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BRIDGEWAY BIBLE COMMENTARY

The Bridgeway Bible Commentary is a concise, easy-to-read commentary that helps present-day readers to understand the Bible and see its relevance in today’s world. It provides background material, maps, diagrams, tables, feature articles and, above all, a refreshing, free-flowing commentary on the biblical text.

The book bridges two gaps at once. First, it bridges the gap in time and culture between the world of the Bible and the world of today. Second, it bridges the gap between the technical reference works and the non-technical reader. It strikes the middle ground between the overly scholastic detailed commentaries and the often light weight devotional notes.

Ordinary readers find themselves drawn into reading the Bible with an enthusiasm they have not known before. Leaders and participants in group studies welcome an easy-read study aid that helps them understand the books of the Bible as they might have been understood by their first readers. Preachers and teachers are thankful for a commentary on the whole Bible thatis substantial in content yet so concise and simple that they find much of their preparation already done for them. The Bridgeway Bible Commentary provides the sort of information that most readers are looking for in their seardh for a dearer understanding of the Bible. And once they understand the Bible, they will find it has its own way of making itself relevant to them.