The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: New Testament (3 vols.)

by Craig A. Evans

Publisher:

David C. Cook

, 2003–2005

Overview

Familiarity with the background of the New Testament prevents readers from misunderstanding the allusions and references that run throughout it. Historical events, social customs, religious beliefs, figures of speech, turns of phrase, and institutions all contribute to how the Bible’s first readers would have understood the Scriptures.

These three volumes guide readers through each book of the New Testament verse-by-verse while exploring the historical, cultural, and economic setting of the New Testament writings. The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary is a powerful reference work that will enhance broader New Testament commentaries.

Key Features

• Provides a verse-by-verse commentary of the entire New Testament
• Covers historical events, social customs, and figures of speech in the first century
• Establishes the setting of New Testament writings

Product Details

• Title: The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: New Testament
• Editor: Craig A. Evans
• Series: Bible Knowledge Series
• Publisher: David C. Cook
• Volumes: 3
• Pages: 1,776
• Resource Type: Commentaries
• Topic: New Testament

Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Matthew–Luke

• Editor: Craig A. Evans
• Series: Bible Knowledge Series
• Publisher: David C. Cook
• Publication Date: 2003
• Pages: 544

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

Matthew–Luke is a biblical examination of the historical, geographical, cultural, and economic background of the Synoptic Gospels. It provides a twenty-first century understanding of the first-century world. Much more than simply theology or a word study, The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary transports the reader back into the setting of the New Testament to see, touch, and hear as much of that world as possible.

Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Acts–Philemon

• Editor: Craig A. Evans
• Series: Bible Knowledge Series
• Publisher: David C. Cook
• Publication Date: 2004
• Pages: 704

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

This powerful reference tool is a book-by-book, chapter-by-chapter, detailed look at the historical, geographical, cultural, and economic background of Acts–Philemon. Much more than simply theology or a word study, The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary transports the reader back into the setting of the New Testament to see, touch, and hear as much of that world as possible.

The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John’s Gospel, Hebrews–Revelation

• Editor: Craig A. Evans
• Series: Bible Knowledge Series
• Publisher: David C. Cook
• Publication Date: 2005
• Pages: 528

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

This powerful reference tool is a detailed biblical examination of the historical, cultural, and economic background of the Gospel of John and Hebrews–Revelation. Much more than simply theology or a word study, The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary transports the reader back into the setting of the New Testament to see, touch, and hear as much of that world as possible.

About Craig A. Evans

Craig A. Evans received his PhD in New Testament from Claremont Graduate University and his DHabil from the Karoli Gaspar Reformed University in Budapest. He is the John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University in Texas. Evans has written and edited extensively on the historical Jesus and the Jewish background of the New Testament era. He is also the author of Dictionary of New Testament Background, Jesus: The Final Days, and Luke in the Understanding the Bible Commentary Series: New Testament (18 vols.).