Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Gospels & Acts (Exploring the Bible)

Walton, Steve,Wenham, David

ISBN 10: 0830825398 / ISBN 13: 9780830825394

Published by IVP Academic, 2011

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Synopsis:

Especially suited for introductory courses that focus on Jesus and the Gospels or the Gospels and Acts, Exploring the New Testament, Volume One introduces students to

• Jewish and Greco-Roman background
• literary genres and forms
• debated issues such as authorship, date and setting
• content and major themes of each book
• conventional as well as new approaches to the study of the Gospels and Acts
• the latest scholarship in the quest for the historical Jesus
• the intersection of New Testament criticism with contemporary faith and culture

This revised edition features updated text and bibliographies, and incorporates new material gleaned from the experience of classroom use.

About the Authors: David Wenham (Ph.D., Manchester) is tutor in New Testament at Trinity College, Bristol, having previously spent many years at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, where he served as dean and vice principal. He is the author of Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? and coauthor (with Steve Walton) of Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Gospels and Acts.

Steve Walton is senior lecturer in Greek and New Testament studies and director of research at London School of Theology. He previously taught New Testament at St. John's College, Nottingham, and Bedford College. An ordained Anglican minister, he has worked in parish ministry in Merseyside and with the Church Pastoral Aid Society as their Vocation and Ministry Adviser. He is the author of Leadership and Lifestyle (Cambridge University Press, 2000), a major study of Paul's Miletus speech and 1 Thessalonians and A Call to Live: Vocation for Everyone (SPCK/Triangle, 1994). Walton also chairs the Acts seminar of the British New Testament Conference and is a member of the steering group of the Book of Acts Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the ...
Publisher: IVP Academic
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good