Emphasizing the historical distance between the New Testament and contemporary culture, Philippians---part of the new, highly-anticipated Story of God Bible Commentary series on the New Testament---provides pastors, students, Sunday School teachers, and lay people a clear and compelling exposition of the text in the context of the Bible's overarching story. The authors move away from 'application' language, which has been criticized as being too simplistic, instead encouraging discussion of how the Bible's story can be lived today. Offering a new type of application commentary for today's context, the Story of God Bible Commentary series explains and illuminates Scripture as God's Story, with each New Testament text examined as embedded in its canonical and historical setting, in order to foster discernment in living the story faithfully and creatively with and for the Church in the 21st Century
Author Biography:
Lynn H. Cohick (PhD in New Testament/Christian Origins, University of Pennsylvania) is professor of New Testament in the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College and Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois. Lynn has written on early Jewish/Christian relations in her book, Melito of Sardis: Setting, Purpose, and Sources (Brown Judaic Studies, 2000), and several articles on women in Early Judaism and earliest Christianity. She and her husband reside in Wheaton, Illinois. Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies and the chair of the Religious Studies department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, where he lives with his wife, Alice. He is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and has authored many articles and books on the Psalms and other Old Testament books. Scot McKnight (PhD, Nottingham) is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary, Lombard, Illinois. He is the author of several books, including the award-winning The Jesus Creed, The King Jesus Gospel, One.Life, and The Blue Parakeet, as well as Galatians and 1 Peter in the NIV Application Commentary series. SPANISH BIO: Scot McKnight (PhD, Nottingham) es Profesor de Nuevo Testamento en el Northern Seminary, de Lombard, Illinois. Es erudito estadounidense en Nuevo Testamento, historiador, teologo, conferencista, autor y bloguero. Ha escrito acerca del Jesus historico, el cristianismo en sus primeros anos y los movimientos de la iglesia emergente y la iglesia misional. Nacido en el sur de Illinois, asistio al colegio universitario en Grand Rapids, Michigan y al seminario Trinity en Deerfield, Illinois. Es autor de varios libros, entre ellos el laureado The Jesus Creed, The King Jesus Gospel, One Life y The Blue Parakeet, ademas de los estudios de la epistola a los Galatas y la primera epistola de Pedro en la serie NIV Application Commentary.