The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship. Overview of Commentary Organization Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology. Each section of the commentary includes: Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope. Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English. Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation. Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here. Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research. Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues. General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews
... Hebrews. As we will also see, when Protestants attempted to undo the “hard knots” of the Epistle to the Hebrews ... 47a, Hebrews 1–8 (Dallas, Texas: Word Books, Publisher, 1991), 142. There is also a second volume: Lane, Word Biblical ...
... Hebrews to Revelation. 2nd ed. London: Tyndale, 1964. Hagner, Donald A. Encountering the Book of Hebrews: An ... 1–8. Word Biblical Commentary. Volume 47a. Dallas: Word Books, 1991. Lane, W. Hebrews: A Call to Commitment. Vancouver ...
This volume offers a rich treasure of ancient wisdom from Hebrews for the enrichment of the church today.
Haggai and Zechariah 1-8, Volume 25B in the acclaimed Anchor Bible part of the Scripture known as the Minor Prophets, were written during a critical period in Israel's history, the...
Philadelphia: Westminster, 1954. Hawthorne, Gerald F. Philippians. Vol. 43. Word Biblical Commentary. Edited by David A. Hubbard and Glenn W. Barker. Waco, TX: Word Biblical Commentary, 1983. Heidelberg Catechism. heidelbergcatechism.
Notable features in this new Hebrews volume by scholar David Allen include: Commentary based on the New International Version, NIV text printed in the body of the commentary, Sound scholarly methodology reflecting capable research in the ...
... Bible Handbook (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1927, 1965), 18. 10. Ibid., 19. 11. Ronald Reagan, “Address to the National ... Hebrews 1-8, Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 47a (Dallas, TX: Word Books, 1991), 103. 15. Daniel Boorstin, The ...
This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology.
As the title of David Clark's book has it, we need to be actively and determinedly 'breaking the mould of Christendom',21 and this does not happen without serious reflection and work. Murray has pointed out how much work is involved in ...