Author: Lincoln Blumell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944394769
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This volume offers valuable perspectives from biblical scholars on the background of the New Testament texts, including the Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures of the time. It ranges from the law of Moses and intertestamental period to the First Jewish Revolt of AD 66-73 and the canonization of the New Testament. Over forty New Testament scholars and experts contributed to this comprehensive volume. Here is just a small sampling of those writers: Robert L. Millet, John W. Welch, Andrew C. Skinner, Kent P. Jackson, Thomas A. Wayment, Terry B. Ball, Noel Reynolds, and Frank F. Judd. The book is divided into several themes, including Jesus in the Gospels, the Apostle Paul, New Testament issues and contexts, and what transpired after the New Testament.
New Testament History, Culture, and Society
Author: Lincoln Blumell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944394769
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This volume offers valuable perspectives from biblical scholars on the background of the New Testament texts, including the Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures of the time. It ranges from the law of Moses and intertestamental period to the First Jewish Revolt of AD 66-73 and the canonization of the New Testament. Over forty New Testament scholars and experts contributed to this comprehensive volume. Here is just a small sampling of those writers: Robert L. Millet, John W. Welch, Andrew C. Skinner, Kent P. Jackson, Thomas A. Wayment, Terry B. Ball, Noel Reynolds, and Frank F. Judd. The book is divided into several themes, including Jesus in the Gospels, the Apostle Paul, New Testament issues and contexts, and what transpired after the New Testament.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944394769
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This volume offers valuable perspectives from biblical scholars on the background of the New Testament texts, including the Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures of the time. It ranges from the law of Moses and intertestamental period to the First Jewish Revolt of AD 66-73 and the canonization of the New Testament. Over forty New Testament scholars and experts contributed to this comprehensive volume. Here is just a small sampling of those writers: Robert L. Millet, John W. Welch, Andrew C. Skinner, Kent P. Jackson, Thomas A. Wayment, Terry B. Ball, Noel Reynolds, and Frank F. Judd. The book is divided into several themes, including Jesus in the Gospels, the Apostle Paul, New Testament issues and contexts, and what transpired after the New Testament.
The World of the New Testament
Author: Joel B. Green
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441240543
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. Contributors include renowned scholars such as Lynn H. Cohick, David A. deSilva, James D. G. Dunn, and Ben Witherington III. The book includes seventy-five photographs, fifteen maps, numerous tables and charts, illustrations, and bibliographies. All students of the New Testament will value this reliable, up-to-date, comprehensive textbook and reference volume on the New Testament world.
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441240543
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. Contributors include renowned scholars such as Lynn H. Cohick, David A. deSilva, James D. G. Dunn, and Ben Witherington III. The book includes seventy-five photographs, fifteen maps, numerous tables and charts, illustrations, and bibliographies. All students of the New Testament will value this reliable, up-to-date, comprehensive textbook and reference volume on the New Testament world.
New Testament History and Literature
Author: Dale B. Martin
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300182198
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
In this engaging introduction to the New Testament, Professor Dale B. Martin presents a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements. Focusing mainly on the New Testament, he also considers nonbiblical Christian writings of the era. Martin begins by making a powerful case for the study of the New Testament. He next sets the Greco-Roman world in historical context and explains the place of Judaism within it. In the discussion of each New Testament book that follows, the author addresses theological themes, then emphasizes the significance of the writings as ancient literature and as sources for historical study. Throughout the volume, Martin introduces various early Christian groups and highlights the surprising variations among their versions of Christianity.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300182198
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
In this engaging introduction to the New Testament, Professor Dale B. Martin presents a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements. Focusing mainly on the New Testament, he also considers nonbiblical Christian writings of the era. Martin begins by making a powerful case for the study of the New Testament. He next sets the Greco-Roman world in historical context and explains the place of Judaism within it. In the discussion of each New Testament book that follows, the author addresses theological themes, then emphasizes the significance of the writings as ancient literature and as sources for historical study. Throughout the volume, Martin introduces various early Christian groups and highlights the surprising variations among their versions of Christianity.
New Testament History
Author: Richard L. Niswonger
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 9780310312017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In this excellent history of God's authoritative message to humankind, Niswonger presents the major events of the life and ministry of Jesus, Paul, and the apostolic church by unfolding it against the historical, religious, and political settings of the time and recounting the events with simplicity and directness. More than 90 photographs and maps.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 9780310312017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In this excellent history of God's authoritative message to humankind, Niswonger presents the major events of the life and ministry of Jesus, Paul, and the apostolic church by unfolding it against the historical, religious, and political settings of the time and recounting the events with simplicity and directness. More than 90 photographs and maps.
Introducing the New Testament
Author: Mark Allan Powell
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493413139
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
This lively, engaging introduction to the New Testament is critical yet faith-friendly, lavishly illustrated, and accompanied by a variety of pedagogical aids, including sidebars, maps, tables, charts, diagrams, and suggestions for further reading. The full-color interior features art from around the world that illustrates the New Testament's impact on history and culture. The first edition has been well received (over 60,000 copies sold). This new edition has been thoroughly revised in response to professor feedback and features an updated interior design. It offers expanded coverage of the New Testament world in a new chapter on Jewish backgrounds, features dozens of new works of fine art from around the world, and provides extensive new online material for students and professors available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493413139
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
This lively, engaging introduction to the New Testament is critical yet faith-friendly, lavishly illustrated, and accompanied by a variety of pedagogical aids, including sidebars, maps, tables, charts, diagrams, and suggestions for further reading. The full-color interior features art from around the world that illustrates the New Testament's impact on history and culture. The first edition has been well received (over 60,000 copies sold). This new edition has been thoroughly revised in response to professor feedback and features an updated interior design. It offers expanded coverage of the New Testament world in a new chapter on Jewish backgrounds, features dozens of new works of fine art from around the world, and provides extensive new online material for students and professors available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.
Peoples of the New Testament World
Author: William A. Simmons
Publisher: Hendrickson Pub
ISBN: 9781565638778
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Who were the Scribes? The Pharisees? The Herodians? Dr. William A. Simmons invites readers to examine the diverse cultural, religious, political, and economic groups that existed in the time of the New Testament. Color photographs, maps, charts, timelines, and drawings illustrate this accessible exploration. Book jacket.
Publisher: Hendrickson Pub
ISBN: 9781565638778
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Who were the Scribes? The Pharisees? The Herodians? Dr. William A. Simmons invites readers to examine the diverse cultural, religious, political, and economic groups that existed in the time of the New Testament. Color photographs, maps, charts, timelines, and drawings illustrate this accessible exploration. Book jacket.
The New Testament
Author: Dennis C. Duling
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9780155078567
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The latest edition of THE NEW TESTAMENT: PROCLAMATION AND PARENESIS, like its predecessors, takes it primary orientation from recent developments in the social sciences. With reference to the most seminal anthropological models, sociological perspectives, and archaeological discoveries, this text provides a rigorous, yet readily engaging, introduction to the New Testament and the early development of the Christian faith. Incorporating, too, the most current hermeneutic schemes, this title illuminates the New Testament in the light of today's leading interpretive methodologies.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9780155078567
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The latest edition of THE NEW TESTAMENT: PROCLAMATION AND PARENESIS, like its predecessors, takes it primary orientation from recent developments in the social sciences. With reference to the most seminal anthropological models, sociological perspectives, and archaeological discoveries, this text provides a rigorous, yet readily engaging, introduction to the New Testament and the early development of the Christian faith. Incorporating, too, the most current hermeneutic schemes, this title illuminates the New Testament in the light of today's leading interpretive methodologies.
The New Testament World
Author: Bruce J. Malina
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664222956
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A classroom standard for two decades, The New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology has introduced students to both the New Testament and the social-scientific study of the New Testament. This revised and expanded third edition offers new chapters on envy and the Jesus movement, updates chapters from earlier editions, augments the bibliography, and offers student study questions.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664222956
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A classroom standard for two decades, The New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology has introduced students to both the New Testament and the social-scientific study of the New Testament. This revised and expanded third edition offers new chapters on envy and the Jesus movement, updates chapters from earlier editions, augments the bibliography, and offers student study questions.
The New Testament in Its Social Environment
Author: John E. Stambaugh
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664250126
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Reviews the history of the Near East
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664250126
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Reviews the history of the Near East
A Peculiar People
Author: Rodney R. Clapp
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830819904
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Rodney Clapp asks and answers the question, How can the church provide a significant alternative to the culture in which it is embedded?
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830819904
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Rodney Clapp asks and answers the question, How can the church provide a significant alternative to the culture in which it is embedded?