Exodus (2)

by Christopher J.H. Wright

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. Its story-centric approach is ideal for pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and laypeople alike.

Three 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
Praise for SGBC:

"An extremely valuable and long overdue series." - Graeme Goldsworthy

"It makes the text sing and helps us hear the story afresh." - John Ortberg

"Pastors and lay people will welcome this new series." - Daniel I. Block

Genres: Theology, Christian, Biblical Studies

672 pages, Hardcover

Published March 2, 2021

About the author

Christopher J.H. Wright, (born 1947) is a Anglican clergyman and an Old Testament scholar. He is currently the director of Langham Partnership International. He was the principal of All Nations Christian College. He is an honorary member of the All Souls Church, Langham Place in London, UK.

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

While I cannot claim to have read every page in this commentary, I did read a lot of it as I studied and preached through the book of Exodus over the past eight or nine months. Wright’s commentary is superb: grounded in solid exegesis, sensitive to the literary features of the text, connected to the larger, canonical themes of scripture, and applied to the life of the people of God in the contemporary world.

[Nathaniel Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This commentary epitomizes usefulness, is well written, and will soon be a favorite commentary among pastors.

[Brad Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finishing up preaching through Exodus, and this has been my go-to. So good!

[Tristan Sherwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished teaching a series through Exodus at church, and out of all the commentaries I delved into, this was, by far, the best.

Not only is it well laid out and informative, but this commentary is great at laying out cultural context and is rare in that it has an expansive section on the Book of the Covenant and the designs of the Tabernacle—sections that many commentators breeze through.

Well worth the investment.

This is the first Story of God commentary I’ve purchased. If they’re all of this high standard, I will be investing in some more.

[Glenn Crouch · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have enjoyed other commentaries in this series, and I had seen several good recommendations for this volume - and it is a decent coverage of an important book of the Old Testament.

Like other volumes, this is quite a readable commentary - and I would recommend doing just that - reading it from cover-to-cover. Be aware this is a 600+ page book. The Author does a good job of taking the reader on the journey from Slavery through the Plagues to the Exodus and then to the time at Sinai. I definitely enjoyed this journey and do feel that it has improved my grasp both of Exodus as whole, and how Exodus fits after Genesis. That being said, the Author does a fine job of relating this both to the later writers (both Old and New Testament), and gets the reader to see how the topics raised apply to their life today.

I was a bit disappointed that the aspect of the numbering of the 10 Commandments was assigned to a footnote :( Given the extensive coverage (which is most welcome) of many items, I would’ve thought spending a bit of time on this would be worthwhile. It is at least useful to point out that the text itself does not number them. Sad when Wikipedia gives better coverage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Com.... This, of course, could be because I am a Lutheran Pastor and we do number them differently to the Author ;-)

Very worthwhile read. Good addition to any Christian Library. Very useful for Sermon development.

[Thomas Creedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

1/2 Exodus devotional finishes. Weight writes brilliantly and there are some gems here. I have mixed views on the SoG format - it works but occasionally feels forced. Interested to see it with another genre. A good commentary on Exodus - though my pick remains Desi’s AOTC.

Compared to Carpenter’s EEC from Lexham, it’s a lot more readable but notably cursory on 35-40. What not follow Carpenter and other exegetes and give it more than a few pages?

[Ryan Linkous · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic commentary that will encourage and help both pastors and lay-readers. Chris Wright's exegetical, theological, and application discussions are phenomenal. His experience working with global Christians and allows him to aim his application at globalism and mission.

[I only read ch. 1-18 for a sermon series I was preaching]

[Jonathan Caldwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an easy to read, and informative commentary on Exodus. In terms, of academic rigor, it is about what one would expect given the series. Wright is very practical in the way he addresses the text. It in interesting to see how often he cites himself, particularly his work on Deuteronomy and his work on missions; the last of which might overly influence his approach to Exodus.