The Story of God Bible Commentary Series (2 vols.)
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Overview
Offering a new type of application commentary for today’s context, the Story of God Bible Commentary series explains and illuminates Scripture as God’s story. Each New Testament text is treated as though it were embedded in its canonical and historical setting to discern how to live out the story faithfully and creatively in the twenty-first century. A highly-anticipated commentary series, The Story of God Bible Commentary will cover both the Old and New Testaments in 43 volumes.
- Emphasizes the historical distance between the New Testament and contemporary culture
- Encourages discussion of how the Bible’s story can be lived today
- Examines each book in the context of God’s story
- Title: The Story of God Bible Commentary Series
- Authors: Scot McKnight and Lynn H. Cohick
- Editors: Scot McKnight and Tremper Longman III
- Series: Story of God Bible Commentary
- Series Editor: Scot McKnight
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Volumes: 2
- Pages: 624
Partially includedIn the Logos editions, these volumes are enhanced by valuable functionality and features. Scripture links directly to English translations and original-language texts, and important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Perform powerful searches with the Topic Guide to instantly gather relevant biblical texts and resources, enabling you to jump into the conversation with the foremost scholars on the sermon on the mount and Philippians. Tablet and mobile apps let you take the discussion with you. With Logos Bible Software, the most efficient and comprehensive research tools are in one place, so you get the most out of your study.
Sermon on the Mount
- Author: Scot McKnight
- Editors: Scot McKnight and Tremper Longman III
- Series: Story of God Bible Commentary
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 320
Emphasizing the historical distance between the New Testament and our contemporary culture, The Sermon on the Mount by Scot McKnight, part of the new The Story of God Bible Commentary series, offers helpful contextual insights for those seeking to discern how to live out the Bible in today’s world. Perfect for pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and lay people alike, this highly anticipated series provides a clear and compelling exposition of the text in the context of the Bible’s overarching story. The authors move away from “application” language, which has been criticized as being too simplistic, encouraging instead a wider perspective and discussion of how the biblical story can be lived today.
Scot McKnight is currently a professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. He earned a BA degree from Grand Rapids Baptist College (now Cornerstone University), an MA degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a PhD from the University of Nottingham.
McKnight is a member of the Society Biblical Literature and the Society for New Testament Studies. He has written and edited many award-winning books. He has over 25 books to his name, including Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, the volumes on Galatians and 1 Peter in the NIV Application Commentary, and A New Vision for Israel: The Teaching of Jesus in National Context. He was also a speaker at the Pastorum Live 2012 Conference.
Philippians
- Author: Lynn H. Cohick
- Editors: Scot McKnight and Tremper Longman III
- Series: Story of God Bible Commentary
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 304
Philippians provides pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and lay people a clear and compelling exposition of the text in the context of the Bible’s overarching story—God’s Story. The authors move away from “application” language, which has been criticized as being too simplistic, instead encouraging discussion of how Philippians and the Bible can be lived today.
Lynn H. Cohick received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and is an associate professor of New Testament in the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College and Graduate School. She is the author of several books, and she often writes on early Jewish/Christian relations and women in Early Judaism and earliest Christianity. She was also a speaker at the Pastorum Live 2013 conference.
Scot McKnight is currently a professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. He earned a B.A. degree from Grand Rapids Baptist College (now Cornerstone University), an M.A. degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham.
McKnight is a member of the Society Biblical Literature and the Society for New Testament Studies. He has written and edited many award-winning books. He has over 25 books to his name, including Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, the volumes on Galatians and 1 Peter in the NIV Application Commentary, and A New Vision for Israel: The Teaching of Jesus in National Context. He was also a speaker at the Pastorum Live 2012 Conference.
Tremper Longman III is an Old Testament scholar and award-winning author. He earned degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Yale University. He taught for 18 years at Westminster in Philadelphia before becoming a professor of biblical studies and chair of the religious studies department at Westmont College.
Longman has served as a translator and consultant on many translations of the Bible, including the New Living Translation, the New Century Version, and the Holman Standard Bible. He is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor’s Bible Commentary and has authored many books, including Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, Daniel in the NIV Application Commentary, and Introduction to the Old Testament.