Reading the Gospels Wisely

Author: Jonathan T. Pennington
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441238700
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 424

Book Description
This textbook on how to read the Gospels well can stand on its own as a guide to reading this New Testament genre as Scripture. It is also ideally suited to serve as a supplemental text to more conventional textbooks that discuss each Gospel systematically. Most textbooks tend to introduce students to historical-critical concerns but may be less adequate for showing how the Gospel narratives, read as Scripture within the canonical framework of the entire New Testament and the whole Bible, yield material for theological reflection and moral edification. Pennington neither dismisses nor duplicates the results of current historical-critical work on the Gospels as historical sources. Rather, he offers critically aware and hermeneutically intelligent instruction in reading the Gospels in order to hear their witness to Christ in a way that supports Christian application and proclamation.

Reading the Gospels Wisely

Author: Jonathan T. Pennington
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781441258472
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
Shows how the gospels, read as scripture within the framework of the whole New Testament, yield material for theological reflection and faithful practice.

Who Chose the Gospels?

Author: C. E. Hill
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199640297
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
How did the Church get Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John instead of Thomas, Mary, Peter, and Judas? C. E. Hill presents evidence for how and why, despite the numerous Gospels that appeared in the earliest Christian centuries, four (and only four) Gospels came to be embraced by the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox churches alike.

Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels

Author: Joel B. Green
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830817771
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 968

Book Description
Edited by Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight and I. Howard Marshall, this reference work encompasses everything relating to Jesus and the Gospels.

Martin Luther on Reading the Bible as Christian Scripture

Author: William M. Marsh
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498282121
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Above all else that the sixteenth-century German Reformer was known for, Martin Luther was a Doctor of the Holy Scriptures. One of the most characteristic features of Luther's approach to Scripture was his resolved christological interpretation of the Bible. Many of the Reformer's interpreters have looked back upon Luther's "Christ-centered" exposition of the Scriptures with sentimentality but have often labeled it as "Christianization," particularly in regards to Luther's approach of the Old Testament, dismissing his relevance for today's faithful readers of God's Word. This study revisits this assessment of Luther's christological interpretation of Scripture by way of critical analysis of the Reformer's "prefaces to the Bible" that he wrote for his translation of the Scriptures into the German vernacular. This work contends that Luther foremost believes Jesus Christ to be the sensus literalis of Scripture on the basis of the Bible's messianic promise, not enforcing a dogmatic principle onto the scriptural text and its biblical authors that would be otherwise foreign to them. This study asserts that Luther's exegesis of the Bible's "letter" (i.e., his engagement with the biblical text) is primarily responsible for his conviction that Christ is Holy Scripture's literal sense.

Reading the New Testament as Christian Scripture (Reading Christian Scripture)

Author: Constantine R. Campbell
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1493427350
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 618

Book Description
This survey textbook by two respected New Testament scholars is designed to meet the needs of contemporary evangelical undergraduates. The book effectively covers the New Testament books and major topics in the New Testament, assuming no prior academic study of the Bible. The authors pay attention to how the New Testament documents fit together as a canonical whole that supplements the Old Testament to make up the Christian Scriptures. They also show how the New Testament writings provide basic material for Christian doctrine, spirituality, and engagement with culture. Chapters can be assigned in any order, making this an ideal textbook for one-semester courses at evangelical schools. This is the first volume in a new series of survey textbooks that will cover the Old and New Testaments. The book features full-color illustrations that hold interest and aid learning and offers a full array of pedagogical aids: photographs, sidebars, maps, time lines, charts, glossary, and discussion questions. Additional resources for instructors and students are available through Textbook eSources.

The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing

Author: Jonathan T. Pennington
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1493406639
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
The Sermon on the Mount, one of the most influential portions of the Bible, is the most studied and commented upon portion of the Christian Scriptures. Every Christian generation turns to it for insight and guidance. In this volume, a recognized expert on the Gospels shows that the Sermon on the Mount offers a clear window into understanding God's work in Christ. Jonathan Pennington provides a historical, theological, and literary commentary on the Sermon and explains how this text offers insight into God's plan for human flourishing. As Pennington explores the literary dimensions and theological themes of this famous passage, he situates the Sermon in dialogue with the Jewish and Greek virtue traditions and the philosophical-theological question of human flourishing. He also relates the Sermon's theological themes to contemporary issues such as ethics, philosophy, and economics.

Pontius Pilate

Author: Paul L. Maier
Publisher: Kregel Publications
ISBN: 0825485452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description

Can We Trust the Gospels?

Author: Peter J. Williams
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433552981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
Is there evidence to believe the Gospels? The Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, John—are four accounts of Jesus’s life and teachings while on earth. But should we accept them as historically accurate? What evidence is there that the recorded events actually happened? Presenting a case for the historical reliability of the Gospels, New Testament scholar Peter Williams examines evidence from non-Christian sources, assesses how accurately the four biblical accounts reflect the cultural context of their day, compares different accounts of the same events, and looks at how these texts were handed down throughout the centuries. Everyone from the skeptic to the scholar will find powerful arguments in favor of trusting the Gospels as trustworthy accounts of Jesus’s earthly life.

What Are the Gospels?

Author: Richard A. Burridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521483636
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
Compares the work of the evangelists to the development of biography in the Graeco-Roman world