{"product_id":"reading-the-gospels-wisely-a-narrative-and-theological-introduction-paperback-1","title":"Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction - 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\u003eJonathan T. Pennington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Bauckham\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 as Scripture within the canonical framework of the entire New Testament and the whole Bible, yield material for theological reflection and moral edification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePennington neither dismisses nor duplicates the results of current historical-critical work on the Gospels as historical sources. Rather, he offers critically aware and hermeneutically intelligent instruction in reading the Gospels in order to hear their witness to Christ in a way that supports Christian application and proclamation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book that could transform many people's reading of the Gospels. Jonathan Pennington has a wide knowledge of the specialist literature, and he skillfully distills what matters most for the task of reading the Gospels wisely. He is especially concerned that we read the Gospels in ways that are appropriate to the sort of texts they are. What comes across is a powerful sense that the Gospels are not only historical but also life changing.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRichard Bauckham\u003c\/b\u003e, University of St. Andrews; Ridley Hall, Cambridge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading the Gospels can be tricky, but it is important to read them with a full appreciation of their theology. Jonathan Pennington's study helps you get there--and get there well, as well as wisely.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eDarrell Bock\u003c\/b\u003e, Dallas Theological Seminary \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Many books on the Gospels slog through source criticism, form criticism, and redaction criticism--important topics to be sure. How refreshing it is, however, to find a book with a new approach, one that reads the Gospels as literature and sees their importance theologically. This book is like a cool drink of water in what is too often the desert of Gospel studies. While I don't agree with everything Pennington says, his arguments must be reckoned with, and they further the conversation in productive and stimulating ways. I believe this is the best introductory book on the Gospels. Both students and professors will find it to be invaluable.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eThomas R. Schreiner\u003c\/b\u003e, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Few academic enterprises of recent generations have been as chaotic and contradictory as the study of Jesus and the Gospels. Bultmann, Bornkamm, Borg, Burridge, Blomberg, Bauckham--and those are just some Bs--whom to believe? This learned yet lively volume attempts to transcend past miscues and cash in on lasting insights going back to patristic times. Pennington shows how the fourfold canonical Gospel ought to be read: as the proper entrée to becoming Jesus's disciple for the sake of loving God by the work of the Spirit. Few works explain more.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRobert W. Yarbrough\u003c\/b\u003e, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan T. Pennington\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is associate professor of New Testament interpretation and director of research doctoral studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHeaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew\u003c\/i\u003e and has published a number of tools for learning biblical languages, including \u003ci\u003eNew Testament Greek Vocabulary \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOld Testament Hebrew Vocabulary\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42591979143264,"sku":"9780801039379","price":55.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/YmNiQm1SYjAzSHRUT0dtN3pZL3lhdz09.webp?v=1771404890","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/reading-the-gospels-wisely-a-narrative-and-theological-introduction-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}