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Overview of statement Organization

• Introduction—covers concerns referring to the complete publication, together with context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive concerns, objective, and theology.
• Each element of the statement includes:
• Pericope Bibliography—a priceless source containing crucial works that pertain to every specific pericope.
• Translation—the author’s personal translation of the biblical textual content, reflecting the result of exegesis and getting to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic utilization of phrases, words, and tenses, but in quite sturdy English.
• Notes—the author’s notes to the interpretation that deal with any textual variations, grammatical varieties, syntactical buildings, uncomplicated meanings of phrases, and difficulties of translation.
• Form/Structure/Setting—a dialogue of redaction, style, resources, and culture as they trouble the starting place of the pericope, its canonical shape, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in an effort to remove darkness from the constitution and personality of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional beneficial properties very important to knowing the passage also are brought here.
• Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the textual content and discussion with different interpreters, enticing with present opinion and scholarly research.
• Explanation—brings jointly all of the result of the dialogue in earlier sections to reveal the that means and purpose of the textual content at a number of degrees: (1) in the context of the ebook itself; (2) its which means within the OT or NT; (3) its position within the whole canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
  • General Bibliography—occurring on the finish of every quantity, this large bibliographycontains all assets used anyplace within the commentary.