Michael W. Holmes

The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written. Volumes and authors in The NIV Application Commentary, New Testament Set: Matthew - Revelation, 20-Volume Collection include:Matthew by Michael J. WilkinsMark by David E. GarlandLuke by Darrell L. BockJohn by Gary M. BurgeActs by Ajith FernandoRomans by Douglas J. Moo1 Corinthians by Craig L. Blomberg2 Corinthians by Scott J. HafemannGalatians by Scot McKnightEphesians by Klyne SnodgrassPhilippians by Frank ThielmanColossians, Philemon by David E. Garland1 and 2 Thessalonians by Michael W. Holmes1 and 2 Timothy, Titus by Walter L. LiefeldHebrews by George H. GuthrieJames by David P. Nystrom1 Peter by Scot McKnight2 Peter, Jude by Douglas J. MooLetters of John by Gary M. BurgeRevelation by Craig S. KeenerThis set features newly designed covers for the volumes, updated from their original editions.

The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written. Volumes and authors in The NIV Application Commentary, New Testament Set: Matthew - Revelation, 20-Volume Collection include:Matthew by Michael J. WilkinsMark by David E. GarlandLuke by Darrell L. BockJohn by Gary M. BurgeActs by Ajith FernandoRomans by Douglas J. Moo1 Corinthians by Craig L. Blomberg2 Corinthians by Scott J. HafemannGalatians by Scot McKnightEphesians by Klyne SnodgrassPhilippians by Frank ThielmanColossians, Philemon by David E. Garland1 and 2 Thessalonians by Michael W. Holmes1 and 2 Timothy, Titus by Walter L. LiefeldHebrews by George H. GuthrieJames by David P. Nystrom1 Peter by Scot McKnight2 Peter, Jude by Douglas J. MooLetters of John by Gary M. BurgeRevelation by Craig S. Keener

Aprende la retadora pero importante tarea de transportar el mensaje antiguo de la Palabra de Dios a un contexto moderno y claro, utilizando Los Comentarios B blicos con aplicaci n NVI. Estos comentarios adem s de enfocarse en la aplicaci n de un pasaje, tambi n nos permite pensar en el proceso por el cual se desarrolla un texto en su sentido original hasta llegar a su significado contempor neo. Son verdaderos comentarios, no exposiciones populares. Siendo obras de referencia y no de literatura devocional. En cada comentario encontrar s: El significado del texto b blico en su contexto del primer siglo (Sentido Original)La conexi n entre el contexto original de la Biblia y su aplicaci n contempor neo (Construyendo Puentes)La aplicaci n de un mensaje b blico contempor neo con el mismo poder que fue escrito en el pasado. NVI Application Commentary: 1 and 2 ThessaloniansLearn the exciting but important task of translating the ancient message of God's Word into a clear modern context using the NIV Bible Commentaries with application. These commentaries not only focus on the application of a passage, but also allow us to think about the process by which a text develops from its original meaning to its contemporary sense. These are true commentaries, not popular expositions. Being works of reference and not devotional literature. In each commentary you will find: The meaning of the biblical text in its first century context (Original Meaning). The connection between the original context of the Bible and its contemporary application (Building Bridges). The application of a contemporary biblical message with the same power as it was written in the past.

The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis provides a thoroughly up-to-date assessment of every major aspect of New Testament textual criticism. The twenty-four essays in the volume, all written by internationally acknowledged experts in the field, cover every major aspect of the discipline, discussing the advances that have been made since the mid twentieth century. With full and informative bibliographies, these contributions will be essential reading for anyone interested in moving beyond the standard handbooks in order to see where the discipline now stands, a vade mecum for all students and text-critical scholars for a generation to come.

Following the publication of his revised translations in The Apostolic Fathers in English, 3rd ed., Michael Holmes, a leading expert on these texts, offers a thoroughly revised and redesigned bilingual edition, featuring Greek (or Latin) and English on facing pages. Introductions and bibliographies are generous and up to date. In the textual apparatus, existing notes have been revised and expanded, and well over 200 new notes have been added. This handsome and handy one-volume, thin-paper edition will be an essential resource for students and scholars and a joy to book lovers.

The Apostolic Fathers is an important collection of writings revered by early Christians but not included in the final canon of the New Testament. Here a leading expert on these texts offers an authoritative contemporary translation, in the tradition of the magisterial Lightfoot version but thoroughly up-to-date. The third edition features numerous changes, including carefully revised translations and a new, more user-friendly design. The introduction, notes, and bibliographies have been freshly revised as well.