Reading the New Testament

This book is a follow-up to Discovering the New Testament, a three-volume series introducing students to the New Testament, published 2018-2022. It is a more basic introduction for those beginning their biblical study. The book includes chapters on exegesis and hermeneutics, the Jewish and Greco-Roman background to the New Testament, and each part of the New Testament is introduced. It is a good basic primer for those setting out on biblical study.

About the author

Mark J. Keown is a Presbyterian minister, biblical scholar, and the Director of Evangelistic Leadership at Laidlaw College, New Zealand. Other writings include Congregational Evangelism in Philippians (2008), What's God Up to on Planet Earth? (2010), Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires (2018), Discovering the New Testament (2018-2022), Romans and the Mission of God (2021), Understanding Mark's Gospel (2022), and Galatians (2024).

Product details

• Authors: Mark J Keown, Mark J. Keown
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2024
• EAN: 9798385218295
• ISBN: 979-8-3852-1829-5
• No. of pages: 446
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 642 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology