A leading New Testament scholar examines cultural context and theological meaning in Matthew. This commentary approaches each text in its final, canonical form, proceeding by sense units rather than w
Talbert (religion, Baylor U., Texas) critiques two approaches in the debate about the development of Christology among Jesus' earliest followers. One is the traditional evolutionary view that an eleme
Ephesians and Colossians is the first of eighteen volumes in the new Paideia commentary series. This series approaches each text in its final, canonical form, proceeding by sense units rather than wo
The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most familiar passages in the New Testament. In this concise and clearly-written introduction to and commentary on the Sermon, Charles Talbert pays particular att
From the various biblical explanations of suffering, this volume chooses to focus on one: suffering sometimes possesses an educational value. It explores the differing versions of this view in Paul, J
Innovative excursion into New Testament teaching on the earthly life of faithHow did New Testament writers understand the period between a believer’s “initiation” into the Christian faith
