This book provides the first complete guide for students to the present state of biblical studies. The twenty-one specially commissioned chapters are written by established scholars from North America and Britain, and represent both traditional and contemporary points of view. The chapters in Part One cover all the methods and approaches currently practised in the academic study of the Bible, w…
Author provides an analysis of issues that concerned the early church and that continue to vex contemporary Christians. He argues that Galatians stands at the heart of the New Testament. Historically, this is because Paul's conflicts with Judaism, and with Jewish Christianity, ensured the freedom of the gospel to generate a potentially universal church. Theologically, the same conflicts provide…
"~This anthology of eighteen historic, Reformed sermons will be welcomed by all who have a serious interest in American history, literature, and religion. Each sermon is introduced by one of the editors, historians who specialize in American Christianity. The preachers represented in this volume ""show us God?s servants as instruments of his grace,"" writes William Barker. ""They manifest in th…
The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is the first in a four-volume series covering the text of the Old Testament. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning InterVarsity Press dictionaries focused on the New Testament and its background, this encyclopedic work is characterized by close attention to the text of the Old Testament and the ongoing conversation of contemporary s…
Examining the problem of the unity of Old and New Testaments from the perspective of the texts themselves, David L. Baker analyzes four modern solutions, discusses some key themes and then offers his own solutions.
Apa arkeologi itu? Apa gunanya untuk pengetahuan Alkitab? Bagaimana benda dan tulisan dari zaman purbakala dapat menolong kita untuk memahami dunia Perjanjian Lama dan Perjanjian Baru? Temukanlah jawabannya dalam buku ini. Selain membantu para mahasiswa, buku ini juga bermanfaat bagi pembaca awam yang ingin mengenal relevansi arkeologi untuk memahami Alkitab.
This volume is designed specifically 'for the general educated reader'. Here are great figures of the Reformation: Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Knox, and Cramer. Here are great events: the Diet of Worms, the Institution of the Holy Commonwealth of Geneva, Henry VIII's break with Rome, William the Silent's struggle for Dutch independence. Here are great doctrines that created or grew out of the Prot…
In this useful and accessible book, James Bailey and Lyle Vander Broek discuss the literary and rhetorical forms found in the New Testament. The authors offer definitions and examples of these forms while also helping the reader appreciate the significance of their use for the task of biblical interpretation. This highly readable book will benefit college and seminary students, ministers, and a…
Do the Law and the Gospel belong to two separate dispensations? Has the Gospel replaced the Law? What is the relevance of the Old Testament Law to our lives as Christians? Is there continuity between it and what Christ expects of us in the Gospel? It is no secret that Christians have differed widely on these questions. This book explores five major approaches to this important biblical topic th…
In this volume, Bahnsen has gathered the primary passages on apologetics from the vast body of works by Cornelius Van Til, arranged them topically, and added incisive commentary and analysis. The result is a carefully organized digest of all that Van Til taught about apologetics with running exposition by Bahnsen.