The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sunday's Texts (3 vols.)
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Overview
An unprecedented, monumental work, the three-volume Lectionary Commentary offers superb exegetical essays on 513 biblical texts from the Revised Common Lectionary spanning the three-year liturgical cycle. Written by seventy-eight pastors, priests, and teachers from a variety of Christian traditions, these essays are meant primarily to serve as exegetical "jump starts" for busy preachers.
For pastors who have grown to love Preaching from the Lectionary: An Exegetical Commentary, this is a great companion text. Combining expert commentaries from a wide variety of scholars, The Lectionary Commentary serves as a springboard into deeper studies of your Lectionary text each week. You may find it is the first place you look as you begin your studies for the week as it contains useful background and contextual information that allows you to pursue more focused study in other areas of your software library.
- Exegetical essays on 513 Biblical texts
- Helps with sermon preperation
- Ideal for pastors
- Richard A. Burridge
- Thomas W. Gillespie
- Colin E. Gunton
- Robert W. Jenson
- James F. Kay
- Hughes Oliphant Old
- Fleming Rutledge
- Marguerite Shuster
- Many more
An excellent tool for studying the texts of the lectionary.
—Clergy Journal
There is plenty of wisdom here to fuel weekly preaching and to make The Lectionary Commentary a fine investment.
—Theology Today
A remarkable achievement for its scholarly exegesis and its concern to provide a basis for exposition...Will pay handsome dividends for preachers and congregations.
—Expository Times
- Title: The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sunday's Texts (3 vols.)
- Editor: Roger E. Van Harn
- Series: The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sunday's Texts
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Volumes: 3
- Pages: 1,965
Roger E. Van Harn is retired from the pastorate of Grace Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Among his other books are Preacher, Can You Hear Us Listening? and Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles' Creed.
Reviews
7 ratings
Logosed
7/11/2020
It makes perfect sense to publish a comprehensive commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary. The surprise is that it has taken this long to appear. At long last the wait is over. Eerdmans, under the editorship of Roger E. Van Harn, a retired Reformed minister have produced this three volume set. As the subtitle suggests this is THEOLOGICAL exegesis of the lectionary, making it ideal for expository preaching. This commentary does not replace the need for regular critical commentaries but adequately compliments these, explaining the texts in their lectionary relationship. The authors are an ecumenical mix resulting in different approaches and emphases. The quality of work, however, is consistently good throughout the three volumes. No one who preaches through the RCL should go without this set.Thomas Binder
8/30/2018
MDD
4/5/2017
Allen Bingham
4/7/2014
Andrew Ruddell
4/5/2014
Eric Hillegas
11/6/2013
