido pelo leigo sem deixar de impressionar o acadêmico, acrescentando considerações aprofundadas sobre problemas complexos. Em resumo, fica mais que justificada a publicação de um novo livro sobre o assunto – ainda mais porque O Cânon das Escrituras não é, nem de longe, um livro qualquer. Por que ler este livro: O doutor F. F. Bruce, falecido em 1990, foi uma das maiores autoridades no estudo das Escrituras, notadamente do Novo Testamento. Isso já seria argumento suficiente para ler um autor que tem, ainda, pouco material traduzido para a língua portuguesa. show less
I cut my theological teeth on F. F. Bruce. I can still remember warm sleepy afternoon classes on the upper floor of my Bible College discussing Bruce’s Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free.
New Testament Development of Old Testament Themes is an expansion of the Payton Lectures Bruce delivered at Fuller Theological Seminary in 1968. Unsurprisingly, given the title, these lectures explore how some of the grand Old Testament themes such as the rule of God, the salvation of God, and the servant show more Messiah are developed in light of Christ.
Bruce’s knowledge of the culture surrounding the development of the Old Testament inform these lectures at every step. For example, it’s inspiring to hear Bruce talk about Yahweh’s victory over the ancient powers of chaos which come to light in the Rahab creature of Job 26:12.
These are the sort of lectures that help you grasp the grand contours of the Biblical canon. You’ll come away from this book with a bigger appreciation for God’s sovereign plan. show less
New Testament Development of Old Testament Themes is an expansion of the Payton Lectures Bruce delivered at Fuller Theological Seminary in 1968. Unsurprisingly, given the title, these lectures explore how some of the grand Old Testament themes such as the rule of God, the salvation of God, and the servant show more Messiah are developed in light of Christ.
Bruce’s knowledge of the culture surrounding the development of the Old Testament inform these lectures at every step. For example, it’s inspiring to hear Bruce talk about Yahweh’s victory over the ancient powers of chaos which come to light in the Rahab creature of Job 26:12.
These are the sort of lectures that help you grasp the grand contours of the Biblical canon. You’ll come away from this book with a bigger appreciation for God’s sovereign plan. show less
Excellent clear summary situating the NT in its history context. Bruce is restrained in his judgments, judicious in his acceptance or rejection of harmonizations, and writes quite well. Jewish religious parties and sects are clearly explained, the various Herods get their due, and the uneasy relationship between Rome and Christianity is helpfully explored. Bruce also gives a more chronological account of the ministries of Peter and Paul than the NT gives, and adds many helpful contextual show more insights explaining part of the motivations behind many scriptural passages. An outstanding resource. show less
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