Hebrews: Tyndale New Testament Commentary [TNTC]

Description

The letter to the Hebrews provides an amazing combination of warnings and assurances to encourage Christians to persevere in faith, hope, and love. The basis for this is a profound reflection on the person and work of Christ, viewed as the fulfillment of Old Testament Scripture. In this Tyndale commentary, David G. Peterson shows how the author expounds the implications of the gospel with pastoral insight and sensitivity, producing a “word of exhortation” that reaches across the centuries to speak to our lives today.
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.