The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New TestamentVoted one of Christianity Today's 1995 Books of the Year! To understand and apply the Bible well, you need two crucial sources of information. One is the Bible itself. The other is an understanding of the cultural background of the passage you're reading. Only with the background can you grasp the author's original concerns and purposes. This unique commentary provides, in verse-by-verse format, the crucial cultural background you need for responsible--and richer--Bible study. It includes a glossary of cultural terms and important historical figures, maps and charts, up-to-date bibliographies, and introductory essays about cultural background information for each book of the New Testament. Based on ten years of in-depth study, this accessible and bestselling commentary is valuable for pastors in sermon preparation, for Sunday-school and other church teachers as they build lessons, for missionaries concerned not to import their own cultural biases into the Bible, for college and seminary students in classroom assignments, and for everyday Bible readers seeking to deepen and enhance their study of Scripture. |
Contents
ABBREVIATIONS | 8 |
THE NEED FOR A CULTURALHISTORICAL COMMENTARY | 22 |
GOSPELS | 38 |
MARK | 132 |
LUKE | 185 |
JOHN | 259 |
ACTS | 320 |
NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS | 407 |
PHILIPPIANS | 556 |
THESSALONIANS | 583 |
THESSALONIANS | 597 |
TIMOTHY | 622 |
PHILEMON | 642 |
JAMES | 686 |
PETER | 705 |
PETER | 723 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acts alludes ancient angels antiquity applied Aramaic authority believed Bible biblical called Christ Christians church cites claim commentary common context Corinthians covenant culture Dead Sea Scrolls death Deut disciples divine Enoch especially Ezek faith feast Gentiles glory God's Gospel Greco-Roman Greek hearers heaven Hebrew Herod holy Isaiah Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Christians Jewish literature Jewish teachers Jewish texts Jewish tradition Jews John John's Josephus Judaism judgment kingdom Kings language letter literally Luke Matthew means meant ment Messiah Moses NASB normally NRSV Old Testa Old Testament one's pagan Palestine Palestinian Passover Paul Paul's person Peter Pharisees Philo philosophers prayer probably prophecy prophets Prov Psalm Qumran rabbis readers refers religious resurrection Revelation rhetorical righteous Roman Rome Sadducees scholars Scripture slaves sometimes Spirit synagogue teaching temple term tion ture verse wisdom women word worship writers
References to this book
Black Man's Religion: Can Christianity Be Afrocentric? Glenn Usry,Craig S. Keener No preview available - 2009 |