Reading the New Testament :
Perkins, Pheme.
Reading the New Testament : an introduction / Pheme Perkins. - 3rd ed., rev. and updated. - New York : Paulist Press, c2012. - vii, 328 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and indexes.
Why study the Bible? -- The world of Jesus -- The life of Jesus -- The preaching of Jesus -- The resurrection of Jesus -- The beginnings of christology -- The world of Paul -- The life of Paul -- Christians: Jews and Gentile -- Divisions in Corinth -- Universalizing Paul's message -- Mark: Jesus, suffering messiah -- Matthew: Jesus, teacher of Israel -- Luke: Jesus, the Lord -- John: Jesus, the divine son -- Acts: the gospel to the nations -- Hebrews: the heavenly high priest -- Pastoral epistles: a Pauline tradition -- The Catholic epistles: an apostolic heritage -- The Johannine epistles: a church divided -- Revelation: Christianity and the Empire.
9780809147861 0809147866 9781893757790 189375779X
2012014781
Bible.--New Testament--Introductions.
Reading the New Testament : an introduction / Pheme Perkins. - 3rd ed., rev. and updated. - New York : Paulist Press, c2012. - vii, 328 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and indexes.
Why study the Bible? -- The world of Jesus -- The life of Jesus -- The preaching of Jesus -- The resurrection of Jesus -- The beginnings of christology -- The world of Paul -- The life of Paul -- Christians: Jews and Gentile -- Divisions in Corinth -- Universalizing Paul's message -- Mark: Jesus, suffering messiah -- Matthew: Jesus, teacher of Israel -- Luke: Jesus, the Lord -- John: Jesus, the divine son -- Acts: the gospel to the nations -- Hebrews: the heavenly high priest -- Pastoral epistles: a Pauline tradition -- The Catholic epistles: an apostolic heritage -- The Johannine epistles: a church divided -- Revelation: Christianity and the Empire.
9780809147861 0809147866 9781893757790 189375779X
2012014781
Bible.--New Testament--Introductions.
