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A Theological and Pastoral Commentary Michael J. Gorman “Above all, Romans is a le er about Spirit-enabled participation and transformation in Christ and his story, and thus in the mission of God in the world.”

is commentary engages the le er to the Romans as Christian scripture and highlights the Pauline themes for which Michael Gorman is best known—participation and transformation, cruciformity and new life, peace and justice, community and mission. With extensive introductions both to the apostle Paul and to the le er itself, Gorman o ers background information on Paul’s rst-century context before proceeding into the rich theological landscape of the biblical text.

In line with Paul’s focus on Christian living, Gorman interprets Romans at a consistently practical level, highlighting the le er’s signi cance for Christian theology, daily life, and pastoral ministry. Questions for re ection and sidebars on important concepts make this especially useful for those preparing to preach or teach from Romans—the “epistle of life,” as Gorman calls it, for its extraordinary promise that, through faith, we might walk in newness of life with Christ.

“Michael Gorman’s commentary on Romans faithfully illuminates the apostle Paul’s complex proclamation of the gospel. Gorman, a master teacher, provides a rich historical and theological exposition, never losing sight of the question of what ma ers for Christian communities today. is commentary belongs on the desk of everyone whose vocation is to preach and teach the gospel.”

— RICHARD B. HAYS

Duke University

“Michael Gorman is that rare scholar of eminent distinction who is willing to read the Pauline le ers as Christian scripture. His approach is ecumenically sensitive, appealing to what Protestants and Catholics hold in common. And his analysis reprises the great themes for which he is justly famous: participation, cruciformity, transformation, and mission.” — SCO HAHN

Franciscan University of Steubenville

“Michael Gorman’s commentary on Romans is an accessible and enriching journey into Paul’s most important le er. Gorman o ers a cogent and compelling approach to the le er, full of great insights and details, in order to help pastors and students come to grips with Paul’s most famous text. is is Gorman at his exegetical best!”

— MICHAEL F. BIRD

Ridley College, Melbourne

“As one expects om Michael Gorman, this commentary is theologically rich as well as spiritually inviting and edifying. It is accessible and practical yet well-informed. Aware of debates and engaging controversial questions, where necessary, Gorman remains characteristically generous and Christ-focused.” — C IG S. KEENER

Asbury Theological Seminary

“Gorman christens Paul’s le er to the Romans ‘the epistle of life,’ a message of God’s saving grace that creates multicultural, cruciform communities in Christ. Gorman’s conversational style, accessible interpretations, and penetrating re ections unlock Paul’s message, inviting readers to participate in God’s missional work to pursue peace and justice in the church and among all peoples.” — LYNN H. COHICK

Northern Seminary

“Michael Gorman reads Romans as a manifesto about participating in the life of God. e audience for this accessible commentary, like Paul’s original audience, is the community of believers, not just scholars. Since Gorman reads Romans as Christian scripture, we encounter the le er as a living document for the church today, and he leads us to encounter and embody God’s grace in Christ and through the Spirit.”

— BEN C. BLACKWELL

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Michael J. Gorman holds the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and eology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he has taught since 1991. A highly regarded New Testament scholar, he has also wri en Cruciformity, Inhabiting the Cruciform God, Becoming the Gospel, and Apostle of the Cruci ed Lord, among other signi cant works.

“ is commentary is a splendid example of one of today’s leading Pauline scholars engaging Romans as Christian scripture. It o ers an exceedingly clear and accessible participationist reading of Romans that is theologically, pastorally, and missionally insightful.”

— ANDY JOHNSON

Nazarene Theological Seminary

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The Book of Lamentations

John Goldingay

“Goldingay is one of my favorite commentators. He is an expert in ge ing in tune with the biblical book, he masters the scholarship, and he o ers the reader a plain-spoken and sympathetic exposition. In his hands, Lamentations becomes a text for our times.”

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University of She eld “Goldingay o ers a masterful analysis of the book of Lamentations—a esh translation of this poetic masterpiece with thoughtful commentary and re ection that incorporate the latest biblical scholarship. is volume will be a valuable and timely resource for students, ministers, and scholars who will nd it a joy to consult as they study Lamentations.”

— NANCY L. deCLAISSÉ-WALFORD

McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University

John Goldingay is the David Allan Hubbard Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Fuller eological Seminary. He is the author of numerous commentaries and books, including the NICOT commentary on the book of Jeremiah, Reading Jesus’s Bible: How the New Testament Helps Us Understand the Old Testament, and an original translation of the Old Testament entitled e First Testament.

The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah

Hannah K. Harrington

“ is is a timely must-read for scholars, practitioners, or those seeking to explore community crisis and renewal issues and the far-reaching consequences of Ezra-Nehemiah on modern concepts of Jerusalem’s status, purity, marriage, and societal reconstruction.”

— MIGNON R. JACOBS

Virginia Union University “Hannah Harrington makes a signi cant contribution to the study of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah while o ering pastors, lay readers, and academics alike an accessible commentary. Informed by extensive study, Harrington’s volume interacts with a wide range of scholarship and takes seriously the importance of the ancient historical context of Ezra and Nehemiah for interpretation.”

— PAUL S. EVANS

McMaster Divinity College

Hannah K. Harrington is professor of Old Testament at Pa en University, Oakland, California. Along with her numerous articles on the Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and Christianity, Harrington’s other books include Holiness: Rabbinic Judaism and the Graeco-Roman World and e Purity and Sanctuary of the Body in Second Temple Judaism.

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The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah

F. Charles Fensham

“ is is a very useful commentary. e author’s scholarship provides a sound base. His bibliography is inclusive and up to date. He interacts with all important positions on major questions. His view is conservative and clearly reasoned. . . . A commendable work.”

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F. Charles Fensham (1925–1989) was professor of Semitic languages at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. e author of several books, including a commentary on Exodus, he also served as editor of the Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages.

The Book of Jeremiah

J. A. ompson

“ ompson’s Jeremiah rivals John Bright’s commentary as the best in English on Jeremiah. . . . His highly competent treatment lends itself to use by scholars and teachers as well as for sermon preparation and personal study.”

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J. A. ompson (1913–2002) was an Australian Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist who taught at the University of Melbourne and the Baptist eological College of New South Wales.

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The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapters 1–11

Bill T. Arnold

“ e book of Deuteronomy can rightly be called a compendium of the most important ideas of the Old Testament.” So begins this commentary on the book of Deuteronomy, which Bill Arnold treats as the heart of the Torah and the fulcrum of the Old Testament—crystallizing the themes of the rst four books of the Bible and establishing the theological foundation of the books that follow.

A er a thorough introduction that explores these and other ma ers, Arnold provides an original translation of the rst eleven chapters of Deuteronomy along with verse-by-verse commentary (with the translation and commentary of the remaining chapters to follow in a second volume). As with the other entries in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament, Arnold remains rooted in the book’s historical context while focusing on its meaning and use as Christian scripture today. Ideal for pastors, students, scholars, and interested laypersons, this commentary is an authoritative yet accessible companion to the book of Deuteronomy.

Bill T. Arnold is the Paul S. Amos Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at Asbury eological Seminary. At Asbury since 1995, he has served as vice president of academic a airs/provost, director of postgraduate studies, chair of the area of biblical studies, and director of Hebrew studies. One of the series editors of NICOT, Dr. Arnold is also the author of several other books, including Introduction to the Old Testament.

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The Book of Numbers

SECOND EDITION Timothy R. Ashley

is comprehensive and erudite commentary presents a thorough explication of the book of Numbers. Timothy Ashley’s introduction discusses such questions as structure, authorship, and theological themes, and it features an extended bibliography of major works on the book of Numbers. en, dividing the text of Numbers into ve major sections, Ashley’s commentary elucidates the theological themes of obedience and disobedience that run throughout the book. is second edition includes revisions that re ect Ashley’s decades of experience with the book of Numbers, as well as updates to the footnotes and bibliography that include many important works published in the last thirty years.

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Timothy R. Ashley is a retired minister and professor of biblical studies who taught at Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia, and Central Baptist eological Seminary, Wisconsin.

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Text, Readers, and the History of Interpretation Stephen Westerholm A wide-ranging study of the interpretation of Paul’s le er to the Romans throughout history, om Origen to Karl Barth.

In anticipation of his Illuminations commentary on Paul’s le er to the Romans, Stephen Westerholm o ers this extensive survey of the reception history of Romans. A er two initial chapters discussing the o ers this extensive survey of the reception history of Romans. A er two initial chapters discussing the le er’s textual history and its rst readers in Rome (a discussion carried out in dialogue with the Paulle er’s textual history and its rst readers in Rome (a discussion carried out in dialogue with the Paulwithin-Judaism stream of scholarship), Westerholm provides a thorough overview of over thirty of the within-Judaism stream of scholarship), Westerholm provides a thorough overview of over thirty of the most in uential, noteworthy, and representative interpretations of Romans from nearly two thousand most in uential, noteworthy, and representative interpretations of Romans from nearly two thousand years of history. Interpreters surveyed include Origen, John Chrysostom, Augustine, Peter Abelard, years of history. Interpreters surveyed include Origen, John Chrysostom, Augustine, Peter Abelard, omas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Locke, Co on Mather, John Wesley, and Karl Barth. omas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Locke, Co on Mather, John Wesley, and Karl Barth.

Bearing in mind that Paul did not write for scholars, Westerholm includes in his study interpreters like Philipp Jakob Spener and Richard Baxter who addressed more popular audiences, as well as an appendix Philipp Jakob Spener and Richard Baxter who addressed more popular audiences, as well as an appendix on a remarkable series of 372 sermons on Romans by beloved British preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones. A on a remarkable series of 372 sermons on Romans by beloved British preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones. A further aim of the book is to illustrate the impact of this New Testament le er on Christian thought, supfurther aim of the book is to illustrate the impact of this New Testament le er on Christian thought, supporting Westerholm’s claim that “the history of the interpretation of Romans is, in important areas and porting Westerholm’s claim that “the history of the interpretation of Romans is, in important areas and to a remarkable extent, the history of Christian theology.” to a remarkable extent, the history of Christian theology.”

Stephen Westerholm is professor emeritus of early Christianity at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. His other books include Reading Sacred Scripture: Voices om the History of Biblical Interpretationother books include (with Martin Westerholm), holm), Justi cation Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline eme, and Understanding Paul: e Early Christian Worldview of the Le er to the Romans.

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EERDMANS CRITICAL COMMENTARY

The Gospel of Matthew

Walter T. Wilson A magisterial two-volume commentary that resituates the Gospel of Ma hew in A magisterial two-volume commentary that resituates the Gospel of Ma hew in its rst-century context. its rst-century context.

What was the original purpose of the Gospel of Ma hew? For whom was it wri en? In these volumes of the Eerdmans Critical Commentary, Walter Wilson interprets Ma hew these volumes of the Eerdmans Critical Commentary, Walter Wilson interprets Ma hew as a catechetical work that expresses the ideological and institutional concerns of a faction as a catechetical work that expresses the ideological and institutional concerns of a faction of disa ected Jewish Jesus followers in the late rst century CE. Wilson’s compelling thesis of disa ected Jewish Jesus followers in the late rst century CE. Wilson’s compelling thesis frames Ma hew’s Gospel as not only a continuation of the biblical story but also a didactic frames Ma hew’s Gospel as not only a continuation of the biblical story but also a didactic narrative intended to help shape the commitments and identity of a particular group that narrative intended to help shape the commitments and identity of a particular group that saw itself as a beleaguered, dissident minority. us, the text clari es Jesus’s essential Jewish saw itself as a beleaguered, dissident minority. us, the text clari es Jesus’s essential Jewish character as the “Son of David” while also portraying him in opposition to prominent relicharacter as the “Son of David” while also portraying him in opposition to prominent religious leaders of his day—most notably the Pharisees—and open to cordial association with gious leaders of his day—most notably the Pharisees—and open to cordial association with non-Jews. non-Jews. rough meticulous engagement with the Greek text of the Gospel, as well as relevant primary sources and secondary literature, Wilson o ers a wealth of insight into the rst primary sources and secondary literature, Wilson o ers a wealth of insight into the rst book of the New Testament for scholars, students, pastors, and interested laypersons. A er book of the New Testament for scholars, students, pastors, and interested laypersons. A er an introduction exploring the background of the text, its genre and literary features, and its an introduction exploring the background of the text, its genre and literary features, and its theological orientation, Wilson explicates each passage of the Gospel with thorough comtheological orientation, Wilson explicates each passage of the Gospel with thorough commentary on the intended message to rst-century readers about topics like morality, liturgy, mentary on the intended message to rst-century readers about topics like morality, liturgy, mission, group discipline, and eschatology. Readers interested in understanding what makes mission, group discipline, and eschatology. Readers interested in understanding what makes the Gospel of Ma hew distinctive among the Synoptics will appreciate and bene t from Wilson’s deep contextualization of the text, informed by years of study of the New Testament and Christian origins.

Walter T. Wilson is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of New Testament at Candler School of eology, Emory University. He is the author of Healing in the Gospel of Ma hew: Re ections on Method and Ministry and the editor of New Testament Interpretation: A Practical Guide.