The Gospels and Acts (Volume 1) (The Holman Apologetics Commentary on the Bible)

KÃ stenberger, Andreas J.,Bock, Darrell L.,Evans, Craig A.,Wilkins, Michael

ISBN 10: 0805495304 / ISBN 13: 9780805495300

Published by Holman Reference, 2013

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Synopsis:

The most comprehensive volume ever produced in defense of the Gospels and Acts

The four Gospels and the book of Acts tell stories of Jesus life and the birth of Christianity. Are these stories true history or just religious fiction? Christians accept the stories as true and say that the entire Bible is a reliable communication inspired by God. Against this, non-Christians have argued that the Bible is a book of legends, myths, and historical inaccuraciesjust another example of human religious endeavor. In this volume, four world-class New Testament scholars address challenges to the reliability of the Gospels and Acts. In order to identify the most important challenges, the authors drew from the literature of skeptics and New Testament critics, plus they included questions that many Christians ask as well. The result is the most comprehensive defense of the Gospels and Acts that has ever been published.

The primary purpose of the Holman Apologetics Commentary on the Bible is to equip readers to defend the reliability of Scripture and the historic evangelical understanding of its teachings. It is designed for use by general readers, though scholars will find it a probing and welcome resource as well. A secondary purpose is to encourage awareness and discussion of Bible difficulties that are not commonly mentioned from the pulpit or even the seminary lectern.

This is not a verse-by-verse commentary. The authors were provided an index that identified verses known to be relevant to the topics of apologetics and biblical reliability. They restricted their comments to these verses, plus any others that they recognized as germane to the aims of this project. Typically, each commentary note begins by stating the challenge or challenges regarding the text at hand. We attempt to state the case in all its potency, as a critic would state it. This approach takes seriously the critical viewpoint and helps ensure that the reader feels the full weight of the challenge. The contributors take each challenge seriously and seek to describe viable solutions that support faith and align with a high view of Scripture.

About the Authors: Michael J. Wilkins is Distinguished Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and Dean of the Faculty, Talbot School of Theology, LaMirada, CA.

Craig A. Evans is the Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College of Acadia University, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Darrell L. Bock (Doctorado en Filosofía de la Universidad de Aberdeen) es director ejecutivo de interacción cultural y profesor principal de investigación aplicada a Estudios del Nuevo Testamento en el Seminario Teológico de Dallas.Darrell L. Bock (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is executive director of Cultural Engagement and senior research professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary.



Jeremy Royal Howard es escritor y el editor de múltiples materiales teológicos. Obtuvo su bachillerato en la Universidad Teológica de Tennessee (Tennessee Technological University) con especialización en biología y en el Seminario Teológico Bautista del Sur (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) obtuvo su Master y Doctorado en Divinidad con énfasis en apologética y visión del mundo, filosofía y teología. Jeremy Royal Howard is a writer and editor of multiple theology resources. Dr. Howard was educated at Tennessee Technological University (B.S.) with a major in biology and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. and Ph.D) with emphases on apologetics and worldview, philosophy, and theology.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Gospels and Acts (Volume 1) (The Holman ...
Publisher: Holman Reference
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good