Product Highlights

• Voted one of Christianity Today's 1995 Books of the Year!
• Offers 66 solid, concise, evangelical commentaries
• Based on the New International Version

"A book which will seriously enrich its readers' faith and understanding."

——Allister E. McGrath, Teaching Fellow, Chair of Theology, Ministry and Education, King’s College

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

—J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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

—George Leonard Carey, Lord Carey of Clifton

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 readable and accessible volume offers sixty-six solid, concise, evangelical commentaries-one on each book of the Bible. Also provided are introductory material on date, authorship, purpose, key themes and a to-the-point outline of each book. These are followed by passage-by-passage and verse-by-verse comments, based on the New International Version text, that opens up Scripture in light of the most recent developments in scholarship.

For fourty years, the New Bible Commentary has set the standard for works of its kind. Now in this completely revised fourth edition (including over 80% new and updated material), the New Bible Commentary is positioned to maintain its standing as the leading one-volume commentary on the whole Bible well into the 21^st century.

About the Editors

Donald A. Carson is a prominent, conservative scholar of the evangelical movement. He is currently a research professor of the New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, which is based in Deerfield, Illinois. Don Carson is also a speaker at many Christian conferences.

Carson's academic qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from McGill University and a Doctor of Philosophy in the New Testament from the University of Cambridge.

Richard Thomas France was born in 1938 and educated at Bradford Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford; MA. He earned his BD. at the University of London and his PhD. at the University of Bristol.

He is a New Testament scholar and Anglican Rector. He was Principal of Wycliffe Hall Oxford from 1989 to 1995. He has also worked for the London School of Theology.

J. A. Motyer was formerly Principal of Trinity College, Bristol, England. He is a contributor to the Illustrated Bible Dictionary. He is also the author of The Message of Philippians and The Message of James.

Gordon Wenham, born 1943, is an Old Testament scholar and author of several books about the Bible. He read Theology at Cambridge University, graduating in 1965 with distinction, and completed his PhD on Deuteronomy in 1970. He has been awarded several scholarships in connection with Old Testament studies and has studied in Germany, America and Jerusalem. Professor Wenham has written a large number of articles and several books, including commentaries on Genesis, Leviticus and Numbers, and more recently a study of Old Testament narrative ethics, Story as Torah , and Exploring the Old Testament: the Pentateuch.

Gordon Wenham was until 2005 senior professor of Old Testament at the University of Gloucestershire, a post he held for 10 years. He is currently lecturing at Trinity College, Bristol.