Category Archives: Bible study aids

Commentary: Acts, Deuteronomy

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ACTS

INTRODUCTORY STUDIES

I. H. Marshall’s Luke-Historian and Theologian (Paternoster, 1970) and R. Maddox’s The Purpose of Luke-Acts (T & T Clark) are worthwhile starters to the book of Acts. There are also some very helpful articles in Apostolic History and The Gospel (Paternoster, 1970) by W.W. Gasque and R. P. Martin. (more…)

Building the Christian library: The one-volume commentary

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THE ONE VOLUME COMMENTARY

Among the many books that should be part of a basic library, ‘a one volume commentary’ is a necessity. It is almost impossible for most of us to have the best available commentary for every book of the Bible on our shelves. And even if we could, it is still valuable to have the second comment on themes or issues that rise in a given book in order to stimulate our own thoughts. (more…)

Herman who?

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‘Hermeneutics’ is a word to impress your friends with—a word to be used with crushing effect in Christian debate (“cannot accept that on hermeneutical grounds”)—a very modern word. ‘Hermeneutics’ is at the centre of a controversy that is sweeping through theological colleges and seminaries throughout the western world, and is filtering into the congregational life of many churches.

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Commentary: John, Leviticus, Numbers

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John

Introductory Studies

Three good conservative introductions are Leon Morris’s Studies in the Fourth Gospel (Paternoster, 1969), Robert Kysar’s The Fourth Evangelist and His Gospel (Augsburg, 1975) and Stephen Smalley’s John-Evangelist and Interpreter (Paternoster, 1978).

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Commentary: Mark, Genesis

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Mark

Among the introductory studies to this gospel, serious students should look at R. P. Martin’s Mark—Evangelist and Theologian (Paternoster, 1972). This raises all the background matters and interesting questions currently in debate and refers to relevant articles and books on various topics and themes. (more…)

Commentary: Matthew, Genesis

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Matthew

In some ways, Matthew is a difficult book with which to start our series.

So far, a detailed evangelical commentary on Matthew has not been written this century. The most useful, both from a technical and expository point of view, are R. T. France’s Matthew (IVP/Eerdmans, 1985) and D. Carson’s The Expositor’s Bible Commentary Vol. 8 (Zondervan, 1984). They are complimentary because they sometimes focus on different interpretative problems or approach the same problem in different ways. Readers are also put in touch with modern articles and books on Matthew’s Gospel. France’s work replaces Tasker in the Tyndale Series and is more fulsome and detailed. (more…)