The 15-volume Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament brings the best of biblical scholarship to bear on the most pressing exegetical and interpretive issues in the New Testament. These volumes explain the text of the New Testament section by section, and probe the basic questions of the entire New Testament.

The book of Hebrews is not an epistle, not by Paul or any other eyewitness, and not addressed to a specifically Hebrew audience. In that case, what can be said positively about the author, the form, the genre, the time of composition, or the situation of the readers?

Matthew’s Gospel has been cherished as “the ecclesiastical Gospel” and as “the teaching Gospel.” The only use of the word church in the four Gospels, for example, is found in Matthew, and the rhythm of the Lord’s Prayer and the organization of Jesus’ words in discourses evokes liturgical imagery. Matthew’s Gospel certainly is a treasure of the words of Jesus which are marked by stunning practicality and have proved perennially useful for ordering Christian community. But what else does the organization and substance of the Gospel of Matthew reveal?

The Lutheran Gold Library makes your study of the Bible easier by connecting your entire library of books to a robust set of study tools. The Lutheran Gold Library provides a comprehensive Bible study library. Contained are hundreds of resources including Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries | WBBC: Old and New Testament (22 vols.), Tyndale Commentaries | TOTC/TNTC (47 vols.), The IVP Bible Dictionaries (8 vols.), alongside other resources ideal for sermon prep or more advanced Bible study.

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John's gospel does not record "Thomas's doubt," as later generations of Christians have branded the story. Rather, John presents Thomas's faith. In this work, Robert H. Smith approaches Thomas as one who believes in the reality of incarnation: God has a body. Too often, Smith argues, Christians read John's gospel for its lyrical discourses. The resulting portrait of Jesus is a "cross-less Christ," a portrait that contributes powerfully to Christian triumphalism. In contrast, Smith finds that the…

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