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The New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle to the Hebrews

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Series: The New International Greek Testament Commentary (NIGTC)

This superb work is sure to win a name for itself as one of the major commentaries on the Epistle to the Hebrews. The principal purpose of this substantial volume is to clarify the meaning of Hebrews, long considered a complicated and obscure book. Paul Ellingworth’s fine-tooth-comb coverage of Hebrews looks at the text up close and in a broad light, enabling the reader to see the forest as well as the trees.

In his determined quest to understand Hebrews, Ellingworth begins with a detailed study of the Greek text, working outward to consider the wider context, linguistic questions, and the relation of Hebrews to other early Christian writings and to the Old Testament. Nonbiblical writings such as Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls, though less directly related to Hebrews, are considered where appropriate.

Unveiling the discourse structure of this carefully written letter, Ellingworth’s commentary helps make coherent sense of the complexities of Hebrews. As a result of his exhaustive study, Ellingworth finds Hebrews to be primarily a pastoral, not a polemical, writing. Showing how Hebrews beautifully emphasizes the supremacy of Christ, Ellingworth concludes that the essential purpose of the epistle – which maintains the continuity of God’s people before and after Christ – is to encourage readers to base their lives on nothing other and nothing less than Jesus.

A substantive bibliography and a comprehensive introduction precede Ellingworth’s commentary, and three indexes – of subjects, authors, and Greek words discussed – conclude the volume.

Author:

Paul Ellingworth (1931–2018) was a British biblical scholar who taught at the University of Aberdeen and served as a translation consultant for the United Bible Societies.

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  • Special Text Colors
    • Normal: Text
    • Hyperlink: Gen 3:15
    • Page Number: [pg 21>
    • Greek: σκανδάλων
    • Hebrew: לבנות

 

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Description

This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general comments on each section and subsection of the text.

An important aim of the NIGTC authors is to interact with the wealth of significant New Testament research published in recent articles and monographs. In this connection the authors make their own scholarly contributions to the ongoing study of the biblical text.

The text on which these commentaries are based is the UBS Greek New Testament, edited by Kurt Aland and others. While engaging the major questions of text and interpretation at a scholarly level, the authors keep in mind the needs of the beginning student of Greek as well as the pastor or layperson who may have studied the language at some time but does not now use it on a regular basis.

Review

Anvil
“There will always be a need for new commentaries, for fresh approaches to the text in light of the changing questions and discoveries of any particular age. Paul Ellingworth, however, has given us a model of depth and simplicity in his commentary that will make it one of the books to be consulted on Hebrews for some time to come.”Catholic Biblical Quarterly
“The meticulousity, fairness, and good judgment with which philology, textual criticism, relevant biblical and nonbiblical texts, and secondary literature are brought to bear on Hebrews is impressive. This work joins the list of the other excellent commentaries on Hebrews which have been published in recent years, but it carves a niche all its own.”

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