New Covenant Commentary Series Now Out!

The first two volumes of the New Covenant Commentary Series (NCCS: Wipf & Stock) has been released.

Michael Bird, whose credentials all of us know about, has authored the volume on Colossians and Philemon, and Craig Keener, another amazingly prolific scholar has authored the volume on Romans.

Here are the details:

Romans By Craig S. Keener; edited by: Michael Bird and Craig S. Keener

Retail Price: $32.00

Web Price: $25.60

ISBN 10: 1-60608-156

XISBN 13: 978-1-60608-156-3

Pages: 294

Description: A helpfully concise commentary on Paul's letter to the early Christians in Rome, which the Apostle wrote just a few years before the outbreak of Nero's persecution. Keener examines each paragraph for its function in the letter as a whole, helping the reader follow Paul's argument. Where relevant, he draws on his vast work in ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman sources in order to help modern readers understand the message of Romans according to the way the first audience would have heard it. Throughout, Keener focuses on major points that are especially critical for the contemporary study of Paul's most influential and complex New Testament letter.

Endorsements:

By grounding his exposition of Romans in the world of the first century, yet keeping his eye on the needs and concerns of the contemporary world, Keener offers here a rare commodity: a lucid commentary that is simultaneously conversant with the latest biblical scholarship and pastorally sensitive."—John T. Fitzgerald, University of Miami, USA and North-West University, South Africa

"Craig Keener has written a marvelous commentary that will prove to be a valuable tool for ministers, students, and scholars alike. By insightfully introducing and contextualizing, as well providing excurses that guide the reader from ancient to modern times, Keener has done with excellence what a commentary should do."—Manfred Lang, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg

Colossians By Michael Bird; edited by: Michael Bird and Craig Keener

Retail Price: $22.00

Web Price: $17.60

ISBN 10: 1-60608-131-4

ISBN 13: 978-1-60608-131-0

Pages: 192

Endorsements:

Every generation needs to grapple anew with the Bible, and every pastor needs a series that pushes the text into the community and this commentary series accomplishes these tasks. May God bless these commentaries to yield communities that live out God's gracious covenant with us."—Scot McKnight, Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies North Park University

"Michael Bird's treatment of Colossians and Philemon is incisive, informative, and independent. He guides readers with a light touch, accurately setting out competing positions, but judiciously weighing the merits of each of these alternatives. The commentary is built on a foundation of mature, balanced, and sane exegesis—and from this firm foundation Bird draws weighty theological implications. This is a masterpiece of succinct writing and an auspicious start to the New Covenant Commentary Series."—Paul Foster, School of Divinity University of Edinburgh

Here are the remainder of the commentaries and their order of projected appearance:

REVELATION – Gordon Fee

EPHESIANS – Lynn Cohick

JAMES – Pablo Jimenez1–

3 JOHN – Sam Ngewa

JOHN – Jey Kanagaraj

PASTORAL EPISTLES – Aida Besancon-Spencer

MARK – Kim Huat Tan

ACTS – Jungmo Cho

LUKE – Jeannine Brown

2 PETER AND JUDE – Andrew Mbuvi

MATTHEW–Joel Willits

1 PETER – Eric Greaux

1–2 THESSALONIANS – TBD

PHILIPPIANS– Linda Belleville

HEBREWS – Tom Thatcher

GALATIANS – Brian Vickers

1 CORINTHIANS – TBD

2 CORINTHIANS – David DeSilva

What's more is that the Wipf and Stock website is offering a 40% discount on these inaugural volumes when you enter the coupon code: NCCS09.