Lukas läsare hade börjat tvivla på den kristna förkunnelsens tillförlitlighet. Kanske på grund av Jerusalems förstörelse och att Jesus ännu inte kommit tillbaka - men framför allt på grund av en växande motsättning mellan judar och kristna. Lukas ry…
In examining the appropriation of Scripture in 2 Corinthians 4-13, Han argues that the apostle is not only aware of the original contexts of the passages he refers to, but also goes beyond the immediate contexts and brings in the larger context of t…
The New Testament in Antiquity is a textbook for college and seminary students penned by three evangelical scholars with over fifty years of combined experience in the classroom. Their challenge was to build a text that would be engaging, academical…
En bok i serien Nya testamentets budskap (NTB) Från början till slut är Första Korinthierbrevet präglat av olika problem: schismer och partibildningar, män som utnyttjat prostituerade och ett fall av incest, rättstvister mellan församlingsmedlemmar,…
Covers a full year's course in elementary biblical Hebrew at the college level.
Invites Readers of Romans to Expand Their View of God and the GospelWhen reading the book of Romans, we often focus on the quotable passages, making brief stopovers and not staying long enough to grasp some of the big ideas it contains. Instead of r…
Two thousand years later, Paul attracts more attention than any other figure from antiquity besides one," writes Stephen Westerholm. Why the fascination with the apostle Paul? Westerholm explains that Paul remains such a compelling figure because he…
I Johannesevangeliet framställs Jesus ur en helt annan synvinkel än hos Matteus, Markus och Lukas. Här får vi till exempel följa Jesus i en rad samtal med personer som har mycket olika bakgrund: den nyfikne Nikodemus, den namnlösa kvinnan i Sykar, f…
The cosmopolitan city of Corinth was the site of one of the apostle Paul's greatest evangelistic successes. However, the church he founded was full of contention, ranging from questions about leadership to incest. Some Christians were taking fellow…
Robert Banks's widely read Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting is once again available to laypeople, pastors, and scholars alike. In this extensively revised edition Banks has rewritten chapters for clarity,…
Finally: an introduction that captures the excitement of the early Christians, helping today's readers to think like a first-century believer while reading the text responsibly for today. The New Testament in Its World is your passageway from the tw…
Paul's letters stand at the center of the dispute over women, the church, and the home, with each side championing passages from the Apostle. Now, in a challenging new attempt to wrestle with these thorny texts, Craig Keener delves as deeply into th…
Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from the twentieth century to the first century. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. In other words, they focus on the original meaning of the pa…
Readers of the New Testament often encounter quotes or allusions to Old Testament stories and prophecies that are unfamiliar or obscure. In order to fully understand the teachings of Jesus and his followers, it is important to understand the large b…
Leading Pauline-studies expert Thomas Schreiner provides an updated guide to the exegesis of the New Testament epistles traditionally assigned to Paul. The first edition helped thousands of students dig deeper into studying the New Testament epistle…
Named one of Church Times's Best Christian Books This volume provides a much-needed English translation of the sixth edition of what is considered the fundamental text for fully understanding Barthianism. Barth--who remains a powerful influence on E…
Markusevangeliet är det äldsta, kortaste och mest kärnfulla av de fyra evangelierna. Det kännetecknande för detta evangelium är att det drar oss med i en medryckande skildring av hur Jesus förlåter syndarna, befriar de bundna och botar de sjuka, och…
The book of Hebrews conveys a double dose of spiritual power: it not only presents the supremacy of Jesus Christ unlike any other New Testament book, but it also repeatedly demands a heart response from the reader. No one can study Hebrews and not g…
Det finns ett stort behov av texttrogna men inte alltför svårtillgängliga utläggningar av Uppenbarelseboken på svenska. Framför allt behövs det utläggningar som tar fasta på bokens budskap utan att fastna i perifera detaljer och spekulativa beräknin…
Sandra Hack Polaski introduces readers to the letters and world of Paul, encouraging a critical appreciation of Paul and his writings that does not require a choice between commitment to the scriptures and integrity as a modern feminist. In conversa…
Anthony Thiselton's lengthy New International Greek Testament Commentary volume The First Epistle to the Corinthians (2000) has become a standard work on 1 Corinthians. In this "shorter" commentary Thiselton draws on his excellent exegesis from that…
The power and classic features of Nelson's New Strong's in a concise and compact editionNelson's Compact Bible Concordance helps you access the references you need quickly and easily
Paul's letters, the earliest writings in the New Testament, are filled with allusions, images, and quotations from the Old Testament, or, as Paul called it, Scripture. In this book, Richard B. Hays investigates Paul's appropriation of Scripture from…
E. P. Sanders is Arts and Sciences Professor of Religion Emeritus at Duke University and has taught at McMaster University and Queen's College, Oxford.
Det finns nog inget brev av aposteln Paulus som fått större genomslag än Romarbrevet. Redan i första kapitlet gjorde Martin Luther sin glada reformatoriska upptäckt - allt av nåd genom tro. Charles Wesley blev omvänd när han hörde en predikan som la…
--. . . undertaken to provide earnest students of the New Testament with an exposition that is thorough and abreast of modern scholarship and at the same time loyal to the Scriptures as the infallible Word of God.--This statement reflects the underl…
This new collection celebrates the distinguished contribution of William S. Campbell to a renewed understanding of Paul's theologizing and its influence on the shaping of early Christian identity. The essays are clustered around two closely related…
Leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener is widely respected for his thorough research, sound judgments, and knowledge of ancient sources. His four-volume magnum opus on Acts has received high praise from all quarters. This commentary on Paul's le…
Leading New Testament theologian Grant Macaskill introduces Paul's understanding of the Christian life, which is grounded in the apostle's theology of union with Christ. The author shows that the exegetical foundations for a Christian moral theology…
Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship and translation, Robert Alter has equipped us to read the Hebrew Bible as a powerful, cohesive work of literature. In this landmark work, Alter's masterly translation and probing commentary comb…
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen, wrote the author of the epistle to the Hebrews. Reflecting on this verse and the epistle s description of the high priestly and sacrificial ministry of Jesus Christ, Swis…
Replaces the book, The Gospel and the End of Time, which received a Christianity Today 1992 Readers' Choice AwardDigging into Paul's letters to the Thessalonians, John R. W. Stott addresses issues of vital importance today: how the church spreads th…
John Scott encourages today's church to recapture something of the early confidence, enthusiasm, vision and power seen in Acts.
Med blicken fäst på Jesus är en kommentar till Hebreerbrevet i serien Nya testamentets budskap. Detta brev tar bland annat upp, som namnet på brevet antyder, relationen mellan judendomen och kristendomen och bearbetar bland annat de kulturella frågo…
The apostle Paul lived within a swirl of controversy. False Christians--Judaizers--dogged his every step, slandering his motives, denying his apostolic authorities, and seeking to overthrow his Gospel teaching. They argued their case loudly, and Pau…
Vad utmärker en ledare i Guds rike? Och hur bär man sig åt för att fortsätta vara en god ledare när färden går i stark motvind? När Paulus skriver sitt andra brev till församlingen i Korinth kommer vi honom inpå livet. Församlingen har vänt honom ry…
In this book esteemed Pauline scholar John Barclay presents a strikingly fresh reading of grace in Paul's theology, studying it in view of ancient notions of "gift" and shining new light on Paul's relationship to Second Temple Judaism. Paul and the…
In The Time That Remains, Agamben seeks to separate the Pauline texts from the history of the Church that canonized them, thus revealing them to be "the fundamental messianic texts of the West." He argues that Paul's letters are concerned not with t…
Whether you see the Bible as the living word of God, or as a highly significant document from the ancient world, or as one of the classic works of world literature, The Oxford Bible Commentary will put in your hands everything you need to study and…
In debates surrounding the New Perspective on Paul, the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformers are often characterized as the apostle's misinterpreters-in-chief. In this book Stephen Chester challenges that conception with a careful and nuanced read…
A. Katherine Grieb insightfully traces the argument of Paul's letter to the Romans and shows how it is grounded in the story of God's faithfulness to Israel. She draws together a number of crucial insights: the narrative character of Paul's thought,…
The first detailed exegetical treatment of Paul's letters from the emerging discipline of missional hermeneutics, Michael Gorman's Becoming the Gospel argues that Paul's letters invite Christian communities both then and now to not merely believe th…
Few issues are more central to the Christian faith than the nature, scope and means of salvation. Many have thought it to be largely a transaction that gets one to heaven. In this riveting book, N. T. Wright explains that God's salvation is radicall…
Jouette Bassler, one of the foremost experts on Pauline theology, offers her wisdom and insight into the core of Paul's thought in this brief and accessible book. She focuses on major themes in Paul, such as grace, law, faith, righteousness, Israel,…
