Africa Bible Commentary, Second Edition: A One-Volume Commentary from Over 100 African Scholars
About this ebook
Now, this revised and updated second edition, almost twenty years after the release of the first, continues to bring powerful and relevant insights into the biblical text. Bringing together over 100 gifted scholars from across the continent, and interacting with recent scholarship and issues that face African Christians today, this new edition raises the benchmark set by its predecessor all those years ago.
Ideal for students of the Bible and preachers both in Africa and around the world, this updated edition has over 40% new and extensively revised commentaries across the Old and New Testament. Deepening the contextual relevance of the commentary, this second edition boasts seventy-five new articles, resulting in 122 articles that provide insight into the most pertinent issues facing the church in Africa today.
Key features:
- Produced by African biblical scholars, in Africa, for Africa--and for the world
- Section-by-section interpretive commentary and application
- More than 70 special articles dealing with topics of key importance for ministry in Africa today, but that have global implications
- 70 African contributors from both English- and French-speaking countries
Transcends the African context with insights into the biblical text and the Christian faith for readers worldwide
About the author
Yacouba Sanon has a PhD in theological studies, with Old Testament emphasis from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Illinois, USA, and is the director of biblical studies at FATEAC, Abidjan, Cotê d’Ivoire.
Elizabeth Mburu (PhD) is the Regional Coordinator of Langham Literature in Africa and an Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at Africa International University, Kenya. She is the author of African Hermeneutics and the New Testament editor for the revised Africa Bible Commentary.
Nathan Chiroma has a PhD in practical theology from Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and is the principal of Africa College of Theology, Kigali, Rwanda.
