Acts: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible
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From the Series PrefaceThis series of biblical commentaries was born out of the conviction that dogma clarifies rather than obscures. The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible advances upon the assumption that the Nicene tradition, in all its diversity and controversy, provides the proper basis for the interpretation of the Bible as Christian Scripture. God the Father Almighty, who sends his only begotten Son to die for us and for our salvation and who raises the crucified Son in the power of the Holy Spirit so that the baptized may be joined in one body--faith in this God with this vocation of love for the world is the lens through which to view the heterogeneity and particularity of the biblical texts. The commentators in this series were chosen because of their knowledge of and expertise in using the Christian doctrinal tradition. They are qualified by virtue of the doctrinal formation of the mental habits, for it is the conceit of this series of biblical commentaries that theological training in the Nicene tradition prepares one for biblical interpretation, and thus it is to theologians and not biblical scholars that we have turned. The Nicene tradition does not provide a set formula for the solution of exegetical problems. The great tradition of Christian doctrine was not transcribed, bound in folio, and issued in an official, critical edition. As Augustine observed, commenting on Jer. 31:33, "The creed is learned by listening; it is written, not on stone tablets nor on any material, but on the heart." This is why Irenaeus is able to appeal to the rule of faith more than a century before the first ecumenical council, and this is why we need not itemize the contents of the Nicene tradition in order to appeal to its potency and role in the work of interpretation. R. R. Reno, General EditorJaroslav Pelikan (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University. His universally acclaimed works include the five-volume The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine and Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture.General EditorR. R. Reno is associate professor of theology at Creighton University. He is the coauthor of Heroism and the Christian Life and has published essays in First Things and Pro Ecclesia.Projected volumes in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible include:John Behr (St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary) on ExodusTelford Work (Westmont College) on DeuteronomyStephen Fowl (Loyola College, Maryland) and Samuel Wells (Duke University) on Ruth & EstherPeter Leithart (New St. Andrews College) on 1 & 2 KingsDavid Burrell (University of Notre Dame) on JobEllen Charry (Princeton Theological Seminary) and Anne Astell (Purdue University) on Psalms Paul Griffiths (University of Illinois at Chicago) on Song of SongsKevin Vanhoozer (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) on JeremiahRobert Jenson (Center of Theological Inquiry) on EzekielStanley Hauerwas (Duke University) on MatthewDavid Lyle Jeffrey (Baylor University) on LukeBernd Wannenwetsch (Oxford University) on 1 & 2 CorinthiansKathryn Greene-McCreight (Yale University) on GalatiansJohn Webster (King's College, Aberdeen) on EphesiansGeorge Hunsinger (Princeton University) on PhilippiansChristopher Seitz (University of St. Andrews) on ColossiansDouglas Farrow (McGill University) on 1 & 2 ThessaloniansDavid Hart (University of Virginia) on HebrewsTimothy George (Beeson Divinity School, Samford University) on JamesGeoffrey Wainwright (Duke University) on Revelation
