Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible

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James D. G. Dunn, John William Rogerson
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Nov 19, 2003 - Religion - 1629 pages
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.Special features of the ECB


  • The only one-volume commentary to cover all the texts (including the Apocrypha and 1 Enoch) regarded as canonical
  • Thirteen major essays that introduce each section of Scripture and its study
  • Encapsulates in nontechnical language the best of modern scholarship
  • Includes superb bibliographies and an extensive subject index
  • Written by sixty-seven first-rate Bible scholars
  • Designed for use by scholars, students, pastors, and general readers
 

Contents

Old Testament and Apocrypha
1
Premodern Modern and Postmodern in Old Testament Study
13
and Biblical Archeology
21
The Pentateuch
25
Genesis
30
Exodus
70
Leviticus
99
Numbers
123
Greek Esther
756
The Wisdom of Solomon
761
Sirach
777
Baruch
797
Additions to Daniel
801
1 Maccabees
805
2 Maccabees
829
1 Esdras
849

Deuteronomy
151
Joshua
172
Judges
188
Ruth
206
1 and 2 Samuel
211
1 and 2 Kings
244
1 and 2 Chronicles
280
Ezra
311
Nehemiah
318
Esther
327
Job
335
The Psalms
362
Proverbs
435
Ecclesiastes
465
Song of Songs
472
Introduction to Prophetic Literature
480
Isaiah
487
Jeremiah
541
Lamentations
615
Ezekiel
621
Daniel
663
Hosea
674
Joel
684
Amos
688
Obadiah
694
Jonah
697
Micah
701
Nahum
706
Habakkuk
708
Zephaniah
713
Haggai
716
Zechariah
719
Malachi
728
Tobit
734
Judith
746
The Prayer of Manasseh
857
Psalm 151
860
3 Maccabees
863
2 Esdras
874
4 Maccabees
886
Introduction to the Pseudepigrapha
900
1 Enoch
902
The Hebrew Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls
940
New Testament
948
to the New Testament Tradition
970
Introduction to the Gospels
987
Matthew
998
Mark
1062
Luke
1102
John
1159
Acts
1211
1 Corinthians
1312
Galatians
1372
Ephesians
1383
Philippians
1392
Colossians
1402
1 and 2 Thessalonians
1411
Pastoral Epistles
1426
Philemon
1445
Hebrews
1449
James
1481
1 Peter
1491
2 Peter
1502
1 2 and 3 John
1510
Jude
1527
Revelation
1533
The New Testament Apocrypha
1571
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament
1575
Index
1585
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James D. G. Dunn (1939-2020) was a renowned New Testament scholar and the longtime Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University. His numerous books include The Theology of Paul the Apostle, Jesus according to the New Testament, and the magisterial Christianity in the Making trilogy.

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