Cornerstone Biblical Commentary: James, 1 & 2 Peter, Jude, Revelation (CBC)
Overview
The Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series provides up-to-date, evangelical scholarship on the Old and New Testaments. Each volume is designed to equip pastors and Christian leaders with exegetical and theological knowledge to better understand and apply God’s Word by presenting the message of each passage as well as an overview of other issues surrounding the text. The commentary series has been structured to help readers understand the meaning of Scripture, passage-by-passage, through the entire Bible.
James, 1 & 2 Peter, Jude, Revelation is prefaced by a substantial introduction that offers historical background important for understanding. Then readers are taken through the text, passage-by-passage, starting with the text of the New Living Translation. This is followed by a section of notes on the Greek and Hebrew behind the English translation of the New Living Translation. This section also interacts with scholars on important interpretive issues, and points readers to significant textual and contextual matters. The commentary on the passage presents a lucid interpretation, giving special attention to context and major theological themes.
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- Provides an introduction to the historical and cultural context, the literary style, and the major themes and theological concerns of each book
- Includes exegetical and textual notes
- Offers commentary that pays special attention to context and major theological themes
Top Highlights
“The message of 1:2–4 is that the trials of life are allowed by God as a spiritual necessity that tests our Christian character and gives us an opportunity to strengthen our faith by learning steadfast endurance, thereby making us complete in Christ and whole (healthy) people of God.” (Page 24)
“It is one thing to know something and even to be grounded in it, yet quite another to continue abiding in it.” (Page 299)
“This is only possible when we look at troubles from God’s perspective. We must separate ‘joy’ from happiness. We are happy when things go the way we want; joy can only occur when we see it God’s way, when we surrender to his providential care. Then the afflictions become a source of ‘great joy.’” (Page 22)
“If the Ephesian church represents the intolerance of cold orthodoxy, the Pergamum church represents the toleration of mild heterodoxy.” (Page 440)
“Third, this chosenness and sanctification, the work of God and the Spirit, will result in the work of Christ in salvation, namely, in obedience and cleansing.” (Page 148)
An enormously helpful series for the layperson and pastor alike because it centers on the theological message of each book and ties it directly to the text. This approach has been needed for some time and will be an invaluable supplement to other commentary series.
—Grant Osborne, professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
A treasure house of insight into the biblical text. Written by some of the best scholars working today, it is an essential tool for pastors, students, church leaders, and lay people who want to understand the text and know how it relates to our lives today. Like the New Living Translation text it uses as its base, this commentary series is extremely readable.
—Tremper Longman, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College
- Title: Cornerstone Biblical Commentary: James, 1 & 2 Peter, Jude, Revelation
- Author: M. Robert Mulholland Jr. and Grant R. Osborne
- Editor: Philip W. Comfort
- Series: Cornerstone Biblical Commentary
- Publisher: Tyndale
- Publication Date: 2011
- Pages: 624
Grant R. Osborne is professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has authored and edited numerous books, including The Hermeneutical Spiral and many commentaries on the New Testament.
M. Robert Mulholland Jr. is vice president of Asbury Seminary and an expert in New Testament and Christian origins and spiritual formation. His several books include The Deeper Journey and contributions to the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. He is also a frequent speaker at Bible and spiritual renewal conferences.
About Philip W. Comfort
Philip W. Comfort has studied English literature, Greek, and New Testament at the Ohio State University and the University of South Africa. He has taught these classes at a number of colleges, including Wheaton College, Trinity Episcopal Seminary, Columbia International University, and Coastal Carolina University. He is currently senior editor of Bible reference at Tyndale and served as New Testament editor for the New Living Translation. He has contributed a number of books to the Tyndale collection, both as author and editor. Among these are The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament, The Origin of the Bible, The Tyndale Bible Dictionary, The Complete Guide to Bible Versions, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (with D. Barrett), and Who’s Who in Christian History.