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The transforming Word : one-volume commentary on the Bible / Mark Hamilton, general editor.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Abilene, Tex. : ACU Press, 2009.Description: viii, 1117 pages : maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780891125211
  • 0891125213
Other title:
  • One-volume commentary on the Bible
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 220.7 22
LOC classification:
  • BS491.3 .T73 2009
Summary: This is the first one-volume Bible commentary edited by ACU faculty. More than 30 contributors from various branches of the Stone-Campbell movement were selected, all of whom hold or are pursuing a doctoral degree in biblical studies. Readers will find a usable introduction to each book and each section without being bogged down by every possible detail. A bibliography will direct those who want to explore topics more in-depth. In illuminating the biblical texts, the authors of this commentary draw on their knowledge of the original languages and a deep awareness of the literary shape and flow of the Bible, the relevant archaeological and textual evidence from the ancient Near East or Greco-Roman worlds, and the history of biblical interpretation, ancient, medieval, and modern. - Publisher.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BS 491.3 .T73 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 232161

Associate editors: Kenneth L. Cukrowski, Nancy W. Shankle, James Thompson, John T. Willis.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This is the first one-volume Bible commentary edited by ACU faculty. More than 30 contributors from various branches of the Stone-Campbell movement were selected, all of whom hold or are pursuing a doctoral degree in biblical studies. Readers will find a usable introduction to each book and each section without being bogged down by every possible detail. A bibliography will direct those who want to explore topics more in-depth. In illuminating the biblical texts, the authors of this commentary draw on their knowledge of the original languages and a deep awareness of the literary shape and flow of the Bible, the relevant archaeological and textual evidence from the ancient Near East or Greco-Roman worlds, and the history of biblical interpretation, ancient, medieval, and modern. - Publisher.

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