Hebrews and James

From: Interpretation | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Hebrews and James, by Frances Taylor Gench. Westminster Bible Companion. Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 1996. 128 pp. $13.00 (paper). ISBN 0-664-25527-2.

THE GOAL OF THIS series is "to help the laity of the church read the Bible more clearly and intelligently" (p. ix); it is with that target audience in view that one must assess Gench's contribution on Hebrews and James. A brief introduction to each book is followed by its full text from the NRSV interspersed with sectionby-section commentary. There are also occasional excursuses treating more involved matters of cultural background or ...

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