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Author: Mikeal C. Parsons
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2008-12
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 0801031885
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA leading biblical scholar offers grounding in the interpretation of Acts that draws heavily on ancient backgrounds and attends to the theological nature of the texts.
Author: Mikeal Carl Parsons
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9781441258076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA leading biblical scholar offers grounding in the interpretation of Acts that draws heavily on ancient backgrounds and attends to the theological nature of the texts.
Author: Duane F. Watson
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1441238662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this addition to the well-received Paideia series, New Testament scholars Duane Watson and Terrance Callan examine cultural context and theological meaning in First and Second Peter. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by • attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs • showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits • commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament book • focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the text • making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly format This commentary, like each in the projected eighteen-volume series, proceeds by sense units rather than word-by-word or verse-by-verse. Students, pastors, and other readers will appreciate the historical, literary, and theological insight Watson and Callan offer in interpreting First and Second Peter.
Author: Mikeal C. Parsons
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2008-12-01
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1585588210
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Acts, the third of eighteen volumes in the Paideia commentary series, leading biblical scholar Mikeal Parsons gleans fresh theological insight into Acts by attending carefully to the cultural and educational context from which it emerges. Parsons see Acts as a charter document explaining and legitimating Christian identity for a general audience of early Christians living in the ancient Mediterranean world. Pastors, graduate and seminary students, and professors will benefit from this readable commentary, as will theological libraries. The Paideia commentaries are designed to be read through and used, not shelved and referenced. The main text is supplemented with maps, sidebars, and photographs. Indexes and reference lists help readers locate discussions in the commentary and in other secondary literature.
Author: Mikeal Carl Parsons
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781481300681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume Mikeal C. Parsons provides an overview of Luke and Acts, reading Luke and Acts in the context of ancient rhetorical criticism as practiced in the Hellenistic world. Parsons first compares Luke’s storytelling with narrative techniques of ancient rhetoric. He next compares Luke’s interpretation of Jewish sources within the social conventions of Luke’s day. Finally, Parsons profiles Luke’s specific evangelistic theological artistry, one in which Luke creatively uses Isaiah to call for the conversion of the Gentiles. The depth and breadth of Parson’s chapters root Luke’s narrative strategy, interpretive moves, and theological imagination in the pagan, Jewish, and Christian contexts of the period.
Author: Charles H. Talbert
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2010-08-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 144121237X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this fresh commentary, the fourth of eighteen volumes in the Paideia series, a leading New Testament scholar examines cultural context and theological meaning in Matthew. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by • Attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs • Showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits • Commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament book • Focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the text • Making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly format
Author: Willie James Jennings
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2017-05-05
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 161164805X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this new commentary for the Belief series, award-winning author and theologian Willie James Jennings explores the relevance of the book of Acts for the struggles of today. While some see Acts as the story of the founding of the Christian church, Jennings argues that it is so much more, depicting revolutionlife in the disrupting presence of the Spirit of God. According to Jennings, Acts is like Genesis, revealing a God who is moving over the land, "putting into place a holy repetition that speaks of the willingness of God to invade our every day and our every moment." He reminds us that Acts took place in a time of Empire, when the people were caught between diaspora Israel and the Empire of Rome. The spirit of God intervened, offering new life to both. Jennings shows that Acts teaches how people of faith can yield to the Spirit to overcome the divisions of our present world.
Author: M. Eugene Boring
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2006-11-17
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 1611645727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first New Testament Library volume to focus on a Gospel, this commentary offers a careful reading of the book of Mark. Internationally respected interpreter M. Eugene Boring brings a lifetime of research into the Gospels and Jesus into this lively discussion of the first Gospel. The New Testament Library offers authoritative commentary on every book and major aspect of the New Testament, as well as classic volumes of scholarship. The commentaries in this series provide fresh translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts, offer critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were created, pay careful attention to their literary design, and present a theologically perceptive exposition of the text.
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Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2021-10-26
Total Pages: 5826
ISBN-13: 9781540964908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament series offers fresh readings of the biblical texts in light of ancient culture and modern issues. Now all eighteen volumes in the series, covering the entire New Testament, are available for students, pastors, and other readers. Designed to be usable, readable, and concise rather than exhaustive, this series is conversant with contemporary scholarship, draws on ancient backgrounds, and attends to the theological nature of the texts.
Author: Frank J. Matera
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2010-11
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0801031893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis readable commentary exposes theological meaning in Romans by tracing its use of rhetorical strategies from the ancient cultural and educational context.
