The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship,
from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture
as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of
textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is
judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the
framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries
serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and
instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister,
and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a
solid base of biblical scholarship.
Overview of Commentary Organization
- Introduction--covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including
context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose,
and theology.
- Each section of the commentary includes:
- Pericope Bibliography--a helpful resource containing the most
important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
- Translation--the author's own translation of the biblical text,
reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and
Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably
good English.
- Notes--the author's notes to the translation that address any textual
variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings
of words, and problems of translation.
- Form/Structure/Setting--a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and
tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical
form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in
order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope.
Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the
passage are also introduced here.
- Comment--verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with
other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly
research.
- Explanation--brings together all the results of the discussion in
previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at
several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its
meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4)
theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
General Bibliography--occurring at the end of each volume, this
extensive bibliography contains all sources used anywhere in the
commentary.
