Word Biblical Themes Series

Finding the great themes of the books of the Bible is essential to the study of God's Word and to the preaching and teaching of its truths. These themes and ideas are often like precious gems: they lie beneath the surface and can only be discovered with some difficulty. While commentaries are useful for helping readers understand the content of a verse or chapter, they are not usually designed to help the reader to trace important subjects systematically within a given book a Scripture.

The Word Biblical Themes series helps readers discover the important themes of a book of the Bible. This series distills the theological essence of a given book of Scripture and serves it up in ways that enrich the preaching, teaching, worship, and discipleship of God's people.

Volumes in this series are:

Written by top biblical scholars
Feature authors who wrote on the same book of the Bible for the Word Biblical Commentary series
Distill deep and focused study on a biblical book into the most important themes and practical applications of them
Give reader's an ability to see the "big picture" of a book of the Bible by understanding what topics and concerns were most important to the biblical writers
Help address pressing issues in the church today by showing readers see how the biblical writers approached similar issues in their day
Ideal for sermon preparation and for other teaching in the church

Though this series went out of print in the early 1990s, it has recently been reprinted by Zondervan Academic. This blog post provides an interesting backstory to this decision.