Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven DVD

Name: Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven DVD
SKU: 899935
Price: 44.98 USD
Availability: InStock

By: Amy-Jill Levine

Product Description

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In this Sermon on the Mount video Bible study, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine explores the most popular sermon ever delivered. In this six-session study, you’ll discover a solid historical understanding and theological context on Matthew 5-7 through Dr. Levine’s engaging teaching. This DVD is designed to be used with the Sermon on the Mount book, sold separately. Also Available: Leader Guide, Devotional

Sessions include:

The Beatitudes (12:35)
The Extensions (11:15)
Practicing Piety (10:52)
Our Father (11:22)
Finding Your Treasure (9:37)
Living into the Kingdom (13:24)

Product Information

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Title: Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven DVD
By: Amy-Jill Levine
Format: DVD
Vendor: Abingdon Press
Publication Date: 2020

Weight: 3 ounces
ISBN: 1501899937
ISBN-13: 9781501899935
Series: Sermon on the Mount
Stock No: WW899935

Publisher's Description

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How is the follower of Jesus to understand the words of the Old Testament? How are those words relevant to the New Covenant he is establishing? What might the words of the Lord’s Prayer have conveyed to his initial followers, and why is that historical information essential to the prayer two millennia later? In Sermon on the Mount, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine takes a detailed and colorful overview of Matthew 5-7, collectively known as Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Through Dr. Levine’s engaging method of biblical interpretation, readers will come away with a solid understanding of the Sermon on the Mount in its historical and theological context. Chapters include: The Beatitudes The Extensions Practicing Piety Our Father Finding Your Treasure Living into the Kingdom Explore the major topics in the most popular sermon ever delivered and unpack how Jesus makes his points using a solid knowledge of Hebrew Scriptures and moral teachings. The six-session DVD features Dr. Amy-Jill Levine guiding participants through the study. The video sessions are approximately 10-12 minutes in length and, when combined with the six book chapters, make an ideal six-week group study. All videos sessions are closed captioned.

Author Bio

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Amy-Jill Levine (“AJ”) is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita, and Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. An internationally renowned scholar and teacher, she is the author of numerous books including The Difficult Words of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings, Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to Holy Week, Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent, Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, and Signs and Wonders: A Beginner’s Guide to the Miracles of Jesus. She is also the coeditor of the Jewish Annotated New Testament. AJ is the first Jew to teach New Testament at Rome’s Pontifical Biblical Institute. In 2021 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. AJ describes herself as an unorthodox member of an Orthodox synagogue and a Yankee Jewish feminist who until 2021 taught New Testament in a Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt.