[B-Greek] [Off Topic] One volume commentary?

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sun May 18 17:04:12 EDT 2003


You may also want to consider The International Bible Commentary. A
Catholic and Ecumenical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century. Ed.
William R. Farmer. Associate Editors Sean McEvenue, Armando J. Levoratti,
David L. Dungan. The Liturgical Press, 1998.
AP

Steven Lo Vullo wrote:

> On Sunday, May 18, 2003, at 12:48 PM, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>
> > My oldest daughter, Marissa, is graduating, and she is asking for a
> > one-volume commentary on the Bible as one possible graduation gift.
> > I'm a little stumped, because the ones I have used are rather old or
> > require knowledge of Greek. Is there anything reasonably in keeping
> > with our current state of knowledge that is reliable and informative?
> >
> > She is particularly interested in historical background, which is what
> > she can't get from the text per se. She is also interested in overview
> > information that ties together the different texts.
>
> Hi Jonathan:
>
> I would recommend The New Bible Commentary from IVP. Check it out at
> <http://www.gospelcom.net/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=1442>.
> ============
>
> Steven Lo Vullo
> Madison, WI
>
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