Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World

Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World

Author: Warren Carter

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2013-02-15

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1441240756

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This useful, concise introduction to the worlds around the New Testament focuses on seven key moments in the centuries before and after Jesus. It enlightens readers about the beginnings of the Christian movement, showing how religious, political, and economic factors were interwoven in the fabric of the New Testament world. Leading New Testament scholar Warren Carter has a record of providing student-friendly texts. This introduction offers a "big picture" focus and is logically and memorably organized around seven events, which Carter uses as launching pads to discuss larger cultural dynamics and sociohistorical realities that were in some way significant for followers of Jesus and the New Testament. Photos and maps are included.


Sacred Tradition in the New Testament

Sacred Tradition in the New Testament

Author: Stanley E. Porter

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1493401882

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Leading biblical scholar Stanley Porter critiques the state of research regarding the New Testament's use of the Old Testament and sacred traditions. He provides needed orientation for readers interested in New Testament references to themes such as "son of man" and "suffering servant" as well as the faith of Abraham and the Passover. Porter explains that examining scriptural traditions is fundamental to understanding central ideas in the New Testament regarding Jesus. He sheds light on major themes in New Testament Christology and soteriology, offering fresh, constructive proposals.


The Phenomenon of the New Testament

The Phenomenon of the New Testament

Author: Charles Francis Digby Moule

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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Here is a New Testament scholar of international reputation recording his conviction of the historical reasonableness of Christian claims. His book inevitably contains absorbing discussion of biblical problems. Throughout, however, it is excitingly plain that he is drawing things to a head. The work will enliven the understanding of the Christian reader; he can confidently introduce it to the uncertain; and all will enjoy the sparkle of its fastidious clarity' (Church Times). 'It is addressed to those who have written off Christianity and also to Christians who would like to reconsider the claims made for the authenticity of Christianity. n exposes the fragility of various popular objections to the Christian view, and then presents certain indisputable facts which any honest person must take account of ... This is an interesting contribution to the modern process of rethinking how our Christian faith at the present day can possibly be related to the New Testament. We do not yet know the answer and probably shall not know it for a long time to come. It is correspondingly important for Christians to be keeping more or less abreast of the discussion, and to be keeping their minds open. We ought to resist premature shouts of triumph and gasps of relief, but also (as Professor Moule reminds us) premature groans of despair. Even while we are engaged in our own readjustment, we have sufficient resources for approaching the world if we use them intelligently. That is why this book should be read' (Kenneth Grayston in Methodist Recorder).


The World of the New Testament

The World of the New Testament

Author: Joel B. Green

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 766

ISBN-13: 1441240543

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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 New Testament in Its World Workbook

The New Testament in Its World Workbook

Author: N. T. Wright

Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Published: 2019-11-19

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0310528720

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This workbook accompanies The New Testament in Its World by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. Following the textbook's structure, it offers assessment questions, exercises, and activities designed to support the students' learning experience. Reinforcing the teaching in the textbook, this workbook will not only help to enhance their understanding of the New Testament books as historical, literary, and social phenomena located in the world of early Christianity, but also guide them to think like a first-century believer while reading the text responsibly for today.


Contextualization in the New Testament

Contextualization in the New Testament

Author: Dean Flemming

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2009-09-20

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0830874798

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Winner of a 2006 Christianity Today Book Award! Honored as one of the "Fifteen Outstanding Books of 2005 for Mission Studies" by International Bulletin of Missionary Research From Cairo to Calcutta, from Cochabamba to Columbus, Christians are engaged in a conversation about how to speak and live the gospel in today's traditional, modern and emergent cultures. The technical term for their efforts is contextualization. Missionary theorists have pondered and written on it at length. More and more, those who do theology in the West are also trying to discover new ways of communicating and embodying the gospel for an emerging postmodern culture. But few have considered in depth how the early church contextualized the gospel. And yet the New Testament provides numerous examples. As both a crosscultural missionary and a New Testament scholar, Dean Flemming is well equipped to examine how the early church contextualized the gospel and to draw out lessons for today. By carefully sifting the New Testament evidence, Flemming uncovers the patterns and parameters of a Paul or Mark or John as they spoke the Word on target, and he brings these to bear on our contemporary missiological task. Rich in insights and conversant with frontline thinking, this is a book that will revitalize the conversation and refresh our speaking and living the gospel in today's cultures, whether in traditional, modern or emergent contexts.


Constantine's Bible

Constantine's Bible

Author: David L. Dungan

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781451406122

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Most college and seminary courses on the New Testament include discussions of the process that gave shape to the New Testament. David Dungan re-examines the primary source for the history, the Ecclesiastical History of the fourth-century Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, in the light of Hellenistic political thought. He reaches new conclusions: that we usually use the term "canon" incorrectly; that the legal imposition of a "canon" or "rule" upon scripture was a fourth- and fifth-century phenomenon enforced with the power of the Roman imperial government; that the forces shaping the New Testament canon are much earlier than the second-century crisis occasioned by Marcion, and that they are political forces. Dungan discusses how the scripture selection process worked, book-by-book, as he examines the criteria used-and not used-to make these decisions. He describes the consequences of the emperor Constantine's tremendous achievement in transforming orthodox, Catholic Christianity into imperial Christianity. --From publisher's description.


Evidence Unseen

Evidence Unseen

Author: James Rochford

Publisher: New Paradigm Pub.

Published: 2013-05-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780983668169

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Evidence Unseen is the most accessible and careful though through response to most current attacks against the Christian worldview.