Commentaries - New Testament

John: The NIV Application Commentary

Name: John: The NIV Application Commentary
Author: Gary M. Burge
ISBN: 9780310497509

by Gary M. Burge, David W. Baker, Bill T. Arnold

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Overview

Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. In other words, they focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable---but the job is only half done!

The NIV Application Commentary Series helps us with both halves of the interpretive task. This new and unique series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into a modern context. It explains not only what the Bible meant but also how it can speak powerfully today.

This commentary takes readers back to its original setting and then brings it forward to the present to see how it applies today. This unique approach helps readers bring the ancient message into our modern context with power. It not only explains what the Bible means, but also how it can speak today.

Synopsis

This commentary on John helps us with both halves of the interpretive task. It shows readers how to bring the ancient message of John into a modern context, and it explains not only what the book of John meant to its original readers but also how it can speak powerfully today.

About the Author, Gary M. Burge

Gary M. Burge (PhD, King's College, Aberdeen University) is a professor of New Testament in the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College and Graduate School. Gary has authored a number of books, including Who Are God's People in the Middle East? What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians; John and Letters of John in the NIV Application Commentary series; The New Testament in Antiquity (coauthored with Lynn Cohick and Gene Green); and the first two volumes in the Ancient Context, Ancient Faith series, The Bible and the Land and Jesus, the Middle Eastern Storyteller. Gary specializes in the Middle East, its churches, and its history in the Hellenistic period. Gary M. Burge es doctor en filosofia de la Facultad King y la Universidad Aberdeen. Es profesor del Nuevo Testamento en el departamento de estudios biblicos y teologicos de la Facultad Wheaton y la Escuela de Graduados. Gary es autor de un sinnumero de libros, incluyendo: Quien es el pueblo de Dios en el Medio Oeste? Lo que no se le esta diciendo a los cristianos acerca de Israel y los palestinos y el Comentario de Juan. Gary se especializa en el Medio Oeste, sus iglesias y su historia en la era helenista.