Concordia Commentary Update (CC) (3 vols.)

by Walter A. Maier III; Timothy E. Saleska; James W. Voelz; Christopher Mitchell

Publisher:

Concordia Publishing House

, 2019–2020

Overview

The Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the biblical text.

This landmark work will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments, interpreting Scripture as a harmonious unity centered in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Every passage bears witness to the Good News that God has reconciled the world to Himself through our Lord’s life, death, and resurrection.

The commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture as it emphasizes “that which promotes Christ” in each pericope.

Authors are sensitive to the rich treasury of language, imagery, and themes found throughout Scripture, including such dialectics as Law and Gospel, sin and grace, death and new life, folly and wisdom, demon, possession and the arrival of the kingdom of God in Christ. Careful attention is given to the original Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek. Further light is shed on the text from archaeology, history, and extrabiblical literature. Finally, Scripture’s message is applied to the ongoing life of the church in terms of ministry, worship, proclamation of the Word, Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, confession of the faith--all in joyful anticipation of the life of the world to come.

Key Features

• Pays careful attention to the original languages
• Applies the message to the ongoing life of the church
• Focuses on the rich treasury of language, imagery, and themes found throughout Scripture

Product Details

• Title: Concordia Commentary Update (3 vols.)
• Series: Concordia Commentary
• Publisher: Concordia
• Publication Date: 2019-2020
• Volumes: 3
• Pages: 2,884
• Christian Group: Lutheran
• Resource Type: Commentaries

1 Kings 12-22 (Concordia Commentary)

• Author: Walter Maier III
• Series: Concordia Commentary (CC)
• Publisher: Concordia
• Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 752

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

The Book of Kings is a history, written in a selective manner, for the sake of theology. Primarily covering more than 380 years of the history of Israel and its monarchy, from the last part of David’s rule to the end of the kingship in Judah, the book of Kings also emphasizes prophets. Despite this concentration, the main subject of this body of literature is still God. This history presents God—the holy, righteous, just, merciful, compassionate, gracious omnipotent, and omniscient Deity—in relationship with Israel.

This second and final commentary on the Book of 1 Kings, covering chapters 12 through 22, details the end of the united kingdom and the start of the divided monarchy, including the reigns of kings in both the northern and southern kingdoms.

Walter A. Maier III joined the Exegetical Department of Concordia Theological Seminary (CTSFW), Fort Wayne, in November 1989, and specializes in Hebrew and Old Testament studies.

Psalms 1-50 (Concordia Commentary)

• Author: Timothy Saleska
• Series: Concordia Commentary (CC)
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication Date: 2020
• Pages: 812

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

The Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the biblical text.

This landmark work will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments, interpreting Scripture as a harmonious unity centered in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Every passage bears witness to the Good News that God has reconciled the world to Himself through our Lord’s life, death, and resurrection.

The commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture as it emphasizes “that which promotes Christ” in each pericope.

Authors are sensitive to the rich treasury of language, imagery, and themes found throughout Scripture, including such dialectics as Law and Gospel, sin and grace, death and new life, folly and wisdom, demon, possession and the arrival of the kingdom of God in Christ. Careful attention is given to the original Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek. Further light is shed on the text from archaeology, history, and extrabiblical literature. Finally, Scripture’s message is applied to the ongoing life of the church in terms of ministry, worship, proclamation of the Word, Baptism, the Lord's Supper, confession of the faith--all in joyful anticipation of the life of the world to come.

Timothy E. Saleska is professor of Exegetical Theology and dean of Ministerial Formation at Concordia Seminary

Mark 8:27-16:20 (Concordia Commentary)

• Author: James Voelz and Christopher Mitchell
• Series: Concordia Commentary (CC)
• Publisher: Concordia
• Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 1,320

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

This second and final commentary on the Gospel of Mark, covering verses 8:27–16:20, details the revelation of who the Christ is, the fate of the revealed Christ played out, His appearances to His disciples, the sending of the apostles, and Christ’s ascension.

Special attention is given to the ending of Mark’s Gospel. The early church father Eusebius, who was tasked by Emperor Constantine with assembling copies of the Sacred Scriptures for the new churches in Constantinople in the early fourth century AD, offers strong evidence that up until that time the majority of New Testament manuscripts ended with the statement regarding the women “for they were afraid,” i.e., at 16:8. But the so-called “long ending,” what we know as 16:9–20, was known to him, and in subsequent centuries it achieved total dominance as the conclusion to the Second Gospel, thus appearing in the English text of the KJV. To respect this longstanding tradition, the editors have concluded this volume with textual notes and commentary on these final twelve verses.

This is a first: a commentary whose primary focus is the significance of the syntax and structure of the Greek text. Insightful, at times helpfully provocative, and always stimulating, this volume is guaranteed a spot within easy reach on my shelf. A must for all serious students and readers of Mark.

—Rikk Watts Regent College, Vancouver

James W. Voelz is professor of exegetical theology (New Testament) at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., where he has taught since 1989. Previously he taught at Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Ill./Fort Wayne, Ind. (1975–1989), and served as pastoral assistant at Zion Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne (1984–1988).

Christopher W. Mitchell was the third director of the Marion E. Wade Center from 1994 to 2013, and the first holder of the Marion E. Wade Chair of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, from 2006 to 2013.