Book Description
An abridgment of the critically acclaimed Expositor's Bible Commentary, this Gold Medallion-winning resource gives you in two volumes all the essential information and practical insights of the original twelve-volume set while trimming off cumbersome technical details.

From the Back Cover
All the verse-by-verse insights of the 12-volume Expositor’s Bible Commentary—in 2 convenient volumes. When you want to dig more deeply into the meaning of God’s Word, a good expository Bible commentary is ideal. You want more than a simple, one-volume commentary that just scratches the surface. But you don’t want a time-consuming multi-volume set laden with fine points you can’t use. The Expositor’s Bible Commentary Abridged Edition is tailor-made for you. Based on the critically acclaimed Expositor’s Bible Commentary used by pastors, students, and scholars across the world, this two-volume abridged edition offers you the full, penetrating, verse-by-verse commentary of the 12-volume series while leaving out needless technical details. Marshalling the knowledge of fifty-two top biblical scholars, it brings tremendous insight to your Bible studies. Covering the Old and New Testaments in separate volumes, this commentary features: • Verse-by-verse exposition of the entire Bible • 250 in-text charts, maps, tables, and pictures • Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbers for cross-referencing the Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance and other G/K-numbered resources

About the Author
Kenneth L. Barker (Ph.D., Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning) is an author, lecturer, and biblical scholar, and the general editor of the NIV Study Bible.;John R. Kohlenberger III (M.A., Western Seminary) is the author or coeditor of more than three dozen biblical reference books and study Bibles, including The Strongest Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, NRSV Concordance Unabridged, Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament, Hebrew-English Concordance to the Old Testament, and the award-winning NIV Exhaustive Concordance and NIV Bible Commentary. He has taught at Multnomah Bible College and Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

If your Bible study needs call for more than a brief, one-volume commentary but less than a large, expensive set, The Expositor's Bible Commentary--Abridged Edition is indispensable. An abridgment of the critically acclaimed Expositor's Bible Commentary, this Gold Medallion Award-winning resource gives you in two volumes all the essential information and practical insights of the original twelve-volume set while trimming off cumbersome technical details.

Fifty-five international contributors represent the best in evangelical scholarship from a wide range of denominations. Their penetrating, verse-by-verse expositions will broaden your understanding of God's Word. The use of Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbers lets you expand on their discussions of Greek and Hebrew words by cross-referencing the Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance. And 250 in-text charts, maps, tables, and pictures lend clarity and visual impact to the text.

For scholarliness, usefulness, convenience, and excellence in design, The Expositor's Bible Commentary--Abridged Edition shines. It is one member of your core reference library that you'll reach for often for the depth it brings to your Bible study. Formerly titled Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary.