Romans: A New Convenant Commentary (Nccs/ New Covenant Commentary)

A HELPFULLY CONCISE COMMENTARY ON PAULS LETTER to the early Christians in Rome which the Apostle wrote just a few years before the outbreak of Neros persecution. Keener examines each paragraph for its function in the letter as a whole helping the reader follow Pauls 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 Pauls most influential and complex New Testament letter.. 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 sensitiveùJOHN 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:ùMANFRED LANG Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg