The Abingdon Bible commentary /
edited by Frederick Carl Eiselen, Edwin Lewis and David G. Downey.
- xvi, 1452 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Articles on the Bible as a whole -- How to study the Bible -- The Bible- A library of religion -- The Bible as literature -- The divine element in the Bible -- The Christian approach to the study of the Scriptures -- The use of the Bible in preaching -- The place of the Bible in religious education -- The land of Palestine -- History of the Hebrew and the Jewish people -- Bible manners and customs -- Time, money, weights, measurements -- English translations of the Bible -- II. Articles on the Old Testament -- The formation of the Old Testament -- The transmission of the Old Testament -- The chronology of the Old Testament -- The Old Testament in the light of archaeology -- The Old Testament and science -- The Old Testament and criticism -- The Pentateuch- its origin and development -- The legal and historical literature of the Old Testament -- The prophetic literature of the Old Testament -- The poetic and wisdom literature of the Old Testament -- The Old Testament conception of God -- The religion of Israel -- Israel's Messianic hope -- The literature of the Intertestamental period -- The religious development of the Intertestamental period -- III. Commentary on the books of the Old Testament -- IV. Articles on the New Testament -- The historical and religious backgrounds of the early Christian movement -- The formation of the New Testament -- The transmission of the New Testament -- The structure of the synoptic gospels -- The chronology of the New Testament -- The language of the New Testament -- The New Testament and criticism -- The life of Jesus Christ -- The teaching of Jesus -- The parables of Jesus -- The miracles of the New Testament -- The life and work of Paul -- The New Testament and Christian doctrine -- V. Commentary on the books of the New Testament .