The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible

by Gordon Fee; Robert L. Hubbard Jr.; Connie Gundry Tappy

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2011

Overview

Travelers about to visit a foreign country often study a guidebook with information about that country. Especially helpful are clear, easy-to-use maps, background information on the local area, and articles about important sites to visit.

Similarly, the Bible confronts many readers today with a kind of "foreign country in writing" whose customs and culture aren't always clear. The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible will greatly help readers navigate unfamiliar biblical terrain and deepen their knowledge of areas already familiar to them.

Over two hundred user-friendly maps, charts, graphics, and photos bring ancient places to life. Numerous articles offer significant insights into the Bible's people, places, and main ideas. Travelers who visit specific individual books will find in-depth, illuminating commentary based on up-to-date research.

Reflecting a broad evangelical perspective, The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible continues the publisher's proud tradition of providing quality biblical resources for nearly a century. This handy guidebook promises to make the Word of God come alive as never before.

Key Features

• A top-quality handbook illuminating the Bible's background, contents, and interpretation
• Over two hundred user-friendly maps, charts, graphics, and photos
• Significant insights into the Bible's people, places, and main ideas
• Completely interactive with your Logos digital library

Contents

Top Highlights

“For the Christian living among unbelievers (generalized as ‘Gentiles’), excellent behavior characterized by ‘honorable deeds’ invites present slander but will ultimately result in the unbelievers’ glorifying God when Christ returns ‘to judge’ (2:11–12). The injunction to obey political authorities assumes their just exercise of power (cf. Rom. 13:1–7). Christian freedom does not release believers from legal obligations; rather, it intensifies their responsibility for ethical behavior by requiring their voluntary servanthood as ‘servants’ to righteousness (2:16).” (Page 708)

“At the conclusion of the chapter, Jesus confidently articulates his unique relationship to God the Father. Jesus’ singular position qualifies him to give ‘rest’ to the spiritually ‘weary and heavy-laden.’ The offer comes not from a relaxation of God’s moral requirements, but from Jesus’ partnership with them under the same ‘yoke.’” (Page 532)

“God provides sustenance for Adam in a garden called Eden (‘delight’) but forbids him to eat the fruit of one of its trees—the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—for doing so would represent rebellion and lead to independence from the Creator.” (Page 81)

“The Bible is the word of God, not because God spoke it, but because it teaches God’s message delivered through inspired speakers and authors.” (Page 16)

“The serpent proven wrong, Adam and Eve (now finally named, meaning ‘living’ or ‘life’) find that the real curse does not lie in toiling ‘by the sweat of your face,’ or in suffering pain in childbirth, or in feeling the tension that sin introduced into their husband-wife relationship. Rather, the curse reaches a deeper level: loss of the intimate fellowship with their Creator that they had enjoyed in the garden. Yet though God ‘drove the man out’ and stationed cherubim (ancient Near Eastern guardians of holy places) to guard against Adam and Eve’s reentry into Eden, he did not forsake them. Indeed, before banishing them from the earthly paradise, God himself ‘made garments of skin’ to clothe them.” (Page 81)

Product Details

• Title: The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible
• Authors: Gordon Fee, Robert L. Hubbard Jr., Connie Gundry Tappy
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Pages: 816
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible › Commentaries; Bible › Introductions
• ISBNs: 9780802838230, 0802838235
• Resource ID: LLS:EERDCOMPBBL
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:39:08Z

About the Editors

Gordon D. Fee is Professor Emeritus of New Testament studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition to his many highly respected commentaries and biblical studies, he is also the author of Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God; Gospel and Spirit; and How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth.

Robert L. Hubbard Jr. is professor of biblical literature at North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, and general editor of the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series. He chaired the team of translation consultants for The Message by Eugene Peterson, and his books include the award-winning NICOT volume on the book of Ruth.