New Testament Backgrounds

by Craig Keener

Publisher:

Seminary Now

, 2023

Overview

To understand and apply the Bible well, you need to understand the cultural background of the passage you’re reading. Only with the background can you grasp the author’s original concerns and purposes.

Craig Keener is one of the leading New Testament scholars on Jewish, Greek and Roman culture. Based on decades of in-depth study, this accessible video course is valuable for pastors in sermon preparation, for Sunday-school and other church teachers as they build lessons, for missionaries concerned not to import their own cultural biases into the Bible, for college and seminary students in classroom assignments, and for everyday Bible readers seeking to deepen and enhance their study of Scripture.

Key Features

• Helps understand the cultural background.
• Seeks to deepen and enhance their study of Scripture.
• Grasps the author’s original concerns and purposes.

Contents

• Lesson 1: Introduction (NT Backgrounds)
• Lesson 2: Changing Customs
• Lesson 3: Background and Theology
• Lesson 4: Historical Value of the Gospels
• Lesson 5: Background Studies of the Two Herods
• Lesson 6: John the Baptist’s Preaching
• Lesson 7: Understanding Parables and Their Backgrounds
• Lesson 8: John’s Water Motif
• Lesson 9: Special Occasions
• Lesson 10: Symbols in Revelation
• Lesson 11: Understanding Acts 17
• Lesson 12: Household Codes and Slaves
• Lesson 13: Further Samples

Product Details

• Title: New Testament Backgrounds (video)
• Author: Craig Keener
• Publisher: Seminary Now
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Video
• Subject: Bible. N.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Videos
• Resource ID: LLS:NWTSTMNBCKGRNDSVD
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-19T18:16:38Z

About Craig Keener

Dr. Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary, and is the author of 17 books, four of which have won book awards in Christianity Today. One, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, has sold more than half a million copies. He has authored scholarly commentaries on Matthew, John (two volumes), Acts (four volumes), and more briefly on Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, and Revelation. Dr. Keener is married to Dr. Médine Moussounga Keener, who spent 18 months as a refugee in her nation of Congo before their marriage.