New Testament studies (philological, versional, and patristic)
Author: Bruce M. Metzger
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-07-01
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9004379282
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Author: Bruce M. Metzger
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-07-01
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9004379282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2012-11-09
Total Pages: 897
ISBN-13: 900423604X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research provides up-to-date discussions of every major aspect of New Testament textual criticism. Written by internationally acknowledged experts, the twenty-four essays evaluate all significant advances in the field since the 1950s.
Author: Charles E. Hill
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2012-06-14
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 0191505048
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Early Text of the New Testament aims to examine and assess from our earliest extant sources the most primitive state of the New Testament text now known. What sort of changes did scribes make to the text? What is the quality of the text now at our disposal? What can we learn about the nature of textual transmission in the earliest centuries? In addition to exploring the textual and scribal culture of early Christianity, this volume explores the textual evidence for all the sections of the New Testament. It also examines the evidence from the earliest translations of New Testament writings and the citations or allusions to New Testament texts in other early Christian writers.
Author: Alan E. Bernstein
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2020-06-30
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 150171175X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat becomes of the wicked? Hell—exile from God, subjection to fire, worms, and darkness—for centuries the idea has shaped the dread of malefactors, the solace of victims, and the deterrence of believers. Although we may associate the notion of hell with Christian beliefs, its gradual emergence depended on conflicting notions that pervaded the Mediterranean world more than a millennium before the birth of Christ. Asking just why and how belief in hell arose, Alan E. Bernstein takes us back to those times and offers us a comparative view of the philosophy, poetry, folklore, myth, and theology of that formative age.Bernstein draws on sources from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Israel, as well as early Christian writings through Augustine, in order to reconstruct the story of the prophets, priests, poets, and charismatic leaders who fashioned concepts of hell from an array of perspectives on death and justice. The author traces hell's formation through close readings of works including the epics of Homer and Vergil, the satires of Lucian, the dialogues of Plato and Plutarch, the legends of Enoch, the confessions of the Psalms, the prophecies of Isaiah, Ezechiel, and Daniel, and the parables of Jesus. Reenacting lively debates about the nature of hell among the common people and the elites of diverse religious traditions, he provides new insight into the social implications and the psychological consequences of different visions of the afterlife.This superb account of a central image in Western culture will captivate readers interested in history, mythology, literature, psychology, philosophy, and religion.
Author: Frans Neirynck
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 1048
ISBN-13: 9789061869337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Günter Wagner
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780865541573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael J Kruger
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Published: 2020-05-21
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1789740177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor many years now, the topic of the New Testament canon has been the main focus of my research and writing. It is an exciting field of study that probes into questions that have long fascinated both scholars and laymen alike, namely when and how these 27 books came to be regarded as a new scriptural deposit. But, the story of the New Testament canon is bigger than just the "when" and the "how". It is also, and perhaps most fundamentally, about the "why". Why did Christians have a canon at all? Does the canon exist because of some later decision or action of the second- or third-century church? Or did it arise more naturally from within the early Christian faith itself? Was the canon an extrinsic phenomenon, or an intrinsic one? These are the questions this book is designed to address. And these are not micro questions, but macro ones. They address foundational and paradigmatic issues about the way we view the canon. They force us to consider the larger framework through which we conduct our research - whether we realized we had such a framework or not. Of course, we are not the first to ask such questions about why we have a canon. Indeed, for many scholars this question has already been settled. The dominant view today, as we shall see below, is that the New Testament is an extrinsic phenomenon; a later ecclesiastical development imposed on books originally written for another purpose. This is the framework through which much of modern scholarship operates. And it is the goal of this volume to ask whether it is a compelling one. To be sure, it is no easy task challenging the status quo in any academic field. But, we should not be afraid to ask tough questions. Likewise, the consensus position should not be afraid for them to be asked.
Author: Richard N. Longenecker
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2011-03-25
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 1467434728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaul’s Letter to the Romans has proven to be a particular challenge for commentators, with its many highly significant interpretive issues often leading to tortuous convolutions and even “dead ends” in their understanding of the letter. Here, Richard N. Longenecker takes a comprehensive look at the complex backdrop of Paul’s letter and carefully unpacks a number of critical issues, including: * Authorship, integrity, occasion, date, addressees, and purpose * Important recent interpretive approaches * Greco-Roman oral, rhetorical, and epistolary conventions * Jewish and Jewish Christian thematic and rhetorical features * The establishing of the letter’s Greek text * The letter’s main focus, structure, and argument
Author: David G. Peterson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2009-04-15
Total Pages: 769
ISBN-13: 1467441422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new landmark in evangelical scholarship on the book of Acts. Fifteen years in the making, this comprehensive commentary by David Peterson offers thorough exegesis and exposition of the Acts of the Apostles, drawing on recent scholarship in the fields of narrative criticism and theological analysis, incorporating insights into historical-social background, and investigating why Luke presents his material in the way he does. In view of how long the book of Acts is -- over a thousand verses -- Peterson's commentary is admirably economical yet meaty. His judgments, according to Don Carson, are always "sane, evenhanded, and judicious." Even while unpacking exegetical details, Peterson constantly scans the horizon, keeping the larger picture in mind. With its solid exegesis, astute theological analysis, and practical contemporary application, Peterson's Acts of the Apostles is a commentary that preachers, teachers, and students everywhere will want and need.
Author: Leonhard Goppelt
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1982-12
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780802809636
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