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With the availability of so many great commentaries on the Bible, what sets the Christian Standard Commentary (CSC) apart from others? The CSC aims to embody an “ancient-modern” approach to each volume in the series. This approach seeks to balance the strengths of the modern commentary tradition with the lesser known, and highly beneficial, dynamics of the ancient commentary tradition, bringing together the old and new to give a biblically derived and theologically rich commentary steeped in history.
The modern commentary tradition arose and grew rapidly during and after the Protestant Reformation (ca. 1517–1600). The growth of the biblical commentary tradition is largely a result of three factors:
(1) The recovery of classical learning in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This retrieval led to a revival of interest in the biblical languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek). Biblical scholars, pastors, and teachers interpreted Scripture based on the biblical languages rather than the Latin
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