Joel B. Green

Eckhard Schnabel has followed the unfolding history of the early church in his work

David G. Peterson has written an extensive, literary-theological study of Acts

Baker Academic has published F. Scott Spencer’s creative and stimulating work under the title, Journeying through Acts (2004); relatively short in compass (about 250 pages), it is nonetheless fresh in its engagement with the text of Acts.

Students and pastors will appreciate the canonical perspective and theological interests that distinguish Robert W. Wall’s contribution to the NIB

combines erudition and accessibility, two attributes not often found in tandem. Her emphasis on Acts as a story of divine activity provides a welcome and engaging, theological reading of this important book.

For useful, all-around companions, Gail R. O’Day’s sensitive and reliable work.

For useful, all-around companions, Andrew T. Lincoln’s contribution to Black’s New Testament Commentary is a welcome resource.

an essential resource for students of the book by someone whose decades-long appreciation of and engagement with the Fourth Gospel have led to fresh interaction with its literary-theological character.

The work of a seasoned interpreter of John whose commentary is sensitive both to the evangelist’s narrative artistry and to his theology.

All three volumes of the admirable work of François Bovon have now been translated into English (Hermeneia; Fortress, 2002-13). In his introduction, Bovon lays claim to his theological commitments and ecclesial location as partners in the interpretive enterprise.

This is a lucid, stimulating volume from a scholar whose interest in Matthew spanned several decades – and whose mature reflections are evident on most every page. [Full Review]

For insightful engagement and critical detail, students with Greek may turn to John Nolland’s up-to-date study for the New International Greek Text Commentary (NIGTC; Eerdmans, 2005). Nolland exhibits an impressive sensitivity to the nuances of the Matthean narrative that will repay careful reading of his commentary. [Full Review]

Craig S. Keener’s study (Eerdmans, 1999) is marked by his particular interest in the socio-historical contexts of the first Evangelist and his first-century audience, combined with pericope-by-pericope suggestions regarding the nature of Matthew’s exhortations to his predominately Jewish Christian audience. [Full Review]

Working with the Greek text is R.T. France’s work in the NIGTC (Eerdmans, 2002) — a reliable, verse-by-verse commentary on this “biography,” which France unpacks as a “drama in three acts.” [Full Review]

gathers insights from historical criticism, social-scientific inquiry, and more literary interests. [Full Review]

Focuses on intratextual (reading Mark as Mark, rather than with reference to its prehistory) and intertextual (how the text of Mark draws on other texts, especially the OT, to interpret the person and mission of Jesus) forms of analysis. [Full Review]

Focuses on intratextual (reading Mark as Mark, rather than with reference to its prehistory) and intertextual (how the text of Mark draws on other texts, especially the OT, to interpret the person and mission of Jesus) forms of analysis. [Full Review]

The most recent is John T. Carroll’s work in the New Testament Library (Westminster John Knox, 2012) – an important work that combines theological and literary interests. [Full Review]

The commentary on Luke in the NICNT (Eerdmans, 1997), by Joel B. Green, brings together socio-cultural and narrative concerns so as to allow an extended engagement with Luke’s literary art and his theology, ethics, and spirituality. [Full Review]