NIV Application Commentary: Old Testament, 22 vols. (NIVAC)

by John H. Walton; Peter Enns; Roy E. Gane; Daniel I. Block; Robert L. Hubbard Jr.

and

17 more

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 1999–2012

Overview

How can you apply what you learned about Creation, the fall of man, or the nation of Israel to our present day needs? How can you take a message originally spoken in Hebrew and communicate it clearly in our own language? How can you take the eternal truths originally spoken in a different time and culture and apply them to the similar-yet-different needs of our culture? These Old Testament volumes of the NIV Application Commentary show readers how to bring an ancient message into our contemporary context. It explains not only what the Bible meant, but also how it speaks powerfully today.

The award-winning NIV Application Commentary series helps you understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its original context. All the elements of traditional exegesis—in concise form—are discussed. But the authors don’t stop there—they bridge the gap between the world of the Bible and the world of today, between the original context and the contemporary context, by focusing on both the timely and timeless aspects of the text. The authors dwell on the contemporary significance of the Bible by focusing on contemporary contexts in which the Bible can be applied today. The NIV Application Commentary discusses the Bible in a way that engages contemporary life and culture.

Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. They focus on the original meaning of the passage but don’t discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable—but the job is only half done! The NIVAC series helps bring both halves of the interpretive task together. This unique, award-winning series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into our postmodern context. It explains not only what the Bible meant but also how it speaks powerfully today.

The tools, ideas, and insights contained in these volumes will help preachers communicate God’s Word and understand the Old Testament in the context of contemporary culture, and the exegetical, literary, and grammatical summaries will benefit scholars and students of the Bible. What’s more, with Logos, Scripture passages are linked to Hebrew texts, along with English translations, and the powerful search tools provide instant access to the information you need for research projects, sermon preparation, and personal study.

Key Features

• Three sections for every passage:
  • Original Meaning
  • Bridging Contexts
  • Contemporary Significance
• Detailed footnotes point toward other scholarly works for reading and research
• Lengthy bibliography included in each volume

Endorsements

The NIV Application Commentary series doesn’t fool around. It gets right down to business, bringing this ancient and powerful Word of God into the present so that it can be heard and delivered with all the freshness of a new day, with all the immediacy of a friend’s embrace.

—Eugene H. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College

It is encouraging to find a commentary that is not only biblically trustworthy but also contemporary in its application. The NIV Application Commentary will prove to be a helpful tool in the pastor’s sermon preparation. I use it and recommend it.

—Charles F. Stanley, Founder and President, In Touch Ministries

The NIV Application Commentary series promises to be of very great service to all who preach and teach the Word of God.

—J. I. Packer,, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College

This series promises to become an indispensable tool for every pastor and teacher who seeks to make the Bible's timeless message speak to this generation.

—Billy Graham, American Evangelist

The NIV Application Commentary is an outstanding resource for pastors and anyone else who is serious about developing 'doers of the Word.'

—Rick Warren, Pastor, Saddleback Valley Community Church

If you want to avoid hanging applicational elephants from interpretive threads, then the NIV Application Commentary is for you! This series excels at both original meaning and contemporary significance. I support it one hundred percent.

—Howard G. Hendricks, Professor, Dallas Theological Seminary

The NIV Application Commentary will be a great help for leaders who want to understand what the Bible means, how it applies, and what they should do in response.

—Stuart Briscoe, Pastor, Elmbrook Church

This is the pulpit commentary for the twenty-first century.

—George K. Brushaber, former President, Bethel College and Seminary

The NIV Application Commentary builds bridges that make the Bible come alive with meaning for contemporary life.

—Warren W. Wiersbe, General Director, Back to the Bible

The NIV Application Commentary meets the urgent need for an exhaustive and authoritative commentary based on the New International Version. This series will soon be found in libraries and studies throughout the evangelical community.

—D. James Kennedy, Founder, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

The NIV Application Commentary series helps pastors and other Bible teachers with one of the most neglected elements in good preaching—accurate, useful application. Most commentaries tell you a few things that are helpful and much that you do not need to know. By dealing with the original meaning and contemporary significance of each passage, the NIV Application Commentary series promises to be helpful all the way around.

—James Montgomery Boice, former Pastor, Tenth Presbyterian Church

Here, at last, is a commentary that makes the proper circuit from the biblical world to Main Street. The NIV Application Commentary is a magnificent gift to the church!

—R. Kent Hughes, Senior Pastor Emeritus, College Church, Wheaton, IL

This series dares to go where few scholars have gone before—into the real world of biblical application faced by pastors and teachers every day. This is everything a good commentary series should be.

—Leith Anderson, President, National Association of Evangelicals

Here at last is a commentary which is not only academically well informed but which helps the contemporary reader hear God’s Word and consider its implications: scholarship in the service of the Church.

—Arthur Rowe, Tutor in New Testament and World Religions, Spurgeon’s College

Product Details

• Title: NIV Application Commentary: Old Testament
• Series: NIV Application Commentary (NIVAC)
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Volumes: 22
• Pages: 13,296
• Resource Type: Commentaries
• Topic: Biblical Studies