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The People's New Testament Commentary by M. Eugene Boring, Fred B. Craddock (Westminster John Knox Press) Very readable and usable for the personal NT reader. Prominent biblical scholars M. Eugene Boring and Fred B. Craddock present this new one-volume commentary on the New Testament. Writing from the fundamental conviction that the New Testament is the people's book, Boring and Craddock examine the theological themes and messages of Scripture that speak to the life of discipleship. Their work clarifies matters of history, culture, geography, literature, and translation, enabling people to listen more carefully to the text. This unique commentary is the perfect resource for all who seek a reference tool midway between a study Bible and a multivolume commentary on the Bible. More

Resurrection in the New Testament: Festschrift J. Lambrecht edited by Jan Lambrecht (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, 165: Peeters Publishing) In 1990 Professor Jan Lambrecht received the status of professor emeritus from the K.U. Leuven after having served as a member of the Department of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology since 1969 and Dean of the Faculty since 1985. In 1991 he celebrated his 65th birth-day. To mark these two occasions, we invited his former and then cur-rent students to contribute to a modest Schiilerfestschrift in his honor. Their very positive response resulted in the publication in 1992 of "Sharper than a two-edged sword". Essays in Honor of Professor Dr. Jan Lambrecht S.J. in a special double issue of Louvain Studies. More

The Twelve Prophets edited by Alberto Ferreiro (The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture Series: InterVarsity Press)  The church fathers mined the Old Testament throughout for prophetic utterances regarding the Messiah, but few books yielded as much messianic ore as the twelve prophets, sometimes known as the minor prophets, not because of any judgment of their impor­tance but because of the relative brevity of their writings. Encouraged by the example of the New Testament writers themselves, the church fathers found numerous parallels between the Gospels and the prophetic books. Among the events foretold, they found not only the flight into Egypt after the nativity, the passion and resurrection of Christ, and the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost, but also Judas’s act of betrayal, the earthquake at Jesus’ death and the rending of the temple veil. Details brimmed with significance for Christian doctrine, including baptism and the Eucharist as well as the relation between the covenants. More

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