Africa Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary Written by 70 African Scholars
- Authors
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Tags
- christian books & bibles , bible study & reference , commentaries , reference , religion & spirituality , religion , biblical commentary , general
- ISBN
- 9780310871286
- Date
- 2010-06-23T04:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 3.71 MB
- Lang
- en
The Africa Bible Commentary is a unique publishing event—the first one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders. Interpreting and applying the Bible in the light of African culture and realities, it furnishes powerful and relevant insights into the biblical text that transcend Africa in their significance. The Africa Bible Commentary gives a section-by-section interpretation that provides a contextual, readable, affordable, and immensely useful guide to the entire Bible. Readers around the world will benefit from and appreciate the commentary’s fresh insights and direct style that engage both heart and mind. Key features: · Produced by African biblical scholars, in Africa, for Africa—and for the world · Section-by-section interpretive commentary and application · More than 70 special articles dealing with topics of key importance in to ministry in Africa today, but that have global implications · 70 African contributors from both English- and French-speaking countries · Transcends the African context with insights into the biblical text and the Christian faith for readers worldwide
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From the Back CoverThe Africa Bible Commentary is a publishing event—the first one-volume Bible commentary ever to be produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders. Focusing the Word of God on African realities today, it furnishes powerful and relevant biblical insights to help church leaders in Africa and elsewhere establish and nurture a vibrant church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
This volume does not delve into critical and exegetical details. Rather, the Africa Bible Commentary is a section-by-section interpretation of Scripture text, providing a contextual, readable, affordable, and immensely useful guide to the entire Bible.
Key features:
• A complete commentary on the entire Bible in one volume
• Produced in Africa, for Africa, by African theologians
• Section-by-section exegetical and hermeneutical commentary
• More than 70 special articles dealing with topics of key importance to ministry in Africa today
• Over 60 African contributors from both English- and French-speaking countries
About the Author
Tokunboh Adeyemo is the executive director of the Centre for Biblical Transformation having served previously as general secretary for the Association of Evangelicals in Africa. He holds a Ph.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary as well as an honorary doctorate awarded by Potchefstroom University for his outstanding Christian scholarship and leadership.