Reading the New Testament

Author: Pheme Perkins
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809129393
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
Discusses the history and nature of the New Testament, provides outlines of each book and information on archaeological discoveries, and shares an interpretation of the Scriptures.

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.

A Brief Introduction to the New Testament

Author: Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
Featuring vibrant full color throughout, this new edition of A Brief Introduction to the New Testament is a concise version of Bart D. Ehrman's best-selling The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, Fourth Edition. Retaining the approach of the longer book while condensing and simplifying much of its material, this volume looks at the New Testament from a consistently historical and comparative perspective and emphasizes the rich diversity of the earliest Christian literature. This edition features several new text boxes on fascinating topics; a new photo essay on important Greek manuscripts of the New Testament; updated content reflecting recent scholarship and discoveries, including the Gospel of Judas Iscariot; and much more

Reading the Old Testament

Author: Lawrence Boadt
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1616436700
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 507

Book Description
Daily life in Ancient Israel - Great prophets including, Hosea, Amos, Isaiah - People and lands of the Old Testament.

New Testament Exegesis

Author: Gordon D. Fee
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664223168
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
The third edition of this handbook provides a step-by-step guide to writing an exegetical paper on the New Testament. It takes into account the latest advances in methodology as well as resources. 10 illustrations.

An Introduction to New Testament Christology

Author: Raymond Edward Brown
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809135165
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Examines "christology's"--Or evaluations of Jesus' identity and divinity--based upon his words, his public ministry, and the Resurrection.

Reading the New Testament

Author: John M. Court
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415103688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Reading the New Testament is intended as a companion volume to the successful New Testament Readings Series. It analyzes the many ways in which the New Testament can be read and interpreted.

An Introduction to the Old Testament

Author: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611643937
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
In this book Walter Brueggemann, America's premier biblical theologian, introduces the reader to the broad theological scope and chronological sweep of the Old Testament. He covers every book of the Old Testament in the order in which it appears in the Hebrew Bible and treats the most important issues and methods in contemporary interpretation of the Old Testament--literary, historical, and theological.

The Writings of the New Testament

Author: Luke Timothy Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780800634391
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The completely revised and updated version of Johnson's very successful introduction to the New Testament (1999) is now available with a CD-ROM that contains the entire original text with copious searching and researching features, plus hyper-links to the NRSV. Johnson organizes his presentation in six major sections: The Symbolic World of the New Testament The Christian Experience The Synoptic Tradition Pauline Traditions Other Canonical Witnesses The Johannine Tradition The CD-ROM was produced using the Libronix Digital Library System.

Reading Luke

Author: Charles H. Talbert
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 9781573123938
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
Introducing the life cycles of the main animal groups, this series provides an overview of key physical characteristics and covers the life cycle from birth, or hatching, to death, looking at growing up, feeding, mating, keeping safe, threats and survival. Each title includes simple charts and graphs to explain patterns of change and compare offspring to parent form a wide range of animal examples from near home and around the world.