Ivp New Testament Commentary Series

IVP New Testament Commentary

by Grant R. Osborne (Editor)

Pastors with a passion for sound exposition and scholars with a heart for pastoral leadership have joined forces to produce this exciting commentary series. Each volume, informed by the best of up-to-date evangelical scholarship, presents passage-by-passage commentary based on the NIV along with background information on authorship, setting, theme and various interpretive issues. A unique format allows the main commentary to focus on the vital message of the New Testament for today's church, while bottom-of-the-page notes include valuable scholarly information to support those who use the volumes as a resource for preaching or teaching preparation. Seldom have such readable commentary and reliable research helps been available in the same volume! Preachers, teachers, students and other individuals who want to dig deep into the heart of the New Testament will find an indispensable companion in the IVP New Testament Commentary Series.

Hardcover

First published April 1, 1992

About the author

Grant R. Osborne was an American theologian and New Testament scholar. He was Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Reviews

[Carol Carstens · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the rigor in the commentary on Matthew 5:20-26 somewhat disturbing. When it came to interpretation of the actual text, the author cited sources. When it came to the hermaneutic for the text, or the application of the teaching to contemporary life, it was more a matter of someone's opinion. For example, the following statement is made in the commentary:

"Indeed, the intellectual elite in Western universities laid the groundwork for the sexual promiscuity that has destroyed family structures in many ghettos and made drugs popular."

Excuse me, but sweeping claims of social causation like this need to have source citations. Whose theoretical model or what research on the "intellecutal elite of Western universities" is this claim based on? As a poverty researcher, I could make competing claims about the impact of economic and structural discrimination or paternalistic welfare policies on the socio-sexual mores of the under classes. My claims would only be theoretical if I could not cite research demonstrating a causal relationship.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read the commentary from the first of these books courtesy of IVP's allowing BiblyGateway.com to include the text as part of BibleGateway's "Study This" resources. The commentators provide commentary on the NT in light of Jewish custom of the day as well as current scholarship regarding the times. Thank you IVP and BibleGateway!

The first volume, on Matthew, was written by Craig Keener, and I thoroughly enjoyed his insights.

Unfortunately, only the first volume of this commentary series is available for no cost from BibleGateway.com.

Fortunately, I found a whole New Testament Commentary written by Craig Keener, so I purchased the e-book edition from Amazon. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. The book is abbreviated because it covers the entire NT in one volume.

Enjoying the brief background in the IVP one-volume NT commentary but hungry for more as I began my reading of Mark, I ended up purchasing The Gospel According to Mark by James R. Edwards, Jr. It appealed to me more than IVP's commentary on Mark. I am enjoying Edwards' commentary, though it is slower reading than Keener's.

Wanting a little more Keener and also looking for an in-depth current commentary on Acts (a story that never grows old for me), I also found Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, Volume I: Introduction and 1:1-2:47. I wonder if I will live long enough to read it. The book has around 1000 pages, half of which are devoted to the various ways one could interpret how Acts is written, from philosophical to psychological, from grammar to history, etc ... And at that, it covers only the first two chapters of Acts. Apparently, Keener intends to write a few more volumes to cover the entirety of Acts. Even if I never wade through this volume word for word, I will gain delightful insight and food for thought as I read portions of it that strike my fancy. It's a pricey book, but in these days, I could see only a few movies for the same price, and this book will last me forever.

I finished Keener's Matthew (courtesy BibleGateway.com) a week or so ago.

[Phyllis]

GREETING AM SEEKING SOME HELP I AM TO DO A PRESENTATION ON 1KING 11:1-8
DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START WOULD U BE KIND ENOUGHT TO HELP
THANKS IN ADVANCE
YOUR PHYLLIS