Seven Challenges That Shaped the New Testament
Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-1-5409-6634-6 (ISBN)
The New Testament writings reflect a sense of wrestling to understand what the world-shattering events of Jesus's life, death, resurrection, and ascension mean in the rough-and-tumble of daily life in a conflicted world. In this book, a senior New Testament scholar investigates seven critical areas of tension--historical, moral, political, material, social, perceptual, and temporal--that shape the "big ideas" discussed and debated in the New Testament.
This lively investigation explores the challenges that influenced the New Testament writings and how the writers responded to those tensions. The author shows that out of this upheaval came a remarkable set of creative, dynamic writings that have shaped and challenged millions of lives as sacred Scripture.
This accessibly written book offers a fresh way to learn about the world and content of the New Testament writings. It will help readers appreciate the rich diversity of New Testament thought cohering around commitment to the one Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
F. Scott Spencer (PhD, University of Durham) is the New Testament general editor for The SBL Study Bible. He was a tenured professor at both Wingate University (North Carolina) and the Baptist Theological Seminary of Richmond (Virginia). Spencer is the author of several books, including Passions of the Christ and commentaries on Mark, Luke, and the Song of Songs. He lives in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
Preface: What and What Not to Expect from This Book
Prologue: Creative Tensions of Mind and Heart
1. Old and New: The Historical Challenge of Innovation and Evolution
2. Right and Wrong: The Moral Challenge of Hypocrisy and Apostasy
3. Weak and Strong: The Political Challenge of Authority and Tyranny
4. Weal and Woe: The Material Challenge of Infirmity and Poverty
5. One and All: The Social Challenge of Particularity and Partisanship
6. Seen and Secret: The Perceptual Challenge of Skepticism and Gnosticism
7. Now and Near: The Temporal Challenge of Delay and Deferment
Epilogue: Streaming the Good News
Indexes
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.07.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Ada, MI |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 345 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5409-6634-8 / 1540966348 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5409-6634-6 / 9781540966346 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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