This book is the first of its kind: an innovative socio-rhetorical commentary on the Book of Revelation. Without sacrificing scholarly perspective or academic rigor, it is written to be accessible for a wide audience--including pastors, scholars, teachers, seminarians, and interested lay people. A "Suggested Reading List"--a feature of all volumes in the New Cambridge Bible Commentary--will serve as point of entry for the new serious student of Revelation and as a helpful annotated bibliography for all readers. Frequent "Closer-Look" sections examine key elements of the Roman-Greco world that...

The letters of James and Jude are famously "under-interpreted," and this is the first commentary to focus exclusively on the two letters written by the "brothers of the Lord." The commentary interprets the letters of James and Jude as having been written early in the life of the Church and maintains that the letter of James may be one of the oldest Christian writings as well as an early witness to the teachings of Jesus.

A passage by passage explanation of Paul's letters to the Corinthians.

Provides a comprehensive introduction to the New Testament Gospel of Matthew and its historical, social and religious contexts.

This volume surfaces distinct historical claims, nuanced theological conclusions, and a mutual respect in an area where disagreement often results in consignment to hell.

This volume surfaces distinct historical claims, nuanced theological conclusions, and a mutual respect in an area where disagreement often results in consignment to hell.

Drawing on a range of ancient background, this commentary makes Galatians easier to understand today.

This more accessible version of Keener's monumental, 4500-page commentary on Acts, makes more widely available the decades of research behind that widely-acclaimed work. Sensitive to the Act's narrative unity, this work is especially known for its direct engagement with the wide range of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman sources.