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Being able to understand someone else's religious beliefs is crucial. READING THE NEW TESTAMENT takes the mystery out by introducing you to the five schools of interpretation and what they all mean. And because this introduction to the New Testament textbook is designed to launch conversations with your classmates, READING THE NEW TESTAMENT helps make class interesting. Plus, it's got links to Internet sites that help you get all the information you'll need to ace the test.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.

The purpose of this book is to introduce the New Testament to those who have never read it. Ronald Allen offers a truly elementary guide to the New Testament's world, its story, and its message. Reading the New Testament for the First Time walks readers through the New Testament, covering key topics like these: how to find one's way around the New Testament how and when the New Testament was written important characters like Jesus, Paul, and the twelve disciples big ideas found in the New Testament such as love, righteousness, and the realm of God how to apply the New Testament to our lives today and much more!

This is an unrivaled reference work designed to allow the student of New Testament Greek to gain the greatest increase in vocabulary with the least expense of time. It includes every word in the Greek New Testament. • Based on the latest editions of UBS4 and Nestle-Aland 27 • Definitions based on Louw and Nida's Greek-English Lexicon • Vocabulary occurring ten or more times listed by frequency for easy memorization • Complete principal parts for frequent verbs • Words organized by parts of speech • Nominative and genitive cases for nouns • Third declension nouns keyed to paradigms • Format optimized for memorization • Vocabulary occurring less than ten times listed by New Testament chapter • Gospels keyed to Aland Synopsis number • Verb shown with attested form • Context-sensitive definitions • Gives a sense of author's distinctive vocabulary for clues to thematic or theological interests • Responds to the different skill levels required for mastery of frequent and infrequent words • Brief, simplified paradigms for easy reference and review • Employs statistics of Vollständige Konkordanz zum griechischen Neuen Testament

Edited by J.B. Phillips Chapters indicated but no verse numbers Introduction to each book Index 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 % Font size: 10

The New Testament came together, and comes to us, not as a randomly sorted set of individual books but as a definitely shaped and ordered whole. This concise, theological introduction to the New Testament sheds light on the interpretive significance of the canon's structure and sequence and articulates how the final shape of the canon is formative for Christian discipleship. Providing an essential overview often missing from New Testament books and courses, this book will serve as an accessible supplement to any New Testament or Bible introduction textbook.