Benefits of the Logos Bible Software Edition
As a 3 volume set, The Lectionary Commentary works well alongside Logos Bible Software's Lectionary Viewer to provide greater depth of analysis for each week's Lectionary texts. For example, you could open the Lectionary Viewer in Logos Bible Software and begin studies of each of the Lectionary passages for that week. Then, The Lectionary Commentary comes into the process and provides much needed commentary, describing how these verses fit together and how the sections of this week's Lectionary related to the larger themes of the chosen scripture and their purpose in the Biblical narrative.
For pastors who have grown to love Preaching from the Lectionary: An Exegetical Commentary, this is a great companion text. Combining expert commentaries from a wide variety of scholars, The Lectionary Commentary serves as a springboard into deeper studies of your Lectionary text each week. You may find it is the first place you look as you begin your studies for the week as it contains useful background and contextual information that allows you to pursue more focused study in other areas of your software library.
Contributors include:
- Richard A. Burridge
- Thomas W. Gillespie
- Colin E. Gunton
- Robert W. Jenson
- James F. Kay
- Hughes Oliphant Old
- Fleming Rutledge
- Marguerite Shuster
The First Readings: The Old Testament and Acts
This volume covers the lectionary readings from Genesis to Malachi and from the first seventeen chapters of Acts. Unique to this volume is an excellent essay by Hughes Oliphant Old on preaching as worship.
The Second Reading: Acts and the Epistles
This volume covers the lectionary readings for the final selections from Acts and for all the New Testament Epistles, from Romans to Revelation. Unique to this volume is an excellent essay by Colin e. Gunton on preaching from the letters.
The Third Readings: The Gospels
This volume covers the lectionary readings from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Unique to this volume is an excellent essay by C. Clifton Black on Augustinian preaching and the nurture of Christians.
Praise for the Print Edition
An excellent tool for studying the texts of the lectionary.
- Clergy Journal
There is plenty of wisdom here to fuel weekly preaching and to make The Lectionary Commentary a fine investment.
- Theology Today
A remarkable achievement for its scholarly exegesis and its concern to provide a basis for exposition...Will pay handsome dividends for preachers and congregations.
- Expository Times
From the Back Cover of the Print Edition
An unprecedented, monumental work, the three-volume Lectionary Commentary offers superb exegetical essays on 513 biblical texts from the Revised Common Lectionary spanning the three-year liturgical cycle. Written by seventy-eight pastors, priests, and teachers from a variety of Christian traditions, these essays are meant primarily to serve as exegetical "jump starts" for busy preachers.
Including every Sunday of the church years as well as special holidays, The Lectionary Commentary arranges the biblical texts in canonical order, making it useful to all preachers, not just those who follow the lectionary. These three volumes aim throughout to answer the question What does the preacher need to know about this text in order to preach a faithful sermon from it? Each essay closely considers its specific biblical text and provides insightful theological reflection while remaining alert to our contemporary context.
About the Author
Roger E. Van Harn is retired from the pastorate of Grace Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Among his other books are Preacher, Can You Hear Us Listening? and Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles' Creed.
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