{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-new-testament-the-gospels-and-acts-paperback-1","title":"A Companion to the New Testament: The Gospels and Acts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew L. Skinner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e draws readers deep inside the New Testament by providing a basic orientation to its literary contours and its ways of talking about theological matters. Designed especially for students learning to navigate the Bible as Christian Scripture, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e serves as an accessible, reliable, and engaging guide to each New Testament book's contents. It explores these books' capacity for informing Christian faith and life--among ancient audiences and also within Christian communities through time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual chapters offer thorough overviews of each New Testament book, helping readers consider its historical setting, cultural assumptions, literary dynamics, and theological points of view. The \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e consistently illustrates how social conditions and community identities left their marks on the particular theological rhetoric of the New Testament. Author Matthew Skinner draws on his extensive teaching experience to orient readers to theological convictions and social realities reflected in Scripture. He pays special attention to the New Testament's use of the Old Testament, the Roman Empire's influence on Christian ideas and practices, the place of women in the early church's life and teachings, the influence of Jewish apocalyptic themes on the New Testament, and ways that certain New Testament emphases have shaped basic Christian beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume of the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e explains that the Gospels are the results of the early churches' efforts to preserve memories about the life and teaching of Jesus, his character, and his enduring significance. Readers discover that Jesus' followers told their stories about him because of their desire to give testimony to him as the Christ and the agent of divine salvation. Likewise, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e's treatment of Acts underscores that book's understanding of God as active in the world, a God who continues the ministry Jesus began but does so now in and around the churches formed by Jesus' followers. The earliest churches' narratives about their Lord and their origins were theological narratives--stories meant to communicate believers' convictions about God and God's commitment to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew L. Skinner is Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he has taught courses in interpreting the New Testament for over fifteen years. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eIntrusive God, Disruptive Gospel: Encountering the Divine in the Book of Acts\u003c\/i\u003e (Brazos Press, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eThe Trial Narratives: Conflict, Power, and Identity in the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e (Westminster John Knox Press, 2010). He has also contributed to a number of resources for church leaders, scholars, and students, including \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2015), \u003ci\u003eThe New Interpreter's Bible One-Volume Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e (Abingdon Press, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eTheological Bible Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e (Westminster John Knox Press, 2009). He has written about the Bible and its interpretation for the websites Working Preacher, ON Scripture, and Huffington Post Religion and is a longtime co-host of a popular podcast for preachers, Sermon Brainwave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42666691493984,"sku":"9781481300001","price":104.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/UTVpdmR4YTBDRTU1alZaK1BzelVmdz09.webp?v=1774680691","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-companion-to-the-new-testament-the-gospels-and-acts-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}