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11 220.7 2129654 Ex7 V . Expositor's Bible commentary uJ f f~/C 220.7 2129654 Ex7 V . Expositor's Bible commentary I ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY I FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 46802 You may return this book to any agency, branch, or bookmobile of the Allen County Public Library. OCHCO I I ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY •millnilII III acpl item discarded Digitized by the Internet Archive 2017 with funding from in Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/expositorsbiblec01gaeb THE EXPOSITCKS BIBLE CXMMENIAPy General Editor: FRANK GAEBELEIN E. Headmaster Emeritus, Stony Brook School; Today Former Coeditor, Christianity Associate Editor: DOUGLAS D. J. New Editor, The International Church Dictionary of the Christian Consulting Editors, Old Testament: WALTER KAISER, C. JR. Professor of Semitic Languages and Old Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School BRUCE WALTKE K. Professor of Old Testament, Regent College New Testament: Consulting Editors, JAMES MONTGOMERY BOICE Tenth Presbyterian Church Pastor, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, MERRILL TENNEY C. Williston Professor of Bible and Theology, P. Wheaton College Manuscript Editor: GERARD TERPSTRA H. House Zondervan Publishing = THE^.. EXPOSITORS BIBLE CX)MMENrARy with The New International Version of The Holy Bihle TWELVE VOLUMES IN VOLUME 1 (INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES) ZONdERVaN PUBlishiNQ house OF THE ZONDERVAN CORPORATION GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN A9506 | — ALLEN r.''--'' -•’r The Expositor s Bible Commentary © Copyright 1979 by The Zondervan Corporation Grand Rapids, Michigan Second printing May 1979 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data (Revised) Main entry under title: The Expositor’s Bible commentary. Includes bibliographies. CONTENTS: —V. 1. Articles. V. 10. Ro—mans Galatians. 1. Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc. Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Gaebelein, Frank Ely, 1899- II. Douglas, James Dixon. III. Bible. New English. international. 1978. BS491.2.E96 220.6 76-41334 ISBN 0-310-36430-2 (v. 1) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduc'ed, —stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any—means electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise with- out the prior [permission of the cxppyright owner. Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Ver- sion, Copyright © 1978 by New York International Bible Society. Used by permission. Printed in the United States ofAmerica 1 CONTENTS Preface Vll Abbreviations IX Transliterations XV INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES general The Authority and Inspiration of the Bible Carl F.H. Henry 2 The Transmission and Translation of the Bible F.F. Bruce ^9 The Interpretation of the Bible Geoffrey \V. Bromiley The Geographical Setting of the Bible James M. Houston The Eschatology of the Bible Robert L. Saucy ^q3 The Bible as Literature Calvin D. Linton 129 Christianity and the World s Religions Sir Norman Anderson ^43 The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Bruce M. Metzger Between the Testaments Harold W. Hoehner IYq OLD TESTAMENT The Language of the Old Testament G. Douglas Young The Textual Criticism of the Old Testament Bruce K. Waltke 21 The Historical and Literarv' Criticism of the Old Testament R.K. Harrison 231 Old Testament History J.A. Motyer 253 The Theology of the Old Testament Walter C. Kaiser, Jr 285 Archaeology and the Old Testament W Donald iseman J. 3Qg The Relation of the Old Testament to Ancient Cultures G. Herbert Livingston 339 The Chronology of the Old Testament Gleason L. Archer, Jr 33^ The Metrology of the Old Testament Gleason L. Archer, Jr 3^3 V The Canon of the Old Testament 385 Milton C. Fisher The Dead Sea Scrolls 395 William Sanford LaSor NEW TESTAMENT New Testament The Language of the 409 Harold Greenlee J. New Testament The Textual Criticism of the 419 Gordon D. Fee New Testamen The Historical and Literary Criticism of the 437 Donald Guthrie New Testament The Theology of the 459 Samuel Mikolaski The CulturalJ.and Political Setting of the New Testament 483 Arthur A. Rupprecht The Synoptic Gospels 501 Julius Scott, Jr J. Jesus in the Gospels 517 Howard Marshall /. The Epistolary Literature 545 Edward M. Blaiklock The Life and Ministry of Paul 557 R. Alan Cole The Apostolic Church 577 Wood A. Skevington The Chronology of the New Testament 593 Lewis A. Foster New Testament The Metrology of the 609 Lewis A. Foster The Old Testament in the New Testament 617 Roger Nicole The Canon of the New Testament 631 Andrew F. Walls Archaeology and the New Testament 645 Edwin Yamauchi , INDEXES 673 Index of Persons 689 Index of Subjects 713 Index of Scripture References VI