Africa Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary Written by 70 African Scholars [Hardcover]

Tokunboh Adeyemo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2006

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

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From the Back Cover

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 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:
• 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
• Over 60 African contributors from both English- and French-speaking countries --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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 and 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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 1616 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; First Edition edition (June 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310264731
• ISBN-13: 978-0310264736
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars refreshing and passionate faith, August 12, 2006

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M. Randall Melton (Gonzales, Texas) - See all my reviews
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I just returned from a mission trip in Uganda and was delighted to see that my first ordered copy had arrived when I returned from Africa. For me, the commentary has such a refreshing and inspired passion for the faith that excites the soul. It has become my first stop in sermon preparation. I find the scholarship first rate, but also the "heart" for pastoral applicability is equally evident. Having experienced the African faith up close may tint my perspective slightly, but that's probably not a bad thing in this case.

As an Episcopal priest, I find this commentary to be not only a treasure chest of wisdom, but truly enjoyable to read. The articles are very informative, interesting and appropo to African social and religious issues and they easily translate into our own cultural context.

Life in much of Africa helps one better understand many of the biblical customs and contexts because the lifestyle, especially in remote areas, is very similar. I think that this closer connection to our biblical roots cannot help but provide a more personal reflection of the meaning of the texts. The evangelical slant will probably turn off some Americans, but this is the reason that the fastest growing segment of the worldwide church is Africa. Personally, I prefer to be humbled and learn rather than prideful and judge.

After familiarizing myself with the commentary, I have purchased eight more copies of this book for the Ugandan clergy and host families that extended their hospitality to our team. I also bought one for my son, who is a senior at Duke Divinity School. Even though it stretched my book budget, this is without a doubt, money well spent.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and Culturally Relevant, July 30, 2007

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Robert W. Kellemen "Doc. K." (Crown Point, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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The "African Bible Commentary" is written by and for the Evangelical Protestant Community. All 70 African scholars signed the statement of faith of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa. Thus readers receive a comprehensive and culturally relevant conservative theology applied to African Christian living.

It truly is a unique book--the first one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay people. However, African American believers, and for that matter, all Christians, will find this book refreshing and encouraging, as well as biblically informative.

Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction , Soul Physicians, and Spiritual Friends.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just good, not great..., March 3, 2010

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The Africa Bible Commentary is an attempt to provide a particularly Afro-centered commentary on the whole Bible by over 70 scholars. It is a very interesting book, in parts. Issues such as AIDS, poverty, slavery, polygamy, etc. are covered from a Christian perspective that opens a window into some of the specific concerns and convictions of African Christians. The weakness of the book is that it is fairly lightweight in the exegetical treatment of the text itself. I did not find it a very useful guide in interpretation; but it did provide some interesting perspective on various social and ethical issues facing Christianity today. All in all, the commentary did not live up to its reviews and advertisments.