Galatians and Ephesians: A Background and Application Commentary (Through Old Testament Eyes)

by Gary M. Burge

Publisher:

Kregel

, 2025

Overview

A masterful New Testament commentary on the innumerable Old Testament underpinnings of each text that elude the modern reader.

Through Old Testament Eyes is a new kind of commentary series that illuminates the Old Testament backgrounds, allusions, patterns, and references that saturate the New Testament authors and their audiences, but today’s readers often cannot see them. Bible teachers, preachers, and students committed to understanding Scripture will gain insight through these rich Old Testament connections, which clarify puzzling passages and explain others in fresh ways.

Galatians and Ephesians are steeped in Old Testament references. The author of these epistles was trained in rabbinic tradition, raised in Jewish culture, and deeply familiar with the Old Testament. If not properly recognized, many of these allusions and references are missed, and the reader is hindered in their understanding of the Scriptures. Galatians and Ephesians Through Old Testament Eyes makes these connections clear, inviting the reader to understand Galatians and Ephesians as the biblical author intended. Author Gary M. Burge offers thorough commentary and real-world application for the scholar and student alike.

Key Features

• Offers thorough commentary and real-world application
• Clarifies puzzling passages and explain others in fresh ways
• Illuminates the Old Testament backgrounds, allusions, patterns, and references that saturate the New Testament authors and their audiences

Product Details

• Title: Galatians and Ephesians: A Background and Application Commentary
• Author: Gary M. Burge
• Series: Through Old Testament Eyes
• Publisher: Kregel
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Pages: 320
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:TOTE69GA
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-07T16:06:28Z

About Gary M. Burge

Gary M. Burge (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is dean of the faculty and professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary. He previously taught for twenty-five years at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Among his many published books are The New Testament in Seven Sentences, Theology Questions Everyone Asks (with coeditor David Lauber), A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion, Mapping Your Academic Career, The New Testament in Antiquity (coauthored with Gene Green), and the award-winning Whose Land? Whose Promise? What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians.