This series is designed for those who know biblical languages. It is written primarily for the pastor and Bible teacher, not for the scholar. That is, the aim is not to review and offer a critique of every possible interpretation that has ever been given to a passage, but to exegete each passage of Scripture succinctly in its grammatical and historical context. Each passage is interpreted in the light of its biblical setting, with a view to grammatical detail, literary context, flow of biblical argument, and historical ...
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This series is designed for those who know biblical languages. It is written primarily for the pastor and Bible teacher, not for the scholar. That is, the aim is not to review and offer a critique of every possible interpretation that has ever been given to a passage, but to exegete each passage of Scripture succinctly in its grammatical and historical context. Each passage is interpreted in the light of its biblical setting, with a view to grammatical detail, literary context, flow of biblical argument, and historical setting. While the focus will not be on application, it is expected that the authors will offer suggestions as to the direction in which application can flow.
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You can read my fuller review at Spoiled Milks (4/26/19).
Frank Thielman has written a brand new commentary on Romans which he hopes will simply "play the role of a footman, opening the door to Romans and then quickly stepping out of the way so that others might 'enter' the letter itself, sit at the feet of the apostle Paul, and in the apostle's voice hear the voice of God" (14).
His Introduction is 23 pages long. He covers life in Rome in the mid-first century, Christianity in Rome during this time, the setting of Romans in Paul's ministry, and Paul's purpose in writing Romans. Thielman shows that life in Rome was generally very difficult. It was a "zero-sum game" where one man's success "depleted the amount of luck available to everyone else, and so working to damage a neighbor's success could aid one's own survival" (25).
Commentary Set-Up
The Literary Context shows how, say, Romans 8:1-17 fits within the letter of Romans. A (hokey) Progress Bar with an outline is added at the end of this section. The Main Idea is a short and simple paragraph on the whole passage. The Translation and Graphical Layout is Thielman's translation of the Greek text represented in a sentence phrasing diagram to show how each clause relates to the others.
The Structure explains Paul's flow of thought. The Exegetical Outline gives a detailed outline for the chapter. In The Explanation of the Text, Thielman examines words, ideas, rhetoric, the social context, and/or biblical theology.
The highlight for many pastors and teachers will be the Theology in Application section. Here Thielman discusses what the theology of 8:1-17 means for the church today, giving insightful thoughts on how we are to live today. He writes that this section "describes the change that comes to the person God has freed from the sort of slavery to sin Paul depicted in 7:7-25" (393).
The commentary ends with a Theology of Romans, focusing around God and his character, how humanity relates to God, and how God sent Jesus christ to save the world.
Thielman has many In Depth sections where he takes a deeper look at a particular topic.
As biblical scholarship progresses, commentaries are needed. We can be thankful that there are scholars who can devote their lives to wrestling with the text and distilling it down to others. Thielman's incisive thoughts on the main ideas, structures, and meanings of Paul's long letter will benefit you as you seek to know Christ in Romans.
