Interpreting Christ

This refreshing collection of essays centres upon hermeneutics, but avoids the technical language that makes many textbooks on the subject so inaccessible. Some of the essays examine particular que…

The temptation and the passion: the Markan.., c.1-2

The aim of this book is to illuminate the manner in which Mark understood Jesus' death. That death forms the climax of the Gospel, and is all-important for the evangelist. Since it is central to ev…

The temptation and the passion: the Markan soteriology, c.1-2

The aim of this book is to illuminate the manner in which Mark understood Jesus' death. That death forms the climax of the Gospel, and is all-important for the evangelist. Since it is central to ev…

From text to sermon: responsible use of the New Testament in preaching

Best identifies the most common problems facing anyone who seeks to interpret the New Testament. He then shows how the preacher, teacher or ordinary reader can faithfully draw out the meaning of th…

Paul and his converts

The occasion of this book was the gracious invitation from Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, to deliver the 1985 Sprunt Lectures. I am both honoured to have been invited and indebted …

The first and second Epistles to the Thessalonians: a commentary on the first..

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0-7136-1307-6

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xvi,376p.; 22 cm.

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227.81 BES f

A critical and exegetical commentary on Ephesians

Ephesian is not an easy book of which to write a commentary. Goodspeed describes it as the Waterloo of commentators. It baffles them. The second of these sentences is undoubtedly true; how the firs…