Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 5 | EBC)
Overview
The Gold Medallion Award–winning Expositor’s Bible Commentary is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the Scriptures. Providing pastors and Bible students with a comprehensive and scholarly tool for the exposition of the Scriptures and the teaching and proclamation of their message, this 12-volume reference work has become a staple of seminary and college libraries and pastors’ studies worldwide.
The Expositor’s Bible Commentary uses the New International Version for its English text, but also refers freely to other translations and to the original languages. Each book of the Bible has, in addition to its exposition, an introduction, outline, and bibliography. Notes on textual questions and special problems are correlated with the expository units; transliteration and translation of Semitic and Greek words make the more technical notes accessible to readers unacquainted with the biblical languages. In matters where marked differences of opinion exist, commentators, while stating their own convictions, deal fairly and irenically with opposing views.
Top Highlights
“The perfect mood of the verbs in each case emphasizes that the godly are never involved with anything tainted with evil (Joüon, par. 112d). These three descriptions do not represent three kinds of activities of the wicked or a climactic development from walking to sitting or an intensification in the depraved activities of the wicked. Instead, the parallelism is synonymous and profoundly portrays the totality of evil. For a contrastive use of complete loyalty to the Lord, see Deuteronomy 6:7.” (Page 54)
“The primary significance of the text lies in the confidence of the psalmist that his relationship with God will not end with death.” (Page 158)
“There are two principle metaphors of the Lord’s goodness: he is like a ‘shepherd’ who is interested in each sheep (vv. 1–4), and he is like a host who has prepared a lavish banquet (vv. 5–6).” (Page 214)
“When obedient faith is present, the Lord will guide the believer along life’s paths in spite of difficulties and hindrances. The idea of ‘straight’ (v. 6) contrasts to the crooked and perverse ways of the wicked.” (Page 917)
“It is preferable to read the psalm in the light of Nathan’s prophecy of God’s covenant with David (2 Sam 7:5–16).” (Page 64)
- Title: The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 5: Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
- Authors: Frank E. Gaebelein, Willem A. VanGemeren, Allen P. Ross, J. Stafford Wright, Dennis F. Kinlaw
- Series: Expositor’s Bible Commentary
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Print Publication Date: 1991
- Logos Release Date: 2010
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Ecclesiastes › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Proverbs › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Psalms › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780310422594, 0310422590
- Resource ID: LLS:EBC05
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T16:51:44Z
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