Unlike most other commentaries on the readings in the three-year lectionary, this book takes seriously the rationale of the lectionary by allowing each of the four Gospels to speak with its own distinctive voice, yet holds them together in the context of one fourfold gospel.

Whereas other lectionary commentaries have been written by large numbers of people, each commenting only on parts of a particular gospel, this commentary allows four biblical scholars, each of whom is also a preacher, to introduce each Gospel as a whole, and to comment on readings from it. Thus it provides a cohesive, continuous and sustained commentary on each Gospel that takes full account of its own distinctive emphases. The four commentaries are preceded by an introductory chapter which reflects on the relationship between the four Gospels and the one fourfold gospel of Jesus Christ.

David Bartlett, who has written on Matthew, is Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia and Lantz Professor Emeritus of Preaching and Communication at Yale Divinity School.

Andrew Gregory, the editor, who has written the introduction and the commentary on Luke, is Chaplain and Fellow of University College, Oxford, and a member of the Theology Faculty of the University of Oxford

Morna Hooker, who has written the commentary on Mark, is Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity Emerita at Cambridge University, a fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge and a former president of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.

Henry Wansbrough, who has written the commentary on John, is Magister Scholarum of the English Benedictine Congregation, a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and Chairman of the Trustees of the Catholic Biblical Association.

‘The Fourfold Gospel Commentary succeeds in bringing out the distinctiveness of each of the four Gospels, while keeping an eye on their canonical interaction and coherence. The Introductions to each Gospel are also balanced, very helpful, and readable.’
Canon Professor Anthony C. Thiselton, University of Nottingham and University of Chester