Exploring the New Testament, Volume 2: A Guide to the Letters & Revelation

By: I. Howard Marshall, Stephen Travis, Ian Paul

Product Description

Volume two in the Exploring the New Testament series features a clearly written and scholarly enriched introduction to the New Testament Letters and to Revelation. In addition to making up-to-date New Testament scholarship accessible to students, I. Howard Marshall, Stephen Travis and Ian Paul fill this volume with helpful classroom features: questions and issues for discussion, suggestions for student research and debate, essay topics at an introductory and intermediate level, and recommendations for further reading and research.

Particularly aimed at students of theology, Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Letters & Revelation introduces students to the following:

Greco-Roman backgrounds
ancient letter writing
Paul's life, mission and theology
issues of authorship, date and setting
reading and interpreting the New Testament Letters and Revelation
content and major themes of each of the New Testament Letters and Revelation
understanding the meaning of each of these documents for today

Additionally this volume, as with all others in the series, has been developed with attention to pedagogical accessibility and includes the following educational aids:

Aids teachers and students with discussion ideas and questions
Features "Digging Deeper" panels that explore select topics in greater detail
Provides "Further Reading" suggestions with select commentaries and studies on each of the Letters and Revelation
Includes suggestions for research, debate and essay assignments
Includes maps, charts and diagrams
Up to date, reliable, balanced
Makes scholarship accessible to contemporary students and readers
Second in a two-volume series covering the New Testament

Product Information

Format: Other
Number of Pages: 352
Vendor: IVP Academic
Publication Date: 2011
Dimensions: 10.00 X 7.00 (inches)

ISBN: 0830825401
ISBN-13: 9780830825400
Availability: In Stock
Series: IVP Exploring the Bible

Publisher's Description

Professors and students will warm to this clearly written and well-informed introduction to the New Testament Letters and the Apocalypse. Exploring the New Testament, Volume Two introduces students of biblical studies and theology to Greco-Roman background ancient letter writing content and major themes Paul's life, mission and theology issues of authorship, date and setting methods in reading and interpreting the New Testament Letters and Revelation the intersection of New Testament criticism with contemporary issues of faith and culture This revised edition features updated text and bibliographies, and incorporates new material gleaned from the experience of classroom use.

Author Bio

I. Howard Marshall (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen; D.D., Asbury) is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. Among his numerous publications on the New Testament are his commentaries on the Gospel of Luke, Acts, 1-2 Thessalonians, the Pastoral Epistles, 1 Peter and 1-3 John. He is coauthor of and coeditor of the New International Greek Testament Commentary series, as well as the author of the series' volume on Luke. He has also authored Stephen Travis is visiting lecturer at St. John's College in Nottingham, England, where he served for many years as vice principal and lecturer in New Testament. He is the author of several books on New Testament eschatology, including and Ian Paul is dean of studies at St. John's College in Nottingham, England. He chairs the Revelation Seminar at the annual British New Testament Conference and has published both popular and academic works on the Bible and its interpretation.