The Word Biblical Commentary (WBC) is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the Bible both
Old and
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
. It is currently published by the
Zondervan Publishing Company. Initially published under the "Word Books" imprint, the series spent some time as part of the
Thomas Nelson list. When this publisher was acquired by
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News ...
the series was assigned to another of the group's publishers, Zondervan.
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*Acts 1-14 (forthcoming from Steven J. Walton)
*Acts 15-28 (forthcoming from Steven J. Walton)
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Reception
A 1996 ''
Christianity Today'' magazine article included the commentary in a list of the more significant publications and achievements of
evangelicalism in the latter half of the 20th century. A 2010 ''CT'' article listed the WBC as among various recommended commentaries for use.
See also
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Exegesis
Exegesis ( ; from the Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretation ...
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Textual criticism
Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts or of printed books. Such texts may range in da ...
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New International Greek Testament Commentary
The New International Greek Testament Commentary (or NIGTC) is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the New Testament in Greek. It is published by the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. The current series editors are Todd D. Sti ...
References
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Biblical commentaries