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Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible

by James D. G. Dunn (Editor), John W. Rogerson (Editor)

Other authors: Philip S. Alexander (Contributor), Deborah A. Appler (Contributor), Graeme Auld (Contributor), David L. Balch (Contributor), John M. G. Barclay (Contributor)62 more, Margaret Barker (Contributor), John R. Bartlett (Contributor), Stephen C. Barton (Contributor), Richard Bauckham (Contributor), Julye Bidmead (Contributor), Philip J. Budd (Contributor), M. Daniel Carroll R. (Contributor), Ronald E. Clements (Contributor), David J. A. Clines (Contributor), Richard J. Coggins (Contributor), Sidnie White Crawford (Contributor), Philip R. Davies (Contributor), Katharine J. Dell (Contributor), David A. deSilva (Contributor), A. R. Pete Diamond (Contributor), James D. G. Dunn (Contributor), Grace I. Emmerson (Contributor), Craig A. Evans (Contributor), David Noel Freedman (Contributor), Victor P. Furnish (Contributor), Beverly R. Gaventa (Contributor), Anthony Gelston (Contributor), John A. Goldingay (Contributor), Lester L. Grabbe (Contributor), Joel B. Green (Contributor), P. Deryn Guest (Contributor), David Gunn (Contributor), Daniel C. Harlow (Contributor), A. Peter Hayman (Contributor), Morna D. Hooker (Contributor), Walter J. Houston (Contributor), John Jarick (Contributor), Robert K. Jewett (Contributor), William D. Johnstone (Contributor), I. Howard Marshall (Contributor), Scot McKnight (Contributor), James R. Mueller (Contributor), Daniel C. Olson (Contributor), John Painter (Contributor), Pheme Perkins (Contributor), Willem S. Prinsloo (Contributor), Iain Provan (Contributor), Paul L. Redditt (Contributor), John Reumann (Contributor), John W. Rogerson (Contributor), Anthony J. Saldarini (Contributor), Alison Salvesen (Contributor), John J. Schmitt (Contributor), J. Martin C. Scott (Contributor), John Snaith (Contributor), John T. Squires (Contributor), Graham N. Stanton (Contributor), Loren T. Stockenbruck (Contributor), Anthony C. Thiselton (Contributor), Roger Tomes (Contributor), Christopher M. Tuckett (Contributor), Robert E. Van Hoorst (Contributor), Charles A. Wanamaker (Contributor), Gordon J. Wenham (Contributor), Gerald West (Contributor), Hugh G. M. Williamson (Contributor), K. Lawson Younger Jr. (Contributor)

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The Eeerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary compliments succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text-parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on-interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book-including the range of possible interpretations-and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.… (more)
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No one familiar with the Bible needs to be told that it is a truly remarkable work. But it takes help to understand this ancient collection of diverse forms of literature written by different people across many centuries. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible (ECB) is the finest, most up-to-date single-volume Bible handbook now available.

Written by world-class Bible scholars, the ECB encapsulates in nontechnical language the best of modern scholarship on the sixty-six biblical books plus the Apocrypha. The only one-volume Bible commentary to cover all the texts (even including 1 Enoch) regarded by one or more Christian churches as canonical, the ECB provides reader-friendly treatments and succinct summaries of each section of the text that will be valuable to scholars, students and general readers alike.

The primary objective of this work is to clarify the meaning of each section of the Bible. Rather than attempting a verse-by-verse analysis (virtually impossible in a one-volume work), the ECB focuses on principal units of meaning -- narrative, parable, prophetic oracle, section of argument, and so on -- highlighting their interconnectedness with the rest of the biblical text. The volume also addresses and answers major issues -- including the range of possible interpretations -- and refers readers to the best fuller discussions. Beyond providing reliable, informative commentary, this hefty volume also includes thirteen introductory and context-setting articles that do justice to the biblical documents both as historical sources and as scriptures.

The sixty-seven contributors to the ECB come from a wide variety of backgrounds and are acknowledged leaders in the field of biblical studies. Their contributions stand out either for their fresh interpretations of the evidence, or for their way of asking new questions of the text, or for their new angles of approach. While the translation of choice is the New Revised Standard Version, many of the contributors offer their own vivid translations of the original Hebrew or Greek.

Cutting-edge, comprehensive, and ecumenical, the ECB is both a fitting climax to the rich body of interconfessional work undertaken in the latter part of the twentieth century and a worthy launching pad for biblical study in the twenty-first.
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Dunn, James D. G.Editorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rogerson, John W.Editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Alexander, Philip S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Appler, Deborah A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Auld, GraemeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Balch, David L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barclay, John M. G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barker, MargaretContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bartlett, John R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barton, Stephen C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bauckham, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bidmead, JulyeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Budd, Philip J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carroll R., M. DanielContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clements, Ronald E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clines, David J. A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Coggins, Richard J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crawford, Sidnie WhiteContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Davies, Philip R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dell, Katharine J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
deSilva, David A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Diamond, A. R. PeteContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dunn, James D. G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Emmerson, Grace I.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Evans, Craig A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Freedman, David NoelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Furnish, Victor P.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gaventa, Beverly R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gelston, AnthonyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goldingay, John A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Grabbe, Lester L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Green, Joel B.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Guest, P. DerynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gunn, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Harlow, Daniel C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hayman, A. PeterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hooker, Morna D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Houston, Walter J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jarick, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jewett, Robert K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Johnstone, William D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Marshall, I. HowardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McKnight, ScotContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mueller, James R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Olson, Daniel C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Painter, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Perkins, PhemeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Prinsloo, Willem S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Provan, IainContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Redditt, Paul L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reumann, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rogerson, John W.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Saldarini, Anthony J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Salvesen, AlisonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schmitt, John J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Scott, J. Martin C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Snaith, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Squires, John T.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stanton, Graham N.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stockenbruck, Loren T.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thiselton, Anthony C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tomes, RogerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tuckett, Christopher M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Van Hoorst, Robert E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wanamaker, Charles A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wenham, Gordon J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
West, GeraldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Williamson, Hugh G. M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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The Eeerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary compliments succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text-parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on-interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book-including the range of possible interpretations-and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.

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