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The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
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Andrew E. Hill (PhD, University of Michigan) is professor emeritus of Old Testament studies at Wheaton College in Illinois. He coauthored Old Testament Today, with John Walton; coedited The Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary, with Gary M. Burge; and authored 1 and 2 Chronicles in the NIV Application Commentary series; and Malachi in the Anchor Yale Bible Commentary series. He has contributed to numerous academic journals including, Hebrew Annual Review, Journal of Biblical Literature, and Vetus Testamentum.?
Riassunto
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
Testo aggiuntivo
“Here at last is a commentary which is not only academically well informed but which helps that commentary reader hear God’s Word and consider its implications; scholarship in service of the Church.”
