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…
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…
Dårskap och vänskap är sjunde boken av sjutton planerade i Libris kommentarserie Nya testamentets budskap, NTB. Det finns tre huvudmål med utgivningen: Att förklara bibeltexternas bakgrund och budskap i deras eget sammanhang. Att reflektera över tex…
This final volume in the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture New Testament series interprets First and Second Thessalonians from within the living tradition of the Church. Nathan Eubank recovers interpretations of these Pauline letter…
In this commentary Gordon Fee aims first and foremost to offer a fresh exposition of the text of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. He shows the reader what is in the biblical text, what the text meant in the first century, and what it means now. Fee reveals th…
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…
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…
Have we really heard the message of Colossians? Is this New Testament book just another religious text whose pretext is an ideological grab for dominating power? Reading Colossians in context, ancient and contemporary, can perhaps give us new ears t…
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…
This work offers an exhaustive study of Pauline Christology by noted Pauline scholar Gordon Fee. The author provides a detailed analysis of the letters of Paul (including those whose authorship is questioned) individually, exploring the Christology…
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…
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,…
Covers a full year's course in elementary biblical Hebrew at the college level.
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…
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…
"Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep." (1 Thess 4:14). The epistles of the New Testament provide unparalleled insight into the realities of the life of the ear…
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,…
Paul's ways of speaking about God, Jesus, and the Spirit are intricately intertwined: talking about any one of the three, for Paul, implies reference to all of them together. However, much current Pauline scholarship discusses Paul's God-, Christ-,…
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…
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,…
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 apostle Paul was a vital force in the development of Christianity. Paul's historical and religious context affects the theological interpretation of Paul's writings, no small issue in the whole of Christian theology.Recent years have seen much c…
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…
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…
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…
This substantive evangelical commentary on Romans by a leading biblical scholar is one of the most popular in the award-winning BECNT series (more than 25,000 copies sold) and has been praised as a great preaching commentary. This new edition, updat…
Like any other commentary series, The Pillar New Testament Commentary has specific aims. Designed both for serious students and for general readers of the Bible, the PNTC volumes seek above all to make clear the meaning of the text of Scripture as w…
Den åttonde boken i bibelkommentarserien Nya testamentets budskap (NTB) utlägger Första Petrusbrevet. Brevet skrivs till kristna som kämpar mot omgivningens fördomar och den misstänksamhet som den kristna tron väcker. De troende beskrivs som ´främli…
Harold Hoehner has taught biblical exegesis to thousands of students over the years. He now brings that experience to bear on this important work.He begins with a helpful introduction to the letter of Ephesians in which he addresses issues of author…
Abasciano builds upon his previous LNTS volume, Paul's Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9.1-9, continuing the project begun in that volume and its intertextual methodology. This method incorporates a thorough traditional exegesis into a comprehens…
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…
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…
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…
To enclaves of young converts tucked away in the mountains of Asia Minor, Paul wrote what is perhaps the oldest document in the New Testament--the letter to the Galatians. What problems were they facing? Among a variety of religious authorities espo…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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.
