A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible
Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light
of the Bible's grand story.
The first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling
exposition of biblical texts, guiding everyday readers in how to
creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in their own contexts. Its
story-centric approach is ideal for pastors, students, Sunday school
teachers, and laypeople alike.
Each volume employs three main, easy-to-use sections designed to help
readers live out God's story:
- LISTEN to the Story: Includes complete NIV text with references to
other texts at work in each passage, encouraging the reader to hear it
within the Bible's grand story.
- EXPLAIN the Story: Explores and illuminates each text as embedded
in its canonical and historical setting.
- LIVE the Story: Reflects on how each text can be lived today and
includes contemporary stories and illustrations to aid preachers,
teachers, and students.
--Leviticus--
In ancient times, Leviticus was the first biblical book with which
Jewish children began their education. According to the rabbis, there
are 613 laws in the Torah, and nearly half of them are contained in
Leviticus. And yet it also contains narrative, making the book's genre
something like an "instructional history" and indicating that the
instruction cannot be separated or understood apart from its narrative
setting.
Edited by Scot McKnight and Tremper Longman III, and written by a number
of top-notch theologians, The Story of God Bible Commentary series
will bring relevant, balanced, and clear-minded theological insight to
any biblical education or ministry.
