David E. Garland
Author of The Expositor's Bible Commentary: Ephesians through Philemon
About the Author
David E. Garland is professor of Christian Scriptures at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University. His hooks include A Theology of Mark's Gospel and commentaries on Matthew, Mark, Luke, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Colossians, Philemon and Philippians.
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Works by David E. Garland
The Expositor's Bible Commentary: Genesis-Leviticus (Expositor's Bible Commentary) (2008) — Editor — 164 copies
Reading Matthew: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the First Gospel (Reading the New Testament Series) (1993) 140 copies
A Theology of Mark's Gospel: Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God (Biblical Theology of the New Testament… (2015) 133 copies
Flawed Families of the Bible: How God's Grace Works through Imperfect Relationships (2007) 73 copies
Romans: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 6) (2021) 19 copies
Associated Works
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (2005) — Contributor, some editions — 520 copies
Theological Interpretation of the New Testament: A Book-by-Book Survey (2008) — Contributor — 223 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1947-09-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Crisfield, Maryland, USA
- Places of residence
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Education
- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv ∙ 1973 ∙ PhD ∙ 1976)
University of Tübingen
Macquarie University - Occupations
- Professor of Christian Scriptures
New Testament scholar - Relationships
- Garland, Diana R. (wife)
- Organizations
- Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
Society of Biblical Literature
Baylor University
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Garland uses the Original, Bridging, and current contexts effectively. I tend to read the Bible as a series of vignettes. I think many others do, too. This book helps to understand Mark as a cohesive unit itself, within the NT, the OT, and its time. He is highly effective at providing context. A brief rundown of quotations shows he quotes every book of the Bible except Obadiah and 2 John.
Additionally the author is well-read. The works he quotes are more than I've read over the last few years. Not only did Garland read them, but processed them well enough to apply.
This isn't a commentary where we get a verse followed by a sentence or paragraph, then another verse. Whole chunks are studied together. There's about a 1/2 chapter followed by @ 10 pages of commentary.
Finally, he presents and discusses various views of different commentators on particular verses, contemporary and past. I haven't read those works to know if Garland is presenting straw-man arguments, but I'm familiar with the general theologies to know the layout of the discussion.
This work is well-edited, a labor of love and a joy to read. This is not a page turner, but something you have to chew on. That's not a bad thing!! I generally read a section a day. I will turn back to it in the future as a reference.
I originally received this book as a free promo on Olive Tree software. I don't remember if it was pushed out, included, advertised, or what. I hadn't heard of this series so it doesn't seem like something I'd seek out with the crush of commentaries available. One night on vacation, my daughter asked why Jesus cursed the fig tree. I fumbled through the Olive Tree software (not a fan of the UI) and somehow this commentary popped up. It was the 1st explanation that ever just made sense. I was so impressed I bought the book ASAP. I'll definitely pick up other volumes of this series. Yay for providential promos!… (more)