100 Best New Testament Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Holy Bible: KJV Standard Size Thumb Index Edition: Burgundy (King James Bible)

Thomas Nelson

5.0

My Creative Bible is an exciting new concept in ways to experience the word of God in Scripture. This King James Version Journaling Bible is single-column printed, with two-inch-wide ruled margins for note-taking, scribing your reflections or creative expression. Nearly 400 hand-drawn, Scripture accompanying line-art illustrations are placed throughout the Bible to enhance embracement of The Word.

Recommended by Walter Isaacson, Caterina Fake, A.J. Jacobs, and 7 others.

Walter Isaacson

Author

Everybody, of course, should be familiar with this book, which is a way of being taught through both parables and tales of people and their values. [source]

A.J. Jacobs

One thing that really has stuck with me is that this book talks about that you should be grateful all the time. [source]

Brett Wigdortz

I wanted to throw this in because I think a lot of leadership books believe the problems that leaders are dealing with are all new, and have never been dealt with before. But in an example that almost seems trite, because it is such a part of our cultural knowledge, if you read the book of Exodus from the point of view of leadership theory there were the same leadership lessons 3,000 years ago that people talk about today. For example, the leadership style of Moses in this book broadly has the combination of humility and will discussed by Jim Collins. He needed a great deal of convincing that he was the one who should be leading his people, but once he became that person he had the iron will to be the leader they needed. [source]

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The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, #1)

N. T. Wright

4.7

Part of a five-volume project on the theological questions surrounding the origins of Christianity, this book offers a reappraisal of literary, historical and theological readings of the New Testament, arguing for a form of "critical realism" that facilitates different readings of the text.

Provides a historical, theological and literary study of first-century Judaism and Christianity, offering a p

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An Introduction to the New Testament

D. A. Carson and DouglasJ. Moo

4.7

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Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

Richard Bauckham

4.5

'Jesus and the Eyewitness' argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who knew Jesus. The author challenges the assumption that the accounts of Jesus circulated as 'anonymous community traditions', asserting instead that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitnesses.

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The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, #3)

N. T. Wright

4.5

Why did Christianity begin, and why did it take the shape it did? To answer this question – which any historian must face – renowned New Testament scholar N.T. Wright focuses on the key points: what precisely happened at Easter? What did the early Christians mean when they said that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead? What can be said today about his belief?

This book, third in Wright

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Jesus and the Victory of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, #2)

N. T. Wright

4.4

A major scholarly contribution to the current quest for the historical Jesus.

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The Gospel According to John

D. A. Carson

4.4

In this solid evangelical commentary on John's Gospel, a respected Scripture expositor makes clear the flow of the text, engages a small but representative part of the massive secondary literature on John, shows how the Fourth Gospel contributes to biblical and systematic theology, and offers a consistent exposition of John as an evangelistic Gospel. The comprehensive introduction treats such matt

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An Introduction to the New Testament

Raymond E. Brown

4.4

From the experience of a lifetime of scholarship, preaching, teaching, and writing, Raymond E. Brown covers the entire scope of the New Testament with ease and clarity. He walks readers book by book through the basic content and issues of the New Testament. While a wealth of information is contained in these pages, the work’s most impressive features are the basic summaries of each book, a histori

Recommended by Nicholas King.

Nicholas King

He’s part of a great tradition, maybe the start of a great tradition, of Roman Catholic biblical scholarship. He was a giant among biblical scholars, but an absolutely faithful Roman Catholic. [source]

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Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels

Kenneth E. Bailey

4.4

Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads you on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women, and especially Jesus' parables. Through it all, Bailey employs his trademark expertise as a master of Middle Eastern culture to lead you into a deeper unders

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ESV Study Bible

ESV Bibles

4.4

The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way--to understand the timeless truth of God's Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published--with

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Paul and the Faithfulness of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, #4)

N. T. Wright

4.3

This highly anticipated two-book fourth volume in N. T. Wright's magisterial series, Christian Origins and the Question of God, is destined to become the standard reference point on the subject for all serious students of the Bible and theology. The mature summation of a lifetime's study, this landmark book pays a rich tribute to the breadth and depth of the apostles' vision, and offers an unparal

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ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: New Testament Set

ESV Bibles by Crossway

4.3

Lightly dotted blank pages and 130+ elegant hand-lettered gold ink illustrations throughout the full New Testament text invite you to creatively engage with God's Word alongside specific passages.

Illustrations by Dana Tanamachi, whose work has been featured by Google, The Wall Street Journal, Random House, USPS, and Target.

ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of

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The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings

Bart D. Ehrman

4.3

This new edition of Bart Ehrman's highly successful introduction approaches the New Testament from a consistently historical and comparative perspective, emphasizing the rich diversity of the earliest Christian literature. Rather than shying away from the critical problems presented by these books, Ehrman addresses the historical and literary challenges they pose and shows why scholars continue to

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The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation: A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics

Richard B. Hays

4.3

A leading expert in New Testament ethics discovers in the biblical witness a unified ethical vision—centered in the themes of community, cross and new creation—that has profound relevance in today′s world. Richard Hays shows how the New Testament provides moral guidance on the most troubling ethical issues of our time, including violence, divorce, homosexuality and abortion.

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The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

Timothy Keller

4.3

Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, he uses one of the best-known Christian parables to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.

Taking his trademark intellectual approach t

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Greek New Testament

Kurt Aland

4.3

Nestle-Aland Greek text with English introduction, Greek-English dictionary, and United Bible Societies' critical apparatus. Includes key to sigla.

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The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?

F. F. Bruce

4.3

This modern classic in the field of New Testament studies offers a compelling defense of biblical truth. One of evangelicalism's most trusted scholars, F. F. Bruce clearly presents the evidence for the historical trustworthiness of the Christian Scriptures. This new larger format features a new cover design and is completely retypeset.

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The Theology of the Book of Revelation

Richard Bauckham

4.3

Richard Bauckham expounds the theology of the Book of Revelation: its understanding of God, Christ and the Spirit, the role of the Church in the world, and the hope of the coming of God's universal kingdom. Close attention is paid both to the literary form in which the theology is expressed and to the original context to which the book was addressed. Contrary to many misunderstandings of Revelatio

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Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament

Daniel B. Wallace

4.2

For seminary students, the goal of studying Greek grammar is the accurate exegesis of biblical texts. Sound exegesis requires that the exegete consider grammar within a larger framework that includes context, lexeme, and other linguistic features.While the trend of some grammarians has been to take a purely grammatical approach to the language, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics integrates the techni

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Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis and Interpretation

G. K. Beale

4.2

This concise guide by a leading New Testament scholar helps readers understand how to better study the multitude of Old Testament references in the New Testament. G. K. Beale, coeditor of the bestselling "Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament," focuses on the "how to" of interpreting the New Testament use of the Old Testament, providing students and pastors with many of the insi

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Paul: A Biography

N. T. Wright

4.2

In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology—transforming a faith and changing the world.

For centuries, Paul, the apostle who "saw the light on the Road to Damascus" and made a miraculous

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The Message of the Sermon on the Mount

John Stott

4.2

"The followers of Jesus are to different," writes John Stott, "different from both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious and the irreligious. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture. Here is a Christian value-system, ethical standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition

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Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free

F. F. Bruce

4.2

Written by one of the best known and most respected biblical scholars of all time, this illustrated volume explores all of the primary themes in Paul's thought as they developed in the historical context of his life and travels. While Bruce's primary concern is to portray the life of the apostle Paul, he also examines the main themes of Paul's thought, set in their historical background and illust

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Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

Fr Donald Calloway

4.2

In the midst of crisis, confusion, and a world at war with the Church, it's time to come home again to our spiritual father, St. Joseph. In this richly researched and lovingly presented program of consecration to St. Joseph, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, brings to life the wonders, the power, and the ceaseless love of St. Joseph, Universal Patron of the Church and the Terror of Demons.

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New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors

Gordon D. Fee

4.2

Building on the belief that the task of exegesis is to understand the divine-human intention locked within the biblical text, Gordon Fee provides a lucid step-by-step analysis of exegetical procedures that has made New Testament Exegesis a standard textbook for nearly two decades. Now more than ever, with an updated, newly integrated bibliography and an appendix directly addressing reader-response

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New Testament Commentary Survey

D. A. Carson

4.2

Highly respected New Testament scholar D. A. Carson provides students and pastors with expert guidance on choosing a commentary for any book of the New Testament. The seventh edition has been updated to assess the most recently published commentaries. Carson examines sets, one-volume commentaries, and New Testament introductions and theologies, offering evaluative comments on the available offerin

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The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration

Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman

4.2

This thoroughly revised edition of Bruce M. Metzger's classic work is the most up-to-date manual available for the textual criticism of the New Testament. The Text of the New Testament, Fourth Edition, has been invigorated by the addition of Bart D. Ehrman--author of numerous best-selling books on the New Testament--as a coauthor. This revision brings the discussion of such important matters as t

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A Theology of the New Testament

George Eldon Ladd

4.2

Ladd's magisterial work on New Testament theology has well served thousands of seminary students since its publication in 1974. Enhanced and updated here by Donald A Hagner, this comprehensive, standard evangelical text now features augmented bibliographies and two completely new chapters on subjects that Ladd himself wanted to treat in a revised edition—the theology of each of the Synoptic Evange

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Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

N. T. Wright

4.2

In Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, top-selling author and Anglican bishop, N.T. Wright tackles the biblical question of what happens after we die and shows how most Christians get it wrong. We do not “go to” heaven; we are resurrected and heaven comes down to earth--a difference that makes all of the difference to how we live on earth. Followi

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Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

Bart D. Ehrman

4.2

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions. Religious and biblical scholar Bart Ehrman makes the provocative case that many of our widely held beliefs concerning the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, and the divine origins of the Bible itself are the results of both intentional and accide

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Studies in the Sermon on the Mount

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

4.2

A spiritual classic, this detailed and comprehensive study by one of the greatest expository preachers of our time explains Christ's teaching in the Sermon on the Mount and incisively applies it to the Christian life.

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Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters

N. T. Wright

4.2

In Simply Jesus, bestselling author and leading Bible scholar N.T. Wright summarizes 200 years of modern Biblical scholarship and models how Christians can best retell the story of Jesus today. In a style similar to C.S. Lewis’s popular works, Wright breaks down the barriers that prevent Christians from fully engaging with the story of Jesus. For believers confronting the challenge of connecting w

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New Testament For Everyone Collection, 18 Volumes (The New Testament for Everyone)

N. T. Wright

4.2

N. T. Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament, and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion, with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back

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To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain

Matt Chandler, Jared C. Wilson

4.2

Using Paul's radical letter to the Philippians as his road map, Matt Chandler forsakes the trendy to invite readers into authentic Christian maturity. The short book of Philippians is one of the most quoted in the Bible, yet Paul wrote it not for the popular sound bites, but to paint a picture of a mature Christian faith. While many give their lives to Jesus, few then go on to live a life of truly

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New Testament Made Easier Boxed Set

David J. Ridges

4.2

In our busy world we sometimes find our scripture study isn't always productive. The solution is here with the complete New Testament Made Easier Set! This boxed set includes Parts 1 and 2. Along with the complete text of the New Testament, these valuable study guides include in-the-verse notes and additional insights and commentary. This set is the ultimate study companion!

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Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament

Curtis Mitch, Scott Hahn

4.2

The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch.This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for pers

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ESV Scripture Journal: Old and New Testament Sets

ESV Bibles by Crossway

4.2

Take extended notes alongside passages of Scripture, with lined blank pages interspersed throughout the complete ESV Bible text.

"I can't recommend the ESV Scripture Journal highly enough. In terms of quality, practicality, and aesthetics, you can't beat it."
--Stephen Altrogge, The Blazing Center

The ESV Scripture Journal: Old and New Testament Sets includes 55 thin, portable journals containing the

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Four Portraits, One Jesus: A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels

Mark L. Strauss

4.2

To Christians worldwide, the man Jesus of Nazareth is the centerpiece of history, the object of faith, hope, and worship. Even those who do not follow him admit the vast influence of his life. For anyone interested in knowing more about Jesus, study of the four biblical Gospels is essential. Four Portraits, One Jesus is a thorough yet accessible introduction to these documents and their subject, t

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Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels

Richard B. Hays

4.2

The claim that the events of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection took place according to the Scriptures stands at the heart of the New Testament's message. All four canonical Gospels declare that the Torah and the Prophets and the Psalms mysteriously prefigure Jesus. The author of the Fourth Gospel states this claim succinctly: in his narrative, Jesus declares, If you believed Moses, you would be

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The Letter to the Ephesians

Peter T. O'Brien

4.2

From a foremost authority on the New Testament comes a major new commentary on Ephesians--a letter of truth, love, and unity to our superficial world.

This volume in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series provides a rich exposition of Ephesians, one of the most significant documents ever written. Using the fruits of recent biblical research, Peter O'Brien shows how Ephesians sums up God's magni

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Jesus and the Gospels

Craig L. Blomberg

4.2

This intensive guide to the Gospels surveys the largest source of eyewitness information about Jesus' life and ministry--the books of the four apostles who watched Him, spoke with Him, and served Him during his years on earth.

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A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament & Other Early Christian Literature

Walter Bauer, Frederick William Danker

4.1

Described as an "invaluable reference work" (Classical Philology) and "a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature" (Religious Studies Review) in its previous edition, this new updated American edition of Walter Bauer's Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments builds on its predecessor's staggering deposit of extraordinary erudition relating to Greek literature from al

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Paul: In Fresh Perspective

N. T. Wright

4.1

Part One Themes
1. Paul's World, Paul's Legacy
2. Creation and Covenant
3. Messiah and Apocalyptic
4. Gospel and Empire
Part Two Structures
5. Rethinking God
6. Reworking God's People
7. Reimagining God's Future
8. Paul, Jesus, and the Task of the Church

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John for Everyone: Part One, Chapters 1-10

Tom Wright

4.1

Making use of his scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright manages to unravel the great complexity of the extraordinary Gospel of John. He describes it as "one of the great books in the literature of the world; and part of its greatness is the way it reveals its secrets not just to a high-flown leaning but to those who come to it with humility and hop

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How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels

N. T. Wright

4.1

New Testament scholar N.T. Wright reveals how we have been misreading the Gospels for centuries, powerfully restoring the lost central story of the Scripture: that the coronation of God through the acts of Jesus was the climax of human history. Wright fills the gaps that centuries of misdirection have opened up in our collective spiritual story, tracing a narrative from Eden, to Jesus, to today. W

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The Epistle to the Romans

Douglas J. Moo

4.1

Douglas Moo's work on the Epistle to the Romans is part of The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Prepared by some of the world's leading scholars, the series provides an exposition of the New Testament books that is thorough and fully abreast of modern scholarship yet faithful to the Scriptures as the infallible Word of God.

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Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar

William D. Mounce

4.1

New, updated editions of the best-selling and most widely accepted textbook and workbook for learning biblical Greek William D. Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar and its companion tool Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook are by far the best-selling and most widely accepted textbooks for learning New Testament Greek. As a result of feedback from professors, the author has made adjustments to

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Matthew for Everyone: Part One, Chapters 1-15

Tom Wright

4.1

Tom Wright's eye-opening comments on the Gospel of Matthew and what it might mean for us are combined, passage-by-passage, with his fresh translation of the Bible text. Making use of his true scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Wright captures the urgency and excitement of Matthew's Gospel in a way few writers have.

Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous tas

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NIV, The Woman's Study Bible, Cloth over Board, Blue Floral, Full-Color, Red Letter: Receiving God's Truth for Balance, Hope, and Transformation

Thomas Nelson

4.1

The Woman’s Study Bible poignantly reveals the Word of God to women, inviting them to receive God’s truth for balance, hope, and transformation. Special features designed to speak to a woman’s heart appear throughout the Bible text, revealing Scripture-based insights about how godly womanhood grows from a woman’s identity as a Christ-follower and a child of the Kingdom. Now with a beautiful full-c

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NIV, The Woman's Study Bible, Hardcover, Full-Color: Receiving God's Truth for Balance, Hope, and Transformation

Thomas Nelson

4.1

The Woman’s Study Bible poignantly reveals the Word of God to women, inviting them to receive God’s truth for balance, hope, and transformation. Special features designed to speak to a woman’s heart appear throughout the Bible text, revealing Scripture-based insights about how godly womanhood grows from a woman’s identity as a Christ-follower and a child of the Kingdom. Now with a beautiful full-c

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The Gospel Mark: The New Daily Study Bible

William Barclay, John Drane

4.1

In his introduction to this volume, Dr. Barclay explains why the first three Gospels are called "synoptic," how they came to be written, and why many scholars believe that Mark was the first. Barclay's interpretation of the Gospel is full of wisdom, and it offers clear and captivating insight from beginning to end. Having picked up one section to study, the reader will find it difficult to stop re

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Galatians for You (God's Word for You)

Timothy Keller

4.1

First in a new series of expository guides to the Bible, Timothy Keller' Galatians For You closely examines the text of Galatians in an expositional, engaging and applied way. Tim Keller's trademark gift of clear explanation and compelling insights make this a uniquely flexible resource. This expository guide to Galatians will help Bible teachers, devotional readers and anyone with an interest in

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Honor, Patronage, Kinship Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture

David A. deSilva

4.1

Contemporary Western readers may find it surprising that honor and shame, patronage and reciprocity, kinship and family, and purity and pollution offer us keys to interpreting the New Testament. But as recent scholarship has proposed and as David deSilva demonstrates, paying attention to these cultural themes opens our eyes and ears to new discoveries and deeper understanding. Through our understa

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John (St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary)

R. C. Sprou

4.1

In his latest book, John, Dr. R. C. Sproul offers his readers the fruits of his lifetime of biblical study as expressed in his most recent calling.

Dr. Sproul, a respected seminary teacher, conference speaker, and author, long saw his role in full-time Christian ministry as centered on the task of teaching. But in 1997, God placed him in the position of preaching weekly at St. Andrew's in Sanford,

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ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: Psalms

ESV Bibles by Crossway

4.1

ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the Bible with a lightly dotted blank page opposite each page of Bible text, providing space to creatively engage with and reflect on the Word of God. Hand-lettered, gold-ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi are interspersed throughout the blank pages, inviting readers to add their own artwork or reflections

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Jude - Bible Study Book

Jackie Hill Perry

4.1

While often overlooked, the Book of Jude remains as relevant today as the time it was written. God has commanded His beloved church to do the necessary work of contending for the faith in a world of unbelief, and as we do, He will keep us from falling into the same deception.

In this 7-session study from Jackie Hill Perry, dive into themes of being called, loved, and kept, and learn how to point ot

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Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books

Michael J. Kruger

4.1

This study of the New Testament canon and its authority looks deeper than the traditional surveys of councils and creeds, mining the biblical text itself for direction in understanding what the original authors and audiences believed the canon to be. Canon Revisited distinguishes itself by placing a substantial focus on the theology of canon as the context within which the historical evidence is e

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The Message of the New Testament: Promises Kept

Mark Dever, John MacArthur

4.1

The New Testament is the story of how all the promises made by God in the Old Testament were kept--and what that means for us today. The nation of Israel had many hopes: hope for a deliverer, hope for restored fellowship with God, and hope for the world to be put right. The New Testament explains how those promises were kept and how, if we are Christians, they are kept in us as well.

Mark Dever sur

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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee

Bart D. Ehrma

4.1

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.

The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed during Jesus’s lifetime—and it is not what Jesus claimed about himself. How Jesus Became God tells the st

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Jesus: The God Who Knows Your Name

Max Lucado

4.1

Do you ever feel like Jesus couldn’t possibly know what you are going through? He’s the God of the universe after all! Does he really know your daily struggles? The good news is: he does.

For thirty-three years Jesus felt everything you have ever felt. Weakness. Weariness. Sadness. Rejection. His feet got tired. And his head ached. He was tempted and his strength was tested. And you know why? Becau

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The New Testament: Its Background and Message

Thomas Lea, David Alan Black

4.1

In the comprehensive The New Testament: Its Background and Message, the late Thomas Lea presented a clear and concise introduction to the New Testament giving readers the key that unlocks the door to understanding these important texts. This influential work presents the background of the New Testament with broad strokes and with a focus on specific books including the Gospels, Acts, and Paul and

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A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New

G. K. Beale

4.1

In this comprehensive exposition, a leading New Testament scholar explores the unfolding theological unity of the entire Bible from the vantage point of the New Testament. G. K. Beale, coeditor of the award-winning Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, examines how the New Testament storyline relates to and develops the Old Testament storyline. Beale argues that every major con

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Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness

Richard B. Hays

4.1

In Reading Backwards Richard B. Hays maps the shocking ways the four Gospel writers interpreted Israel's Scripture to craft their literary witnesses to the Church's one Christ. The Gospels' scriptural imagination discovered inside the long tradition of a resilient Jewish monotheism a novel and revolutionary Christology.

Modernity's incredulity toward the Christian faith partly rests upon the charac

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CSB She Reads Truth Bible

CSB Bibles by Holman

4.1

The She Reads Truth Bible aims to live at the intersection of beauty, goodness, and Truth. Featuring devotionals by the She Reads Truth team, and Scripture reading plans that include supplemental passages for deeper understanding, this Bible invites every woman to count themselves among the She Reads Truth community of "Women in the Word of God every day." The She Reads Truth Bible also features 6

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The Epistle to the Hebrews

F. F. Bruce

4.1

The Epistle to the Hebrews evidences twenty-five years of further study on Bruces's part especially through thoroughly updated and embellished footnotes that take into account the numerous publications on Hebrews that have appeared in the intervening years.

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The Book of the Acts

F. F. Bruce

4.1

"“. . . undertaken to provide earnest students of the New Testament with an exposition that is thorough and abreast of modern scholarship and at the same time loyal to the Scriptures as the infallible Word of God.”"This statement reflects the underlying purpose of The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Begun in the late 1940s by an international team of New Testament scholars, the

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Romans (Saint Andrews Expositional Commentary)

R. C. Sproul

4.1

Sproul's sermons at St. Andrew's Chapel are the foundation of these never-before-published expositions on Paul's epistle to the Romans.

Chrysostom had it read aloud to him once a week. Augustine, Luther, and Wesley all came to assured faith through its impact. The Reformers saw it as the God-given key to understanding the whole of Scripture.

Throughout church history the study of the book of Romans

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Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus: How a Jewish Perspective Can Transform Your Understanding

Lois Tverberg

4.1

What would it be like for modern readers to sit down beside Jesus as he explained the Bible to them? What life-changing insights might emerge from such a transformative encounter?

Lois Tverberg knows the treasures that await readers willing to learn how to read the Bible through Jewish eyes. By helping them understand the Bible as Jesus and his first-century listeners would have, she bridges the ga

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The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is

N. T. Wright

4.0

Today a renewed and vigorous scholarly quest for the historical Jesus is underway. In the midst of well publicized and controversial books on Jesus, N. T. Wright's lectures and writings have been widely recognized for providing a fresh, provocative and historically credible portrait.

Out of his own commitment to both historical scholarship and Christian ministry, Wright challenges us to roll up ou

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The Gospel of John: A Commentary - 2-Volume Set

Craig S. Keener

4.0

Comprehensive documentation of the Jewish and Greco-Roman social and historical context of the Fourth Gospel sheds light on its literary nature and theological meaning.

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The Historical Reliability of the Gospels

Craig L. Blomberg

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Examining the history of Gospel criticism, the persistent allegations of inconsistency among the Gospels, and the information provided by extrabiblical sources, Craig Blomberg makes a strong and comprehensive case for the historical reliability of these texts.

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The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion

N. T. Wright

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The renowned scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author widely considered to be the heir to C. S. Lewis contemplates the central event at the heart of the Christian faith—Jesus’ crucifixion—arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in transforming our understanding of its meaning.

In The Day the Revolution Began, N. T. Wright once again challenges commonly held Christian b

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Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them

Bart D. Ehrman

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Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus left off, Jesus, Interrupted addresses the larger issue of what the New Testament actually teaches—& it's not what most people think. Here Ehrman reveals what scholars have unearthed:
•The authors of the New Testament have diverging views about who Jesus was & how salvation works
•The New Testament contains books

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Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision

N. T. Wright

4.0

Few issues are more central to the Christian faith than the nature, scope and means of salvation. Many have thought it to be largely a transaction that gets one to heaven. In this riveting book, N. T. Wright explains that God's salvation is radically more than this. At the heart of much vigorous debate on this topic is the term the apostle Paul uses in several of his letters to describe what happe

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ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: Romans

ESV Bibles by Crossway

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Lightly dotted blank pages and 130+ elegant hand-lettered gold ink illustrations throughout the full text of books of the Bible invite you to creatively engage with God's Word alongside specific passages.

Illustrations by Dana Tanamachi, whose work has been featured by Google, The Wall Street Journal, Random House, USPS, and Target.

ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual

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The Book of Signs: 31 Undeniable Prophecies of the Apocalypse

Dr. David Jeremiah

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“The end times.” “The apocalypse.” “The day of judgment.” Terms such as these are both fascinating and frightening for any student of God’s Word. They point to key questions people have wrestled with for centuries, including:

What does the Bible tell us about the future?
How much can we understand about biblical prophecy and its application in our lives?
What signs and signals will precede the end of

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The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians

N. T. Wright

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Finally: an introduction that captures the excitement of the early Christians, helping today's readers to think like a first-century believer while reading the text responsibly for today.

The New Testament in Its World is your passageway from the twenty-first century to the era of Jesus and the first Christians. A highly-readable, one-volume introduction placing the entire New Testament and early C

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The Falling Away: Spiritual Departure or Physical Rapture?: A Second Look at 2 Thessalonians 2: 3

Andy Woods

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Dear Author,
Completely debauched, wrecked— he’s floating now, but tomorrow the shame will come. Tomorrow he’ll be disgusted all over again at what he’s done. What he’s allowed to be done to him. More than that… what he’s begged for.
And the worst part? He’s so stupid in love with the man he just keeps coming back for more. Because of this moment. This one, right here, when he can believe that he’s

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Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination

Eugene H. Peterson

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Peterson's eloquent meditation on the Revelation of St. John engages the imagination and awakens the intellect to the vitality and relevance of the last words on scripture, Christ, church, worship, evil, prayer, witness, politics, judgement, salvation, and heaven.

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Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction

Jonathan T. Pennington

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This textbook on how to read the Gospels well can stand on its own as a guide to reading this New Testament genre as Scripture. It is also ideally suited to serve as a supplemental text to more conventional textbooks that discuss each Gospel systematically. Most textbooks tend to introduce students to historical-critical concerns but may be less adequate for showing how the Gospel narratives, read

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The New Testament in Antiquity: A Survey of the New Testament within Its Cultural Context

Gary M. Burge, Lynn H. Cohick, Gene L. Green

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The New Testament in Antiquity is a textbook for college and seminary students penned by three evangelical scholars with over fifty years of combined experience in the classroom. Their challenge was to build a text that would be engaging, academically robust, richly illustrated, and relevant to the modern student. This book strikes a balance between being accessible to all students and challenging

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Jesus: A Pilgrimage

James Martin

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James Martin, SJ, gifted storyteller, editor at large of America magazine, popular media commentator, and New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, brings the Gospels to life in Jesus: A Pilgrimage, and invites believers and seekers alike to experience Jesus through Scripture, prayer and travel.

Combining the fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with

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Gospel Parallels: A Comparison of the Synoptic Gospels, NRSV

Jr. Burton H. Throckmorton

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A classic since 1949, Gospel Parallels presents Matthew, Mark, and Luke printed side-by-side for easy and enlightening comparative study. Now fully revised and updated using the NRSV, it features a more readable type face and a new, even more effective system for comparison.

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The Kingdom New Testament: A Contemporary Translation

N. T. Wright

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The New Testament for the Twenty-First Century

Many readers of the New Testament have grown overly familiar with the biblical text, losing sight of the wonder and breadth of its innovative ideas and world-changing teachings about the life and role of Jesus of Nazareth. In The Kingdom New Testament, N. T. Wright, author and one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, offers an all-new English

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The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited

Scot McKnight, Dallas Willard, N. T. Wright

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Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel

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The Gospel of John: Volume 1

William Barclay

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"The Gospel according to Saint John is to many people the most precious book in the Bible," states William Barclay. In order to help uncover the tremendous wealth of this Gospel, Barclay has provided his own unique translation of the text, a detailed commentary, and a comprehensive introduction. This new edition will help bring the book in which "many people find themselves closer to God and to Je

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Seeing Jesus from the East: A Fresh Look at History’s Most Influential Figure

Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray

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In the West Jesus is usually seen through one lens, that of Western reasoning and linear thought. As the world becomes smaller and more people are brought to our door, a broader view of Jesus is needed, one that can be grasped by Easterners and can penetrate the hearts and imaginations of postmodern Westerners.

In Seeing Jesus from the East, Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray capture a revitalized gosp

Recommended by Sean Mcdowell.

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Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium

Bart D. Ehrman

4.0

In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings.

Ehrman shows us what historians have long known about the Gospels and the man who stands behind them. Through a careful evaluation of the New Testament (and

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New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ

Thomas R. Schreiner

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In this substantial volume, Thomas Schreiner takes up the study of New Testament theology, looking for the themes that emerge from a detailed reading of the whole rather than considering the individual writings separately.

Two themes in particular emerge. The first concerns redemptive history and the kingdom of God. The New Testament writers adopt the Old Testament vision of God's reign and affirm

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The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God

Lee Strobel

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A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God: 'My road to atheism was paved by science . . . But, ironically, so was my later journey to God.' - Lee Strobel

During his academic years, Lee Strobel became convinced that God was outmoded, a belief that colored his ensuing career as an award-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune. Science had made the idea of a Creator irrele

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Synopsis of the Four Gospels

Kurt Aland

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s/t: English edition: completely revised on the basis of the Greek text of the Nestle-Aland 26th edition & Greek New Testament 3rd edition: the text is the 2ed edition of the Revised Standard Version

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The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth

Scott Hahn

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As seen on EWTN, bestselling author Scott Hahn unveils the mysteries of the Mass, offering readers a deeper appreciation of the most familiar of Catholic rituals.

Of all things Catholic, there is nothing that is so familiar as the Mass. With its unchanging prayers, the Mass fits Catholics like their favorite clothes. Yet most Catholics sitting in the pews on Sundays fail to see the powerful super

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The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text (NIGTC)

G. K. Beale

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This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general commen

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The Gospel of Matthew Volume One

William Barclay

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Though we find the Gospel of Matthew first in the New Testament, many scholars believe that the Gospel of Mark is older. Matthew then is often seen as an expansion of Mark, incorporating most of the content of Mark while also adding sections that contain the teachings of Jesus, such as the Sermon on the Mount, and stories about the birth and infancy of Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus a

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The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

Brennan Manning

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A Furious Love Is Hot on Your Trail!

Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged edition--now with full appendix, study questions, and the author's own epilogue, ""Ragamuffin" Ten Years Later

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The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

Craig S. Keener

4.0

Why was labeling the Pharisees "white-washed tombs" one of the strongest criticisms Jesus could have made? Why were the disciples, after Jesus' death and resurrection, determined to replace Judas and keep their number exactly at twelve? What is the background to Paul's denunciation of homosexual behavior? Why did Paul expect Corinthian women to cover their heads? These and hundreds of other simila

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The Book of Genesis: Firstfruits

Brian Simmons

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The Book of Genesis is God’s autobiography and the foundation upon which all revelation rests. The purpose of this book is to give the origin of all things, including the cosmic order of the universe and the covenant relationship between God and his people.

Speaking the Word from his eternal dwelling place of light, God fashioned everything from nothing, perfectly displaying his awesome wonder. We

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On the Jewish Question (Readings in Modern Jewish History)

G. K. Beale and D. A. Carso

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Karl Marx's views on the Jews Question and Zionism...

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Backgrounds of Early Christianity

Everett Ferguson

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Having long served as a standard introduction to the world of the early church, Everett Ferguson's Backgrounds of Early Christianity has been expanded and updated in this third edition. The book explores and unpacks the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, religious, and philosophical backgrounds necessary for a good historical understanding of the New Testament and the early church. New to

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The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture's Fascination with Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity

Andreas J. Köstenberger, Michael J. Kruger, Ian Howard Marshall

4.0

Beginning with Walter Bauer in 1934, the denial of clear orthodoxy in early Christianity has shaped and largely defined modern New Testament criticism, recently given new life through the work of spokesmen like Bart Ehrman. Spreading from academia into mainstream media, the suggestion that diversity of doctrine in the early church led to many competing orthodoxies is indicative of today's postmode