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What must I do to be saved?

A team of distinguished specialists introduces the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church.

Even though the letter of 1??Peter has sometimes been overshadowed by Paul's many New Testament letters, it is nonetheless distinctive for the clarity with which it presents the Christian message. In this volume Joel Green offers a clear paragraph-by-paragraph analysis of 1??Peter and, even more, unpacks the letter??'s theology in ways that go beyond the typical modern commentary. Following Green's paragraph-by-paragraph commentary is an exte...

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What must I do to be saved?

Writing, reading, and interpretation are acts of human minds, requiring complex cognition at every point. A relatively new field of studies, cognitive linguistics, focuses on how language and cognition are interconnected: Linguistic structures both shape cognitive patterns and are shaped by them. The Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation section of the Society of Biblical Literature gathers scholars interested in applying cognitive ...

Student-friendly introduction to the book of Acts, covering not only its structure, content and key issues of interpretation but also its historical reception as a resource for Christian prayer and worship.

Reexamines the narrative of Luke-Acts through the lens of cognitive science, calling for significant rethinking of the nature of Christian conversion.

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This book constructively explores the question: What effects should an interest in theology produce in the reading of Scripture? Since the onset of historical consciousness in biblical studies over two centuries ago, the work of biblical exegetes and systematic theologians have largely followed two paths. In this book, nine prominent scholars work to bridge the longstanding gap between biblical studies and theology by concentrating on the natu...

Jesus has always invited and challenged his disciples to follow him in the way of redemptive suffering, the way of the cross. This, according to Joel Green, is the very heart of Mark's gospel. It is also the heart of discipleship today. In six engaging chapters, Green shows how Mark unfolds the drama of Jesus's mission to suffer for others, how this mission was not initially understood by the first disciples, and how all this can transform our...

A distinguished group of scholars here introduces and illustrates the array of approaches and methods used in New Testament study today. Standard approaches text criticism, historical approaches, etc. appear side by side with newer approaches narrative criticism, Latino-Latina hermeneutics, theological interpretation of the New Testament, and more. Each chapter introduces a particular approach and then demonstrates how students and pastors can...

Exploration of the theology of the Gospel of Luke and its implications for contemporary readers.

In Methods for Luke, four leading scholars demonstrate how different interpretive methods provide insight into the Gospel of Luke.

New Testament scholar and theologian Joel Green argues that a dualistic view of the human person is inconsistent with both science "and" Scripture.

Shows how we read the Bible and interpret Scripture in order to live in grace-filled relationto God's divine purpose.

In Methods for Luke, four leading scholars demonstrate how different interpretive methods provide insight into the Gospel of Luke.

How can preachers best make use of scholarly works as they bring the Word to their congregations? This uniquely practical work has the answer.

As Joel B. Green and Mark D. Baker demonstrate, the New Testament displays a rich array of interpretations of the cross. The church in mission shaped these as it rooted the story of a scandalous cross in the language of everyday realities and relationships.

This highly original commentary, part of the New International Commentary, is unique for the way it combines concerns with first-century culture in the Roman world with understanding the text of Luke as a wholistic, historical narrative.