The Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation commentary series offers both NT and OT volumes which provide a discussion of introductory matters, an exegetical treatment of all the relevant passages and a section on Biblical Theology. What distinguishes this series is its orientation toward Christian proclamation, seeking to relate biblical theology to our every day lives and to the life of the church. General Editors include T. Desmond Alexander, Andreas J. Kostenberger and Thomas R. Schreiner.
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The Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation commentary series offers both NT and OT volumes which provide a discussion of introductory matters, an exegetical treatment of all the relevant passages and a section on Biblical Theology. What distinguishes this series is its orientation toward Christian proclamation, seeking to relate biblical theology to our every day lives and to the life of the church. General Editors include T. Desmond Alexander, Andreas J. Kostenberger and Thomas R. Schreiner.
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You can read my full review at my SpoiledMilks blog (7/27/18).
In a world of Romans commentaries, why buy one more? Or if you don't have any, why buy this one? The Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation series focuses on discussing the themes of each biblical book and how it fits into the whole canon for Christian proclamation. This series doesn't aim at producing dense, academic works, but rather to present Biblical theology to the lives of all of Christ's body.
Peterson's introduction is pretty short. He agrees with many of the conservative, consensus views, although here he takes a new approach to the structure of Romans. He believes Paul alternates between confirming the gospel and defending the gospel against Jewish objections. He presents the book of Romans as one long recursion (or chiasm), however I did not understand his recursive structure (see p. 18).
Peterson offers almost 50 pages on the biblical and theological themes of Romans, and he helpfully explains the logic of Paul's arguments, how the verbal forms of Greek explain Paul's thinking, and how that helps the pastor understand Paul's theology.
The BTCP series succeeds here where others series fail. All of this helps to situate the reader into the text and to orient him (or her) to his surroundings. Rather than having to read the previous ten pages to get a grip on the argument, the reader is quickly brought up to speed with each new section.
I would certainly recommend Peterson's commentary to any teacher, paster, student, Bible study leader, etc. Having a commentary from the deep well of a biblical scholar that is easily accessible is uncommon, but it is a pleasure to read. It would serve you well to pick up anything by Peterson.
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