Africa Bible Commentary, Second Edition by Zondervan

Africa Bible Commentary, Second Edition

A One-volume Commentary From Over 100 African Scholars

Zondervan, Yacouba Sanon, Elizabeth W. Mburu

Zondervan Academic · Print & ebook · October 7, 2025

The first edition of Africa Bible Commentary was a ground-breaking 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.

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Who it’s for
African scholars interpret and apply the Bible in light of African cultures and realities today.
Genres
Biblical Commentary, Pastoral Resources, Biblical Studies
Published
Zondervan Academic, October 7, 2025

About this book

The first edition of Africa Bible Commentary was a ground-breaking 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 cultures and realities today.

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Now, this revised and updated second edition, almost twenty years after the release of the first, continues to bring powerful and relevant insights into the biblical text. Bringing together over 100 gifted scholars from across the continent, and interacting with recent scholarship and issues that face African Christians today, this new edition raises the benchmark set by its predecessor all those years ago. Ideal for students of the Bible and preachers both in Africa and around the world, this updated edition has over 40% new and extensively revised commentaries across the Old and New Testament. Deepening the contextual relevance of the commentary, this second edition boasts seventy-five new articles, resulting in 122 articles that provide insight into the most pertinent issues facing the church in Africa today. 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 for 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

African Biblical Context

African scholars interpret and apply the Bible in light of African cultures and realities today.

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  • Section-by-section interpretation and application of the Bible
  • Articles on issues facing the church in Africa

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  • Commentaries across the Old and New Testament
  • A revised second edition with 122 articles

Where it sits

Biblical Commentary96%
Biblical Studies19%
Pastoral Resources19%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Biblical Studies
  • Biblical Commentary
  • Old Testament Commentary
  • New Testament Commentary
Authors
Zondervan, Yacouba Sanon, Elizabeth W. Mburu
Publisher
Zondervan Academic
Published
October 7, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Biblical Studies