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 Christ ...
. 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 Cor ...
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
''Christianity Today'' is an evangelical Christian media magazine founded in 1956 by Billy Graham. It is published by Christianity Today International based in Carol Stream, Illinois. ''The Washington Post'' calls ''Christianity Today'' "evange ...
'' magazine article included the commentary in a list of the more significant publications and achievements of
evangelicalism
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual exper ...
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 Ancient Greek, Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation (logic), interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Bible, Biblical works. In modern usage, ...
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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 ...
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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