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• 1, 2 & 3 John by Constantine R. Campbell
• Cornelia van Deventer

The Story of God Bible Commentary series is a collection of commentaries based on the 2011 New International Version translation, aimed to serve laypersons in their understanding of biblical material. The series covers all the books of the OT and NT (including a separate commentary by McKnight on the Sermon on the Mount), following a similar pattern. The commentaries aim to package the text in such a format that it relates to the "Bible's grand Story" (xii) and informs its readers on how to live in their contexts on the basis of biblical truths. The commentary at hand is written by Constantine Campbell, Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Campbell has lectured on a senior level in both NT and Greek and is well known for his publications on Greek verbal aspect. This commentary is Campbell's first book on the Johannine literature.

Like most commentaries on the Johannine epistles, most of the book (176 out of 230 pages) revolves around 1 John, with the commentary on 2 and 3 John consisting of a mere 30 and 24 pages each. While the second and third epistles are significantly smaller than the first, Campbell does lament the neglect of these epistles in the scholarly and ecclesial contexts, arguing that underplaying them is "unhelpful and ought to be corrected" (177). He begins the discussion of each epistle with a (short) introduction, wherein he discusses usual matters like authorship, occasion, themes, structure, the relationship to other material in the Johannine corpus and addressees. Campbell affirmatively anchors the first epistle in the Johannine Gospel and argues for authorship by John, the son of Zebedee. By discussing common themes and language, he also attaches the second and third epistles to the first, arguing for the plausibility of 2 John as a cover letter for 1 John. Campbell hints at alternative approaches to authorship, but does not discuss or rebut them. [End Page 169]

The discussion of the first epistle is divided into 13 thematic chapters (1 John 1:1–4; 1:5–10; 2:1–6; 2:7–11; 2:12–17; 2:18–27; 2:28–3:10; 3:11–18; 3:19–24; 4:1–6; 4:7–21; 5:1–12; 5:13–21), and the portions on the second and third epistles comprise of 3 chapters each (2 John 1–3; 4–6; 7–13; 3 John 1–4; 5–10; 11–14). Each chapter follows a similar pattern, in which the text is examined from three distinct angles. The first section to each chapter is titled "Listen to the Story." Here, the NIV text is provided, followed by references to biblical (and some extra-biblical) parallels or echoes. This is followed by an introduction that aims to tie the passage into the wider biblical narrative. The second section is titled "Explain the Story." This section discusses the biblical background, historical background, cultural context and theological interpretation(s) of the passage at hand. Finally, each chapter is concluded with a third section titled "Live the Story," comprising a more devotional section discussing the possible application(s) of the theological gist of the discussed portion to the reader's daily life.

The commentary series is openly evangelical, something clearly reflected in Campbell's discussions on matters like marriage (120). One also does not have to read between the lines to notice that this is a commentary intended for a wider audience than the scholarly community. McKnight (xii) explicitly states in the foreword that "this is not an academic series." Keeping this in mind, the author does an excellent job of bringing scholarly ideas and technical knowledge into the realm of the layperson. Technical and theological terms are defined, and theological arguments surrounding interpretation are well outlined and explained. Moreover, in difficult passages, Campbell dives into the Greek in an understandable manner. The reader is, for instance, introduced to the difference between the objective and subjective genitive—a distinction that is...

审核人：

• 康斯坦丁·坎贝尔（John Constantine R.Campbell ）的1、2、3
• 科妮莉亚·范·德文特（Cornelia van Deventer）

《上帝的故事圣经注释》系列是基于2011年新国际版译文的注释集，旨在为非专业人士提供对圣经材料的理解。该系列遵循类似的模式，涵盖了旧约和新约的所有书籍（包括麦克奈特在《山口宝训》上的单独评论）。评论旨在以与“圣经的大故事”（xii）相关的格式包装文本，并告知读者如何根据圣经的真理生活在他们的上下文中。这篇评论是由三一福音派神学院的新约教授康斯坦丁·坎贝尔（Constantine Campbell）撰写的。坎贝尔曾在北领地和希腊语中担任高级演讲，并因其在希腊语言方面的出版物而闻名。这篇评论是坎贝尔的

像大多数有关约翰尼书信的注释一样，这本书的大部分内容（230页中的176页）围绕约翰一书，关于约翰二书和约翰三书的注释各只有30页和24页。尽管第二和第三只书信的信箱比第一只书信要小得多，但坎贝尔确实在学术和教会背景下对这些书信的忽略表示遗憾，认为过分低估是“无益的，应予以纠正”（177）。他以（简短的）介绍开始对每个书信的讨论，其中讨论了诸如作者身份，场合，主题，结构，与约翰内语语料库和收件人的其他材料之间的关系等常见问题。坎贝尔肯定地将第一封书信寄托在约翰福音中，并为西庇第的儿子约翰争辩为作者身份。通过讨论共同的主题和语言，他还把第二和第三封书信附在第一封书信上，争辩说约翰一书2为约翰一书的求职信的合理性。坎贝尔暗示了作者身份的替代方法，但没有讨论或反驳。[完第169页]

关于第一封书信的讨论分为13个主题章节（约翰一书1：1–4; 1：5–10; 2：1–6; 2：7–11; 2：12–17; 2：18–27 ; 2：28–3：10; 3：11–18; 3：19–24; 4：1–6; 4：7–21; 5：1–12; 5：13–21），以及第二和第三篇书信各有3章（约翰一书2至3； 4-6； 7-13；约翰书3至4； 5-10； 11-14）。每章都遵循类似的模式，其中从三个不同的角度检查文本。每章的第一部分标题为“听故事”。在这里，提供了NIV文本，其后是对圣经（和某些圣经外）平行或回声的引用。接下来是引言，旨在将这段话与更广泛的圣经叙述联系起来。第二部分的标题为“解释故事”。本节讨论圣经的背景，历史背景，文章的文化背景和神学解释。最后，每一章都以标题为“活着的故事”的第三部分作为结尾，其中包括一个更虔诚的部分，讨论了所讨论部分的神学要点在读者日常生活中的可能应用。

评论系列公开宣讲福音，这在坎贝尔关于婚姻之类的讨论中清晰地体现出来（120）。人们也不必在两行之间阅读，可以注意到这是一篇比学术界更广泛的读者的评论。麦克奈特（xii）在前言中明确指出“这不是学术丛书”。牢记这一点，作者在将学术思想和技术知识带入非专业人员领域方面做得非常出色。定义了技术和神学术语，并很好地概述和解释了围绕解释的神学论点。此外，在艰难的段落中，坎贝尔以一种可以理解的方式潜入希腊语。例如，读者是