A Bird S Eye View Of Luke And Acts
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A Bird S Eye View Of Luke And Acts
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Author : Michael Bird
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2023-11-21
A Bird S Eye View Of Luke And Acts written by Michael Bird and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-21 with Religion categories.
What do the books of Luke and Acts teach us about God, Jesus, and the early church? How do these two books relate to each other? And what do they mean for us today? In this accessible and compelling introduction, Michael Bird draws us into the wide-ranging narrative of Luke-Acts to discover how Luke frames the life of Jesus and of the first disciples who set out from Jerusalem to "the ends of the earth" proclaiming the Good News. Bird shows us how these two books, when read together, tell a cohesive narrative about Jesus, the Church, and the mission of God—with implications for the whole of our lives today. Situating both books in their historical and literary context, Bird moves through an exploration of their central theological themes and culminates with consideration of the books' relevance for contemporary social issues.
Themes And Texts In Luke Acts
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-11-20
Themes And Texts In Luke Acts written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-20 with Religion categories.
Twenty-three leading scholars interact in this volume with Luke-Acts. They study a variety of themes and pericopes. From Luke’s view of money and property, the relationship of tamid and eucharist, to the reception of Luke-Acts in Cyprian’s work, it brings new insights to the fore. The essays on individual passages interact with the Jewish and pagan contexts of the work and approach their topics through several different methodological approaches. Editors and authors offer this collection as a token of friendship and gratitude to Bart J. Koet, collected at the occasion of his retirement.
Jesus Skepticism And The Problem Of History
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Author : Zondervan,
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Release Date : 2019-10-08
Jesus Skepticism And The Problem Of History written by Zondervan, and has been published by Zondervan Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-08 with Religion categories.
In recent years, a number of New Testament scholars engaged in academic historical Jesus studies have concluded that such scholarship cannot yield secure and illuminating conclusions about its subject, arguing that the search for a historically "authentic" Jesus has run aground. Jesus, Skepticism, and the Problem of History brings together a stellar lineup of New Testament scholars who contend that historical Jesus scholarship is far from dead. These scholars all find value in using the tools of contemporary historical methods in the study of Jesus and Christian origins. While the skeptical use of criteria to fashion a Jesus contrary to the one portrayed in the Gospels is methodologically unsound and theologically unacceptable, these criteria, properly formulated and applied, yield positive results that support the Gospel accounts and the historical narrative in Acts. This book presents a nuanced and vitally needed alternative to the skeptical extremes of revisionist Jesus scholarship that, on the one hand, uses historical methods to call into question the Jesus of the Gospels and, on the other, denies the possibility of using historical methods to learn about Jesus.
Healing In The New Testament
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Author : John J. Pilch
language : en
Publisher: Fortress Press
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Healing In The New Testament written by John J. Pilch and has been published by Fortress Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Religion categories.
How the earliest churches understood healing.
New Testament Survey
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Author : Andrew Lai
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2021-08-04
New Testament Survey written by Andrew Lai and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-04 with Religion categories.
Many have attempted to read through the whole New Testament only to be overwhelmed by the complexity and fascinating texts. This New Testament Survey is to give you a lift so you can have a bird's-eye view of the whole landscape before dashing in for a detailed reading and study. The New Testament consists of twenty-seven books. To help you see the big picture, this book maps out all the twenty-seven books in the order as they appear in the Bible and classify them into meaningful divisions. Whenever possible, the writer of each book is identified along with the time and purpose so that you will know when and why each book was written. In addition, an outline for each book is given. This way, you will have a preview of the content of each book before you start reading the pages in detail. Therefore, this book is immensely helpful for serious as well as casual Bible readers.
Reading Luke Acts
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Author : William S. Kurz
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Reading Luke Acts written by William S. Kurz and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Religion categories.
This excellent book shows how literary criticism illuminates the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, reclaiming them as Biblical narrative. Kurz explores literary aspects such as implied authors or readers, plot, and assumed information, or gaps. Finally, he traces the implications of reading Luke-Acts as canonical Scripture and the merits of literary methods.
A Bird S Eye View Of The Bible
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Author : Noah Quarshire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
A Bird S Eye View Of The Bible written by Noah Quarshire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Bible categories.
Acts In Its Ancient Literary Context
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Author : Loveday Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2007-03-29
Acts In Its Ancient Literary Context written by Loveday Alexander and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-29 with Religion categories.
Here, gathered for the first time, is a collection of Loveday Alexander's critically acclaimed essays on the Acts of the Apostles. In this collection of essays, Alexander addresses the central question 'What kind of book is Acts?' She approaches the text of Acts with a finely-tuned sense of the complexities of the conventional codes that governed reading and writing in the classical world, and argues that the differences between New Testament texts and contemporary writings in the Graeco-Roman world can be as revealing as the similarities. The collection begins with Alexander's classic analysis of the literary codes governing the preface to Luke's two-volume work, in which she challenges the dominant consensus that the language and structure of the preface evoke the generic conventions of Greek historiography. That insight opens up the possibility of reading Acts alongside other ancient literary genres: the lives of the Greek philosophers, the Greek novels of Chariton and Xenophon of Ephesus, Roman itineraries, Greek and Jewish apologetic, and Latin epic. The process, like the narrative of Acts itself, becomes a rich and evocative voyage of exploration, shedding light both on the varied social worlds of the author and his first readers, and on the complex communication problems underlying the creation of early Christian discourse. This is volume 289 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series and is also part of the Early Christianity in Context series.
The Portrait Of Philip In Acts
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Author : F. Scott Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1997-01-01
The Portrait Of Philip In Acts written by F. Scott Spencer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Religion categories.
Appraisals of early Christian leaders in Acts typically neglect or minimize the contribution of Philip the evangelist. This study establishes Philip's pivotal place in the overall structure of Luke-Acts, stressing the significance of his roles as the first missionary to the marginalized Samaritians and 'God-fearers' of a charismatic prophet in the tradition of Moses and Elijah, and a versatile servant in both domestic/diaconal and itinerant/kerygmatic capacities. This investigation utilizes close literary analysis of the Lukan narrative informed by social-historical assessments of the ancient Mediterranean world to create a comprehensive, multidimensional portrait of Philip in Acts.
Geography And The Ascension Narrative In Acts
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Author : Matthew Sleeman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-09-17
Geography And The Ascension Narrative In Acts written by Matthew Sleeman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-17 with Religion categories.
The book of Acts contains a strong geographical component. Yet readings of Acts typically ignore or marginalise geography's contribution to the construction of the narrative's theology. In this book Matthew Sleeman argues that Jesus' ascension into heaven is foundational for establishing the 'spatiality' of Acts, showing that the narrative's understanding of place and space is shaped decisively by Christ's heavenly location. Drawing on recent advances in geographical theory, Sleeman offers a 'spatial' interpretation that expands our vision of how space and place inform the theological impulses of Acts. Presenting a complement to conventional 'temporal' readings of Acts, he sheds new light on the theology of the book, and suggests new ways of reading not only Acts but also other New Testament texts. Sleeman's work combines innovative biblical scholarship with accessible and informative geographical analysis, and is suitable for those with research and teaching interests in human geography or biblical studies.