Ephesians: An Introduction and Commentary

by Darrell L. Bock, Eckhard J. Schnabel (Editor), Nicholas Perrin (Editor)

Overview

Biblical Foundations Award Finalist

Unlike Paul's letters to the Galatians or the Corinthians, the letter to the Ephesians contains almost no clues about the situation and issues its recipients faced. Nevertheless, the letter vividly depicts how God's will revealed in Christ reorients believers' lives toward unity, mutual respect, submission, and love—in short, new life in Christ, relying on his power and strength. In this Tyndale Commentary, Darrell Bock shows how this precious jewel of a letter combines gospel doctrine, enablement, and exhortation to life. The Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new New Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: Context, Comment, and Theology. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830842988
Publisher:	InterVarsity Press
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Series:	Tyndale New Testament Commentaries , #10
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Darrell L. Bock (Ph.D., Aberdeen) is research professor of New Testament studies and professor of spiritual development and culture at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas. He has written the monograph Blasphemy and Exaltation in Judaism and the Final Examination of Jesus and volumes on Luke in both the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament and the IVP New Testament Commentary Series. Bock is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He serves as a corresponding editor for Christianity Today, and he has published articles in Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News.

Eckhard J. Schnabel is professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and author of Early Christian Mission (2 volumes), Der erste Brief des Paulus an die Korinther and numerous articles.

Nicholas Perrin is Franklin S. Dyrness Professor of Biblical Studies, Wheaton College. He is the author of Thomas, the Other Gospel, Jesus the Temple and Lost in Transmission: What We Can Know About the Words of Jesus.

Table of Contents

General preface
Author’s preface
Abbreviations
Select bibliography
Introduction
1. The importance of Ephesians
2. Destinations(s)
3. Issues tied to authorship: comparison with Colossians
4. Issues tied to authorship: comparison with other New Testament materials
5. Authorship and date
6. Purpose, date and setting
Analysis
Commentary