Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.

This commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation.

It emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence, resulting in judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

Overview of Commentary Organization:

Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliography contains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

Understanding Paul and his conversion to Christianity is imperative for a thorough knowledge of the New Testament. In Paul and the New Perspective Seyoon Kim develops his argument that the origin of Paul's gospel lies in two places-his radical conversion at Damascus and his usage of the Jesus tradition in light of Damascus.This new way of looking at Paul further explains how Paul made strong distinctions between the Spirit and the flesh/law, with further implications for his doctrine of justification. A departure from the New Perspective School represented by James D. G. Dunn, Kim's Paul and the New Perspective offers a thorough and extensive argument for the foundation of the gospel that Paul spread in the first century.

The slogan “Paul and the Empire” is much in vogue in New Testament scholarship today. But did Paul truly formulate his gospel in antithesis to the Roman imperial cult and ideology and seek to subvert the Empire? In Christ and Caesar Seyoon Kim first examines five epistles of Paul exegetically and shows how the dominant anti-imperial interpretation is actually difficult to sustain.Next he examines the Lukan writings (Luke-Acts) to see how Luke talks about the encounters of Paul and other gospel preachers with Roman imperialism. Kim explores why it is that Luke makes no effort to present Christ's redemption as materialized in terms of political liberation. Finally, Kim compares the exaltation Christologies of Luke, Revelation, Paul, and Hebrews and inquires about the hermeneutical possibility of developing a political Christology in our present-day context.

Den Thesen der 'New Perspective School' widersprechend sind die Studien Seyoon Kims ein Versuch, Paulus als einen ernstzunehmenden Zeugen für sein zeitgenössisches Judentum zu interpretieren. Kim entdeckt Jes 42 als einen wesentlichen Text für die Berufung des Paulus und erklärt von daher, wie Paulus seine 'Geist-Gesetz/Fleisch'-Antithese entwickelt hat. Die unverkennbar paulinische Lehre von Christus als Bild Gottes und als letztem Adam wird im Hinblick auf das wachsende Interesse am apokalyptisch-mystischen Hintergrund von Paulus neu untersucht. Der Autor erklärt ebenfalls, wie Paulus die Jesus-Tradition in Anbetracht seines Damaskus-Erlebnis benutzt, um seine Christologie und seine Soteriologie zu entwickeln. Obwohl er die Bedeutung des Damaskus-Erlebnisses bestätigt, ist sich Kim dennoch der gleichwertigen Bedeutung der Jesus-Tradition für den Ursprung des Paulusevangelium bewußt.

Kann eine Analyse der Struktur und Funktion von 1 Thess 1-3 zu einer neuen Lektüre von 1 Thessalonicher führen? In diesen Aufsätzen unternimmt Seyoon Kim den Versuch einer umfassenden Darstellung des Paulusevangeliums in dem Brief und fügt eine neue Betrachtung seiner Rechtfertigungslehre in 2 Thess 1-2 hinzu.

Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.

This commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation.

It emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence, resulting in judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

Overview of Commentary Organization:

Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliography contains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

Understanding Paul and his conversion to Christianity is imperative for a thorough knowledge of the New Testament. In Paul and the New Perspective Seyoon Kim develops his argument that the origin of Paul's gospel lies in two places-his radical conversion at Damascus and his usage of the Jesus tradition in light of Damascus.This new way of looking at Paul further explains how Paul made strong distinctions between the Spirit and the flesh/law, with further implications for his doctrine of justification. A departure from the New Perspective School represented by James D. G. Dunn, Kim's Paul and the New Perspective offers a thorough and extensive argument for the foundation of the gospel that Paul spread in the first century.

The slogan “Paul and the Empire” is much in vogue in New Testament scholarship today. But did Paul truly formulate his gospel in antithesis to the Roman imperial cult and ideology and seek to subvert the Empire? In Christ and Caesar Seyoon Kim first examines five epistles of Paul exegetically and shows how the dominant anti-imperial interpretation is actually difficult to sustain.Next he examines the Lukan writings (Luke-Acts) to see how Luke talks about the encounters of Paul and other gospel preachers with Roman imperialism. Kim explores why it is that Luke makes no effort to present Christ's redemption as materialized in terms of political liberation. Finally, Kim compares the exaltation Christologies of Luke, Revelation, Paul, and Hebrews and inquires about the hermeneutical possibility of developing a political Christology in our present-day context.

Den Thesen der 'New Perspective School' widersprechend sind die Studien Seyoon Kims ein Versuch, Paulus als einen ernstzunehmenden Zeugen für sein zeitgenössisches Judentum zu interpretieren. Kim entdeckt Jes 42 als einen wesentlichen Text für die Berufung des Paulus und erklärt von daher, wie Paulus seine 'Geist-Gesetz/Fleisch'-Antithese entwickelt hat. Die unverkennbar paulinische Lehre von Christus als Bild Gottes und als letztem Adam wird im Hinblick auf das wachsende Interesse am apokalyptisch-mystischen Hintergrund von Paulus neu untersucht. Der Autor erklärt ebenfalls, wie Paulus die Jesus-Tradition in Anbetracht seines Damaskus-Erlebnis benutzt, um seine Christologie und seine Soteriologie zu entwickeln. Obwohl er die Bedeutung des Damaskus-Erlebnisses bestätigt, ist sich Kim dennoch der gleichwertigen Bedeutung der Jesus-Tradition für den Ursprung des Paulusevangelium bewußt.

Kann eine Analyse der Struktur und Funktion von 1 Thess 1-3 zu einer neuen Lektüre von 1 Thessalonicher führen? In diesen Aufsätzen unternimmt Seyoon Kim den Versuch einer umfassenden Darstellung des Paulusevangeliums in dem Brief und fügt eine neue Betrachtung seiner Rechtfertigungslehre in 2 Thess 1-2 hinzu.