This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
In the New Testament, the good news of God's plan of salvation shines forth. The richness of these Scriptures rewards any level of studybut there are particular ways such study can be done well. In his easy-to-understand guide to New Testament exegesis, Andrew Naselli explains and illustrates each step of a logical twelve-stage interpretive process that can be used with benefit by pastors, scholars, teachers, and laypeople. Move from genre to textual criticism, take Greek grammar and literary context into account, and journey through the passage all the way to practical application. Learn how to track an author's thought-flow, grasp the text's message, and apply the ancient Word in this modern world, all in light of Christ's redeeming work. Then plunge into Naselli's recommended resources to go further in your studies every step of the way.
If only we could hold the actual words of Luke's descriptive narrative or Paul's outpouring of pastoral pain to the church at Corinth. Now we can. A continuing quest to recover the New Testament text allows Christians to open their Bibles with confidence that the words approximate the writers' Greek quill strokes or the English equivalents. Such thought breaths excitement into Philip Comfort's history of the New Testament text and discussion of the credibility (and limitations) of texts and translations. Comfort challenges the view that early copyists were careless and took editorial liberties. He argues that their accuracy and integrity are indisputable. While this task involves comparing manuscripts, technical facts are framed in historical and cultural color. He assures Christians that even uncovering the paper signed by Paul would not change our understanding of what he said. This introduction to the work of textual criticism challenges students to continue the quest for the original text. It is essentially a sequel to 'Early Manuscripts and Modern Translations of the New Testament.'
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.
The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Preliminary Material /J. Panagopoulos -- Die Urchristliche Prophetie /Johannes Panagopoulos -- La fonction prophétique de l'église et dans l'église /Samuel Amsler -- Prophecy in the new testament church--and today /E. Earle Ellis -- Prophecy, the spirit and the church /Jannes Reiling -- Les prophètes chrétiens comme exégètes charismatiques de l'écriture /Édouard Cothenet -- Christian prophets as teachers or instructors in tre Church /David Hill -- Botschaft und bedeutung der urchristlichen prophetie nach dem ersten korintherbrief (2:6-16; 12-14) /Gerhard Dautzenberg -- Vom ende der urchristlichen prophetie /Heinrich Kraft -- Der neutestamentliche charismatische gottesdienst im lichte der heutigen charismatischen erneuerung der kirche /Arnold Bittlinger -- Jesus Und Seine Propheten /Dieter Lührmann -- Prophecy in the ecumenical movement /Hans-Ruedi Weber -- Reports of the work groups /J. Panagopoulos -- Index of Authors /J. Panagopoulos -- Index of Biblical References /J. Panagopoulos -- The Contributors /J. Panagopoulos.