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Author: Everett F. Harrison
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1968-12-06
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780802818249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this work Professor Harrison does not attempt to retell the events in Christ's life; rather, he analyzes the outstanding events and features of that life. He combines history, biblical theology, and apologetics in his study of the significant aspects of Christ's life.
Author: Everett Falconer Harrison
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn our day scholars are no longer attempting to write a full-length life of Christ. They recognize that the Gospels are not biographies in the traditional sense of the word, nor were they intended to be. These accounts are rather what the titles indicate--they are Gospels. To use Mark's phrase, they are accounts of the beginning of the gospel. Their authors had no intention of providing the necessary ingredients for a "scientific" history of Jesus of Nazareth. At the same time, they do provide historical records; gospel and history cannot be separated. Less exhaustive than Edersheim's classic Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Everett Harrison's Shrot Life of Christ responds to the contemporary awareness of the scriptural record as both historical and evangelistic, and is written out of the conviction that the Christ encountered today by believing individuals, and by Christian society, is identical with the Christ who confronts us in history. Here, then, is a life of Christ for both layman and preacher, student and specialist. Bibliographies at the end of each chapter will be useful in further study. The general purpose of this book is to provide a broad understanding of the background and message of the New Testament. It opens with chapters on the time between the Old and New Testaments, giving information on history, institutions, and literature, and goes on to discuss the language of the New Testament, the text and its transmission, the canon, and the individual books of the New Testament. For each of the New Testament books Dr. Harrison provides a helpful outline and introduces the reader to a greater understanding of the text by a discussion of such matters as purpose, background, date, authorship, characteristics or principal concepts, taking into full account the most significant findings and interpretations of recent scholars. The author also provides general essays on the Gospels and on the Epistles. Special bibliographies are given for each chapter, and a selected bibliography on New Testament Introduction for the book as a whole. Written by one who has taught the New Testament for many years, who has a thorough understanding of the field, and who writes with ease and clarity, this basic and comprehensive Introduction is a valuable aid to the study of the Scriptures, both in school and in church. -Publisher
Author: Fulton J. Sheen
Publisher: Angelico Press
Published: 2011-11-29
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 1887593500
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFulton J. Sheen turned his voice and pen to many subjects during the course of a long and remarkable apostolate. But nothing came closer to the core of his message than bringing the life and saving words of Jesus to the problems of modern life and the modern world. In A Brief Life of Christ, Sheen draws out the meaning of the life of Jesus for our time and shows how Christ issues His challenge alike to nations, peoples, and individual souls. The final chapters on Christ's public life, and Passion, Death, and Resurrection contain tremendous insights and provide material for a lifetime of reflection.
Author: Robert H. Stein
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2009-08-20
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 0830875832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this accessible introduction to Jesus Christ, Robert Stein draws together the results of a career of research and writing on Jesus and the Gospels. Now in paperback, this classic textbook is clearly written, ably argued, and geared to the needs of students, giving probing minds a sure grounding in the life and ministry of Jesus.
Author: Mary Billingsley
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
Published: 2010-02
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 0802853625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of paintings depicting the life of Christ structured around the prayers of the rosary.
Author: Donald Guthrie
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2010-08-10
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 0310877288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA survey of Christ's life in an evangelical perspective—concise and thorough at once. Well-known New Testament scholar and theologian Donald Guthrie seeks to give an up-to-date account of the background, sources, and historical outline of the life of Jesus. Any quest for the historical Jesus is faced with immediate challenges, and in some places this quest has fallen out of favor entirely—but the Christian faith is an historic faith, and it necessarily attaches great importance to its historic beginnings. A Shorter Life of Christ discusses the background and historical sources as an important prelude to attempting an outline of the life of Christ. Guthrie recognizes that there are problems surrounding the history of Jesus and these must not be minimized. The most important of them are discussed in the following pages. . . Chapters are organized in such a way as to make this a welcoming read for the student and anyone looking for an overall introduction to the life of Our Lord and Savior: The Background to the Life of Jesus Various Approaches to the Life of Jesus Literary Sources for the Life of Jesus The Early Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ The Galilean Ministry The Closing Period The Teaching of Jesus The Miracles of Jesus Jesus Christ in Early Christian Thought
Author: Amy-Jill Levine
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2014-09-09
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 006219819X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe renowned biblical scholar, author of The Misunderstood Jew, and general editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament interweaves history and spiritual analysis to explore Jesus’ most popular teaching parables, exposing their misinterpretations and making them lively and relevant for modern readers. Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus’ stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives. In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus’ narratives. In Short Stories by Jesus, she analyzes these “problems with parables,” taking readers back in time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them. Levine reveals the parables’ connections to first-century economic and agricultural life, social customs and morality, Jewish scriptures and Roman culture. With this revitalized understanding, she interprets these moving stories for the contemporary reader, showing how the parables are not just about Jesus, but are also about us—and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later.
Author: Richard Bauckham
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-07-28
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 0199575274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBauckham shows that Jesus was devoted to the God of Israel, with a special focus on God's fatherly love and compassion, and like every Jewish teacher he expounded the Torah, but did so in his own distinctive way.
Author: Curtis C. Thomas
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780971336186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas offers practical, biblical instruction on a wide range of issues involving individual and corporate participation and responsibility in the life of a local church. (Christian)
Author: Paula Fredriksen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0300164106
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
