The role of Peter has remained one of the most sensitive and divisive areas of New Testament inquiry, particularly because of its implications for the position of the papacy in Christendom. Now, under ecumenical sponsorship, a notable group of Protestant and Roman Catholic New Testament scholars have sat down together over a period of nearly two years to study this matter in the light of modern…
This book is intended to aid student of the Synoptic Gospels to a better understanding of the nature of the materials with which they are dealing.
Sebuah dokumen kuno yang disebut The Gospel of Judas, ditemukan! Manuskrip yang mencuatkan kehebohan tersebut, tampaknya memang asli. Otoritas-otoritas terkemuka di berbagai bidang, temasuk di bidang penghitungan waktu radiokarbon, telah menyatakan bahwa manuskrip tersebut otentik dan berasal dari Mesir abad ketiga atau abad keempat.
The year 167 b.c.e. marked the beginning of a period of intense persecution for the people of Judea, as Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted -- forcibly and brutally -- to eradicate traditional Jewish religious practices. In Apocalypse against Empire Anathea Portier-Young reconstructs the historical events and key players in this traumatic episode in Jewish history and provides a s…
This modern classic by Colin Hemer explores the seven letters in the book of Revelation against the historical background of the churches to which they were addressed. Based on literary, epigraphical, and archaeological sources and informed by Hemer’s firsthand knowledge of the biblical sites, this superb study presents in the clearest way possible a picture of the New Testament world in the …
Apocriefe Boeken Lutherse Vertaling
Apocalyptic Bodies traces the biblical notions of the end of the world as represented in ancient and modern texts, art, music and popular culture, for example the paintings of Bosch.
Gereja Tuhan di akhir zaman menghadapi berbagai tantangan- godaan, dan penderitaan. Namun, hal semacam ini tidak terjadi sat ini saja karena gereja mula-mula pun mengalaminya. Keadaan ketujuh jemaat Wahyu pasal 2-3 ini merupakan gambaran keadaan gereja waktu itu. Tuhan Yesus memberikan pujian sekaligus teguran kepada jemaat-Nya agar mereka tetap setia sampai akhir.
Apakah Anda dianiaya oleh karena nama Yesus Kristus? Apakah bagi Anda ada godaan untuk berdiam diri saja, dan tidak memberitakan Injil Tuhan Yesus karena ancaman? Jika menjawab "Ya", Anda sebaiknya mendengarkan secara baru kata-kata Kitab Wahyu, kata-kata yang terkait erat dengan penganiayaan.
This series of biblical commentaries is the first to be based on the Revised English Bible, and incorporates the most recent research into both Old and New Testament books. Written by experienced scholars for the use of ministers, preachers, teachers, students, and church leaders, they relate the texts in their ancient settings to the needs of Christians in a multi-racial, multi-faith society.