Galatians (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament | BECNT)

by Douglas J. Moo

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2013

Overview

In this addition to the acclaimed BECNT series, highly regarded New Testament scholar Douglas Moo offers a substantive yet accessible commentary on Galatians. Moo’s extensive research and thoughtful chapter-by-chapter exegesis lead you through all aspects of Galatians—sociological, historical, and theological—to help you better understand the book’s meaning and relevance.

As with all BECNT volumes, this commentary features the author’s detailed interaction with the Greek text and an acclaimed, user-friendly design. It is a useful tool for pastors, church leaders, students, and teachers. Logos Bible Software dramatically improves the value of this commentary by enabling you to find what you’re looking for with unparalleled speed and precision. Perform powerful searches by topic, and compare Douglas Moo’s analysis of Galatians with other works in your library. With Logos’ advanced features, you can delve into your study like never before!

Key Features

• Blends academic sophistication, pastoral sensitivity, and accessibility
• Includes abbreviations and Hebrew and Greek transliteration
• Provides indexes of subjects, authors, Greek words, Scripture passages, and other ancient writings

Contents

Top Highlights

“When Paul therefore claims that he has ‘died to the law,’ he means that he has been released from the binding authority of the law of Moses.” (Page 168)

“He is not arguing that Gentiles should be included, with Jews, in the people of God; he is arguing, rather, that Jews should be included, with Gentiles, in the mass of ordinary humanity. Jews are ‘sinners’ just like the Gentiles, with the radical implication that follows: their obedience to the covenant stipulations cannot put them right with God; only a total reliance on Christ, by faith, can do so.” (Page 157)

“These direct claims reveal that Paul writes Galatians to combat people who are pressuring the Galatians to undergo circumcision and submit to the law of Moses as a means of completing their Christian experience.” (Page 19)

“Galatians, we conclude, was probably written in AD 48 just before the Apostolic Conference of Acts 15.²⁴ It is the earliest extant letter of Paul.” (Page 18)

“The person who is joined to Christ enjoys both forensic justification (vv. 16, 21) and transformation (vv. 19–20). They are inseparable but distinct effects of our union with Christ.” (Page 155)

Praise for the Series

In this age of unprecedented proliferation of biblical commentary series, it is an outstanding accomplishment for the Baker Exegetical series consistently to have produced what, with only rare exceptions, have become the best available commentaries on the Greek text of the New Testament book or books treated.

—Craig Blomberg, distinguished professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary

Rigorous exegesis by seasoned scholars with explicit evangelical commitments. This is also one of the best-designed, easy-to-read series as it includes intro matters, then each commentator’s translation, commentary, and textual notes for every passage. Very reliable.

—Bruce Riley Ashford, provost and dean of faculty, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Product Details

• Title: Galatians
• Author: Douglas J. Moo
• Series: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 544
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Galatians › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781441257468, 9780801027543, 1441257462, 0801027543
• Resource ID: LLS:BECNT69GA
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-11-10T22:47:40Z

About Douglas J. Moo

Dr. Douglas J. Moo, professor of New Testament, teaches at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. For over twenty years, his ministry was based at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. His academic interests revolve around the interface of exegesis and theology.

Dr. Moo seeks to model to students a rigorous approach to the Greek text that always asks the “so what” questions of ultimate significance and application. The Pauline and General Letters have been his special focus within the NT canon. In the next few years, he will be writing commentaries on Galatians and Hebrews, a Pauline theology, and a theological and practical book on creation care.

He has also been active in his local church, serving as elder most years, teaching and preaching to the church, and conducting home Bible studies. Also very rewarding has been his service on the Committee on Bible Translation, the group of scholars charged with revising the text of the NIV and with producing the TNIV.

He and his wife, Jenny, have five grown children.