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The IVP Bible Background Commentary
InterVarsity Press
First published 1993
PublisherInterVarsity Press
First Published1993
Canon Proximity9.0 / 10 — Very High
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The IVP Bible Background Commentary
Craig Keener's groundbreaking commentary providing verse-by-verse cultural and historical background for every passage in the New Testament, illuminating the ancient world of the biblical writers.
History & Background
Craig S. Keener published this IVP commentary in 1993 as a layperson-accessible distillation of his extensive scholarship on the Greco-Roman and Jewish backgrounds of the New Testament. It became one of the most useful single-volume Bible background resources available.
Canon Proximity Rating
Canon Proximity9.0 / 10 — Very High
Commentary work on the standard Protestant canon. Not a translation.
Rating Scale
9–10: Formally equivalent, 66 books
7–8: Dynamic equiv., 66 books
5–6: Includes Apocrypha
1–4: Major departures / additions