Africa Bible Commentary Updated Ed: A One-Volume Commentary Written by 70 African Scholars - Hardcover

Adeyemo Tokunboh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0310291879 ISBN 13: 9780310291879

Publisher: Zondervan, 2010

Synopsis

The Africa Bible Commentary is a unique publishing event-the first one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders. Interpreting and applying the Bible in the light of African culture and realities, it furnishes powerful and relevant insights into the biblical text that transcend Africa in their significance. The Africa Bible Commentary gives a section-by-section interpretation that provides a contextual, readable, affordable, and immensely useful guide to the entire Bible. Readers around the world will benefit from and appreciate the commentary's fresh insights and direct style that engage both heart and mind. 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 in to 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 this title

Synopsis:

"The Africa Bible Commentary" is a publishing event - the first one-volume Bible commentary ever to be produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders. Focusing on the Word of God on African realities today, it furnishes powerful and relevant biblical insights to help church leaders in Africa and elsewhere establish and nurture a vibrant church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This volume does not delve into critical and exegetical details. Rather, the "Africa Bible Commentary" is a section-by-section interpretation of Scripture text, providing a contextual, readable, affordable, and immensely useful guide to the entire Bible. Key features include: a complete commentary on the entire Bible in one volume; produced in Africa, for Africa, by African theologians; section-by-section exegetical and hermeneutical commentary; more than 70 special articles dealing with topics of key importance to ministry in Africa today; and over 60 African contributors from both English and French-speaking countries.

About the Author:

Femi B. Adeleye has been involved in student ministry with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) for more than thirty years. He is now IFES Associate General Secretary for Partnership & Collaboration, working to nurture nationally led Christian student witness that will produce a new generation of leaders for the church and nations of Africa and beyond. Born in Nigeria, he is currently based in Ghana. He was one of the key speakers at the 2010 Lausanne Congress in Cape Town. He is married to Affy Adeleye and they have four children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0310291879
• ISBN 13: 9780310291879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1632