This standard commentary on the books of the Old and New Tes-taments is now being issued in paperback for the first time, with some of the volumes being revised and replaced. Drawing on the leading contemporary biblical scholars, the series editors have at tempted to provide a commentary, based on the Revised Standard Version, that is balanced and up-to-date in terms of both its schel arship and its reflections of the contemporary relevance of the biblical text.