IVP Bible Background Commentary New Testament, 2nd ed.

This revised edition of the standard reference work in its field has been
expanded throughout to now provide even more up-to-date information by Craig
Keener, one of the leading New Testament scholars on Jewish, Greek and Roman
culture.

To understand and apply the Bible well, you need two crucial sources of
information. One is the Bible itself. The other is an understanding of the
cultural background of the passage you're reading.

Only with the background can you grasp the author's original concerns and
purposes. This unique commentary provides, in verse-by-verse format, the
crucial cultural background you need for responsible-and richer-Bible study. It
includes a glossary of cultural terms and important historical figures, maps
and charts, up-to-date bibliographies, and introductory essays about cultural
background information for each book of the New Testament.

Based on decades of in-depth study, this accessible and bestselling commentary
is valuable for pastors in sermon preparation, for Sunday-school and other
church teachers as they build lessons, for missionaries concerned not to import
their own cultural biases into the Bible, for college and seminary students in
classroom assignments, and for everyday Bible readers seeking to deepen and
enhance their study of Scripture.

Most one-volume, single-author Bible commentaries or study Bibles are " erratic in their coverage. . . . Craig Keener's work is an astonishing
exception. . . . He can be trusted in almost every statement he makes, and even
his more interpretative opinions are consistently well-grounded. Keener has
given preachers and lay Christians alike an invaluable resource for years to
come. - Craig Blomberg"

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