Category: Interpreting The New Testament

  • Acts (ZECNT)

    Eckhard J. Schnabel, Acts (ZECNT). Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, November, 2012. 1168 pp. Hardcover, $59.99 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan Academic for the review copy! Eckhard J. Schnabel is the Mary French Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Thanks to Zondervan, you can watch him explain why the study of Acts is important…

  • Luke (ZECNT)

    David E. Garland, Luke (ZECNT). Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, December, 2011. 1040 pp. Hardcover, $49.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan Academic for the review copy! David Garland is Dean and The William B. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures at George W. Truett Seminary, Baylor University. He’s a graduate of SBTS (Ph.D) and is no stranger to commentary writing.…

  • A Theology of Luke and Acts: God’s Promised Program, Realized For All Nations

    Darrell L. Bock, A Theology of Luke and Acts: God’s Promised Program, Realized For All Nations, Biblical Theology of The New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, June, 2012. 496 pp. Hardcover, $39.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan Academic for the review copy! Darrell Bock is research professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, and an all around…

  • Galatians (ZECNT)

    Thomas R. Schreiner, Galatians (ZECNT). Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic November, 2010. 432 pp. Hardcover, $34.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan Academic for the review copy! Thomas Schreiner is James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament and associate dean of Scripture and interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is rather prolific on the writing front, having…

  • Colossians & Philemon (ZECNT)

    David W. Pao, Colossians & Philemon (ZECNT). Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, October, 2012. 464 pp. Hardcover, $36.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan Academic for the review copy! David Pao is professor of New Testament and Chair of the New Testament Department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has authored several books, notably, Thanksgiving: An Investigation of a Pauline…

  • 1 & 2 Thessalonians (ZECNT)

    Gary Shogren, 1 and 2 Thessalonians (ZECNT). Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, November, 2012. 384 pp. Hardcover, $32.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan Academic for the review copy! Gary Shogren has been teaching at ESEPA Bible College and Seminary in San Jose, Costa Rica since 1998. He’s written extensively on everything from a guide to counseling drug addicts, to a Spanish…

  • Horizons In Hermeneutics and The Future of Biblical Interpretation

    Stanley E. Porter & Matthew R. Malcolm, Horizons In Hermeneutics: A Festschrift In Honor of Anthony C. Thiselton, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, April 2013. 317 pp. Paperback, $40.00 Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! If you wondering what a “festschrift” is, it is a fancy German word for a collection essays presented to a scholar usually…

  • Building A Theological Library: The General Letters

    A couple of weeks ago, we finished Paul’s Letters with a look at my recommendations for commentaries on the Prison and Pastoral Epistles. Just to reiterate, these are my preferences and what make up my library (for the most part). There are definitely some great resources I’ve overlooked. What I’m trying to do here is give you what…

  • Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul, 1978-2013

    N. T. Wright, Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul, 1978-2013. Minneapolis: Fortress, November 2013. 640 pp. Paperback, $69.00 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Fortress Press for the review copy! If you don’t know who N. T. Wright is, I foresee a Google search in your future. If you read this blog regularly, I’m assuming Wright needs no formal…

  • Building A Theological Library: Prison and Pastorals

    Several weeks ago, we covered the first part of Paul’s Letters: Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Thessalonians. Just to reiterate, these are my preferences and what make up my library (for the most part). There are definitely some great resources I’ve overlooked. What I’m trying to do here is give you what I typically look for, and in the…