Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Letters and Revelation (Volume 2) (Exploring the Bible Series) - Softcover

Marshall, I. Howard; Travis, Stephen; Paul, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830825282 ISBN 13: 9780830825288

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2021

Synopsis

Written by scholars with extensive experience teaching in colleges and universities, the Exploring the Bible series has for decades equipped students to study Scripture for themselves.

Exploring the New Testament, Volume Two provides an accessible introduction to the Letters and Revelation. It's filled with classroom-friendly features such as discussion questions, charts, theological summary sidebars, essay questions, and further reading lists. This volume introduces students to

• Jewish and Greco-Roman background
• Paul's life, mission, and theology
• the structure and major themes of each book
• issues of authorship, date, and setting
• methods in reading and interpreting the Letters and Revelation
• the intersection of New Testament criticism with contemporary issues of faih and culture

Now in its third edition, this popular textbook has been updated and revised to take account of the latest advances in scholarly findings and research methods, including new sections on

• the theological links between Jesus and Paul
• the way New Testament authors read the Hebrew Scriptures
• the contribution of archaeology to New Testament studies
• updated bibliographies highlighting the most important and influential works published in the last decade

Exploring the New Testament, Volume Two offers a thorough overview of the Letters and Revelation that will give students a stronger understanding and a solid foundation for ongoing study.

About this title

About the Authors

I. Howard Marshall is Honorary Research Professor of New Testament, University of Aberdeen.

Stephen Travis (PhD, University of Cambridge) served for more than thirty years as lecturer of New Testament and for more than fifteen years as vice principal at St. John's College in Nottingham. He is the author of several books, including Christian Hope and the Future, The Jesus Hope, and Christ and the Judgement of God.

Ian Paul is a freelance theologian, writer, speaker, adjunct professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, and associate minister at St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham, England.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830825282
• ISBN 13: 9780830825288
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 416