The International Bible Commentary

Initiated by international scholars as a Catholic and ecumenical, academic and pastoral enterprise, The International Bible Commentary brings together many voices, Catholic and ecumenical, speaking from different cultural perspectives to God's Word.1

A revision of The New Layman's Commentary, this volume is more than a commentary. With 28 introductory articles and 29 maps, it is an analytical look at the Bible by such outstanding contemporary scholars as Carl Armerding, F.F. Bruce, H.L. Ellison, W.Ward Gasque, W.L.Liefield, D.J.Wiseman, Gerald F. Hawthorne, and J.M Houston.

Initiated by international scholars as a Catholic and ecumenical, academic and pastoral enterprise, The International Bible Commentary brings together many voices, Catholic and ecumenical, speaking from different cultural perspectives to God's Word.1

The New International Bible Commentary offers the best of contemporary scholarship in a format that both general readers and serious students can use with profit. Based on the widely used New International Version translation, the NIBC presents careful section-by-section exposition with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated. A separate section of notes at the close of each chapter provides additional textual and technical comments. Each commentary also includes a selected bibliography as well as Scripture and subject indexes.

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Biblical scholars discuss each book of the Old and New Testaments and general topics concerning the theology, language, and archaeological and historical background of the Scriptures

"The biblical book of Genesis involves more than a discussion about the beginning and the end of all things. It also speaks to present life. It addresses the physical, spiritual, intellectual, and emotional lives of modern people. It offers lessons about life through the stories of heroic yet often flawed characters"--