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Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 42, Ephesians Hardcover – November 6, 1990
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The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.
- Print length590 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThomas Nelson Inc
- Publication dateNovember 6, 1990
- Dimensions6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-10084990241X
- ISBN-13978-0849902413
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- Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc; First Edition (November 6, 1990)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 590 pages
- ISBN-10 : 084990241X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0849902413
- Item Weight : 2.15 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,326,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,125 in New Testament Commentaries
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- Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2013Lincoln's treatment of the Letter to the Ephesians was thorough and well researched. His credentials are good and for the most part he has written an excellent commentary. Lincoln attributes Ephesians to someone other than the Apostle Paul, which smacks of modern criticism. However, I would recommend this volume to any serious student of the Bible.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2013Love the book. This series just got more helpful for me because I just finished my first semester in Biblical Greek, thus I can understand a bit more in this commentary series!
- Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2009I received the item as promised with good speedy service. Thank you. Will buy more from this seler
- Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017As with most of the commentaries in the Word Biblical Commentary series, Andrew Lincoln's commentary on Ephesians represents a good deal of serious scholarship and is best suited to the serious student, particularly one who already has a good background in New Testament studies and has a working knowledge of the Greek. The work is painstakingly detailed, and the student willing to put in the effort will find that Lincoln has a great deal of insight into the text. As with the pattern established in the WBC in general, the commentary on each section of the text begins with a bibliography (primarily of interest to the scholar), an original translation by Lincoln, footnotes on this translation (primarily dealing with issues in the translation of the Greek text, and so mostly of interest to someone with a working knowledge of Greek), a section titled "Form/Structure/Setting," which provides commentary on some of the more technical points that have been discussed and debated by scholars, and finally a section on "Comment" followed by one on "Explanation." The last two sections contain material that may be of interest to a general audience, but even here the emphasis is on the scholarly. I'll emphasize this again: This is not a devotional commentary.
A couple other points: Lincoln rejects the Pauline authorship of Ephesians. He argues well for this position. In the end, he did not convince me, but it's not my purpose in this brief review to discuss this particular issue, other than to note Lincoln's position. Second, some might find his discussion of the role of husband and wife to be a bit "modernistic" or "relativistic." Here again, I am not convinced by his interpretation, but I respect the clarity of his arguments.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2008Dr. Lincoln's exegetical treatment is commendable, especially in light of his insistance that his is *not* a thorough treatment of this epistle's linguistic, historical, cognate-sensitive, or even rhetorical qualities. That said, he offers an unusually erudite mix of all these factors: as is the case of many such commentaries, knowledge of the original Greek, and respect for the train of variants among manuscripts is essential.
My problem with this commentary (and I have yet to meet anyone who shares my disappointment in this regard) is that I read this commentary not because I disagree with his thesis on authorship, but that his arguments for Duetero-Pauline authorship - arguments I had hoped to glean from and borrow from as ammo for other Brothers in Christ who disagree with me - were particularly flat and unconvincing. I personally maintain that not only is Ephesians *not* written by Paul (but rather a later writer assuming Paul's torch), but accepting this later authorship is essential to grasping and comprehending the underlying message of the letter: namely, Paul's torch lives on, and was an essential component for the Ephesian Church (and other churches) to comprehend, but was in no manner the final word. Moreover, Paul's "theology" required (and anticipated) refinement and tuning - in short, refinement in the hands of mature torchbearers.
For all of Dr. Lincoln's favorable and palatable insights, I don't believe myself to have been able to accept his model of Deutero-Pauline authorship based on the evidence (i.e., "data") in this commentary. Otherwise, a very worhwhile read.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2021I really didn't view this so much as a commentary on this book but rather it is a study of this book in the original Greek. The vast overwhelming majority of the study is to go in-depth on the Greek words in the book with little discussion on the theology of the book. I only took 2 semesters of Greek in college but it still wasn't enough to keep up with a lot of the discussions he had about the Greek. You really need to know Greek well before you pickup this commentary. A basic understanding of Greek is not sufficient to get very much from this one.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2013Lincoln does a great job at clearly bringing out the content of this letter. It is a lengthy read, but overall it's a great commentary. I bought this commentary knowing Lincoln's view of non-pauline authorship, though I did not agree with it, I found it easier to overlook knowing this beforehand. Knowledge of the greek language, even minimal, is also necessary when reading this commentary. Otherwise the reader is not likely to get the fullest benefit from this text.
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- Marcus GregoriusReviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Andrew
A great work
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Benjamin WemyssReviewed in Germany on April 15, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Word Biblical Commentary
Hab mir das Buch gekauft, weil ich eventuell die CD Rom bestellen möchte. Ich finde, dieser Brief wurde sehr ausführlich und gut bearbeitet. Bin sehr zufrieden. Es ist aber alles auf Englisch. Für den Einen oder Anderen mag es immer viel Text pro Perikope sein. Aber dafür hat man verschiedene Betrachtungsweisen.
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阿部 包Reviewed in Japan on November 16, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars ギリシア語でエフェソ書を読む人に必須
定評ある注解書シリーズWORD BIBLICAL COMMENTARYの一冊。
エフェソ書のギリシア語原文は、新約の中でも難解な箇所が少なくない。それらの意味を確定するうえで、不可欠の注解書のうちの一冊。
新共同訳聖書を含め従来の邦訳のエフェソ書がいかに原文の文体から程遠いか、また、解釈が困難な箇所がいかに杜撰に訳されてきたか。本書の注解部分を精読すると、襟を正さざるを得なくなるだろう。田川建三の『新約聖書 訳と註』のエフェソ書収録巻を読み終えた人は、次にこれを読むべし。
- Mr. Leonard F. ClarkReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2013
4.0 out of 5 stars A very competent commentary
The Word Biblical Commentary series all seem to follow a similar pattern and I can't help but feel that there is a tendency to "name drop" rather than provide necessary references. Having said that, I'd rather have too much than too little.
One of the main (and initial) discussion points of Ephesians is whether it was written by the apostle Paul or a later "Paulinist". I came to the conclusion that the evidence against Paul is too sparse while Lincoln came down on the other side. This does colour the commentator's comments and I sometimes found subsequent comments difficult. However, he deals with his subject well and, despite this fundamental difference, I found myself warming to him and many comments very helpful. In the end, maybe it was better that he took an opposing view: it challenged my "comfort zone".
So, it lost one star for verbosity - but, overall, an excellent addition to the library.