New Bible Commentary – Volume 2, Revised

In recent years there have been many new developments in biblical scholarship, some challenging and some affirming scriptural accounts. This authoritative reference work brings together many of the finest scholars of our day to meet the needs of the church well into the next century.

This accessible volume offers solid, concise, evangelical commentaries on each book of the Bible. The fourth edition features 51 entirely new commentaries, 15 revised commentaries, and seven new articles on biblical history and types of literature.

«An excellent study guide for anyone who wants to take Scripture seriously. The New Bible Commentary allows its users to read Scripture in some of the best company currently available. A book which will seriously enrich its readers’ faith and understanding.»

«The 21st century edition of the New Bible Commentary will prove as valuable to the rising generations as its predecessors did to those of us who are older.»

«IVP is to be congratulated on producing this new edition of the New Bible Commentary. I warmly commend it to all those wanting to understand the Bible in greater depth.»

«For many years I recommended the old New Bible Commentary as the best of its kind on the market. I expect to find myself saying the same of this new work that replaces it.»

«The 21st century edition of the New Bible Commentary will prove as valuable to the rising generations as its predecessors did to those of us who are older.»
–D. Stuart Briscoe, author and pastor

«IVP is to be congratulated on producing this new edition of the New Bible Commentary. I warmly commend it to all those wanting to understand the Bible in greater depth.»
–George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury

«For many years I recommended the old New Bible Commentary as the best of its kind on the market. I expect to find myself saying the same of this new work that replaces it.»
–J. I. Packer, author of Knowing God

«The 21st century edition of the New Bible Commentary will prove as valuable to the rising generations as its predecessors did to those of us who are older.»
–D. Stuart Briscoe, author and pastor

«IVP is to be congratulated on producing this new edition of the New Bible Commentary. I warmly commend it to all those wanting to understand the Bible in greater depth.»
–George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury

«An excellent study guide for anyone who wants to take Scripture seriously. The New Bible Commentary allows its users to read Scripture in some of the best company currently available. A book which will seriously enrich its readers’ faith and understanding.»
–Alister E. McGrath, King’s College, London

«For many years I recommended the old New Bible Commentary as the best of its kind on the market. I expect to find myself saying the same of this new work that replaces it.»
–J. I. Packer, author of Knowing God

«An excellent study guide for anyone who wants to take Scripture seriously. The New Bible Commentary allows its users to read Scripture in some of the best company currently available. A book which will seriously enrich its readers’ faith and understanding.»
–Alister E. McGrath, King’s College, London

For many years I recommended the old New Bible Commentary as the best of its kind on the market. I expect to find myself saying the same of this new work that replaces it.
–J. I. Packer, author of Knowing God

The 21st century edition of the New Bible Commentary will prove as valuable to the rising generations as its predecessors did to those of us who are older.
–D. Stuart Briscoe, author and pastor

IVP is to be congratulated on producing this new edition of the New Bible Commentary. I warmly commend it to all those wanting to understand the Bible in greater depth.
–George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury

An excellent study guide for anyone who wants to take Scripture seriously. The New Bible Commentary allows its users to read Scripture in some of the best company currently available. A book which will seriously enrich its readers’ faith and understanding.
–Alister E. McGrath, King’s College, London

Biographical Note:
Gordon J. Wenham is lecturer in Old Testament at Trinity College, Bristol. He was formerly professor of Old Testament at the University of Gloucestershire and is well known for his commentaries on Genesis, Leviticus and Numbers, as well as other studies in the Pentateuch.

J. Alec Motyer was a renowned Old Testament pastor and scholar. With extensive experience in parish ministry, he was also principal of Trinity College in Bristol, England, and was well known as a Bible expositor. His books include The Prophecyof Isaiah, and he was the Old Testament editor of The Bible Speaks Today series.

D. A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.

R. T. France has taught at London Bible College and was principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, from 1989 to 1995. He has also been the rector of seven Anglican parishes. He is the author of Matthew in the Tyndale New Testament Commentary series, The Evidence for Jesus, Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher, two volumes of Mark in both the Doubleday Bible Commentary and the New International Greek Testament Commentary, and Women in the Church’s Ministry: A Test Case for Biblical Hermeneutics.

Table of Contents:
Maps, diagrams and tables
Preface
Explanations
Contributors
Abbreviations
Transliterations
Approaching the Bible
Biblical history

The Old Testament
The Pentateuch
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 and 2 Samuel
1 and 2 Kings
1 and 2 Chronicles
Ezra and Nehemiah
Esther
Poetry in the Bible
Job
The Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
The Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micha
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Apocrypha and