Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity

Author: David A. deSilva
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830815722
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
David A. deSilva demonstrates in this book how paying attention to the cultural themes of honor, patronage, kinship and purity opens us to new facets of the New Testament documents.

Families in the New Testament World

Author: Carolyn Osiek
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664255466
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
What was the family like for the first Christians? Informed by archaeological work and illustrated by figures, this work is a remarkable window into the past, one that both informs and illuminates our current condition. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.

The Hope of Glory

Author: David A. deSilva
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1606084127
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 247

Book Description
The Hope of Glory: Honor Discourse and New Testament Interpretation invites the reader to examine how the New Testament sought to shape the ambitions, behaviors, and social interactions of honor-sensitive people. How did these texts help the early Christians set their hearts on gaining honor and self-respect before God, and withstand society's pressure to return to its values? How may those who share commitment to Jesus support one another so as to offset society's erosion of their commitment? What is the source of the believer's honor, and how can he or she preserve it intact?

An Introduction to the New Testament

Author: DAVID A DESILVA
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN: 1789740010
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1075

Book Description
Professor deSilva's outstanding textbook sets a new standard for the genre. The usual topics of New Testament introduction are integrated with instruction in interpretative strategies and application to ministry formation. The attractive layout includes numerous maps, photographs and text-boxes.

Handbook of Biblical Social Values, Third Edition

Author: John J. Pilch
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498289649
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 267

Book Description
Values are culturally specific. This handbook explains select biblical social values in their Mediterranean cultural contexts. Some examples of values are altruism, freedom, family-centeredness, obedience, parenting, and power. Though the English words for the values described here would be familiar to readers (e.g., altruism) the meanings of such words differ between cultures. In the Mediterranean world, for instance, altruism is a duty incumbent upon anyone who has surplus. It is interpersonal and group specific. In the West, especially in the United States, altruism is impersonal and universally oriented generosity that operates in a highly organized context. This handbook not only presents the Mediterranean meanings of these value words but also contrasts those meanings with Western ones.

One Another

Author: David Arthur DeSilva
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781628249163
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
"In this book, David deSilva guides us through the images of the church that remind us that we are a family, a temple made of living stones, a single organism called “the body of Christ.” Each image reinforces our connections with and our obligations to one another, if the new person that the Spirit seeks to bring to life within each one of us is to flourish and reach maturity. He explores the apostolic vision for our interaction with one another, challenging us to be—and to receive—the gifts that Christ intends for us to be for one another—welcoming, loving, serving, encouraging, watching over, and restoring one another—so that each individual disciple feels the strength, support, and guardianship of the whole body impelling him or her on to the full stature of Christ."--Publisher.

Hearing the New Testament

Author: Joel B. Green
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802807933
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 461

Book Description
Exciting approaches to biblical inerpretation are introduced in this volume by contributors who are distinguished as leaders in the field of New Testament studies. Each chapter introduces a particular approach to interpretation and demonstrates, with biblical texts, how that approach can by used by students and pastors.

The Social Sciences and New Testament Interpretation

Author: Richard L. Rohrbaugh
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN: 9781565634107
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Methods and findings from the social sciences are increasingly important for New Testament scholars. Unfortunately, however, anthropology and related disciplines are still unfamiliar territory for many students of the Bible. This work acquaints readers with this territory by providing introductions and basic bibliographic orientations to the application of social-scientific categories to New Testament research.Although it is impossible to know fully how ancient people lived their daily lives, these essays come as close to realizing that goal as we moderns are likely to get. Required reading for anyone who respects Scripture enough to investigate the world in which it was written and to which its writers originally spoke . . . an invaluable resource for pastor, seminarian, and scholar alike. William R. Herzog II, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School

Seeing Things John's Way

Author: David A. deSilva
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664224493
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The emotionally evocative power of the book of Revelation has been often noted and experienced by interpreters, but until now it has never been systematically explored. The strange visions of the book of Revelation provide some of the most difficult passages of the New Testament, yet Christians have long been fascinated by its power and provocative pronouncements. David deSilva analyzes how the book argues and persuades us to see the world through the eyes of John, and suggests that the study of ancient rhetoric is particularly valuable in understanding the book of Revelation. deSilva interprets the book of Revelation as a rhetorical and communicative strategy to persuade a particular audience for specific goals. Throughout this analysis, he pursues John's construction of his own authority, John's use of emotion and logic, and his attempt to shape the formation of the reader. Despite the complexities of Revelation, deSilva has produced a remarkably clear text sure to cause readers to rethink their view of Revelation.

The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era

Author: James S. Jeffers
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830878025
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
James S. Jeffers provides an informative tour of the various facets of the Roman world--class and status, family and community, work and leisure, religion and organization, city and country, law and government, death and taxes, and the events of Roman history.