Exploring the New Testament

Written by scholars with extensive experience teaching in colleges and universities, the Exploring the Bible series has for decades equipped students to study Scripture for themselves.Exploring the New Testament, Volume TwoJewish and Greco-Roman backgroundPaul's life, mission, and theologythe structure and major themes of each bookissues of authorship, date, and settingmethods in reading and interpreting the Letters and Revelationthe intersection of New Testament criticism with contemporary issues of faih and cultureNow in its third edition, this popular textbook has been updated and revised to take account of the latest advances in scholarly findings and research methods, including new sections onthe theological links between Jesus and Paulthe way New Testament authors read the Hebrew Scripturesthe contribution of archaeology to New Testament studiesupdated bibliographies highlighting the most important and influential works published in the last decadeExploring the New Testament, Volume Two