Title: Paul's Letter to the Romans
Product review: As usual, Ben Witherington III provides lots of helpful background information on the Roman world. His clear style makes this commentary very accessible but he also includes plenty of solid scholarship. He leans toward the conservative/evangelical end of the spectrum, but does engage some of the difficult textual issues, sometimes coming to fresh and interesting conclusions. I would recommend this commentary to seminarians, pastors, or believers who want to dig a little deeper into Paul's "difficult to understand" letters.The main downside to this commentary is that Witherington has sacrificed a user friendly format in favor of academic integrity in that he does not use verse numbers. This makes it ponderous to match his comments to the specific text he is referring to. He also frequently references technical rhetorical vocabulary, so someone not familiar with peroratio, rationatio, etc, should probably invest in another resource that will explain those terms.
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