Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians Collection (3 vols.)
Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians is the first of three volumes extending Ben Witherington's innovative socio-rhetorical analysis of New Testament books to the latter-Pauline and non-Pauline corpora. A second volume will continue the focus on letters and homilies for Hellenized Christians (1-2 Peter), while a third will focus on letters and homilies for Jewish Christians (Hebrews, James and Jude). By dividing the volumes according to the socio-religious contexts for which they were written, Witherington sheds fresh light on the documents, their provenance, character and importance.
Explore the theological and ethical thought world of Jesus' time through the eyes of its individual witnesses---and hear the collective biblical call for all believers to be conformed in thought, word, and deed to the indelible image of Jesus Christ. Witherington offers a fresh, scholarly perspective on the New Testament's "matrix of meaning."
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- Provides a fresh look at the Pastorals and Johannine correspondence in light of recent study
- Includes "bridging the horizons" sections to help you assess the contemporary relevance of these ancient texts
- Reveals the text’s relevancy for today’s readers
- Title: Letters and Homilies Collection (3 Vols.)
- Author: Ben Witherington III
- Series: Letters and Homilies
- Publishers: IVP Academic, Apollos
- Publication Date: 2006–2007
- Resources: 3
- Christian Group: Evangelical
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Commentaries > Bible; Socio-rhetorical > Criticism > Interpretation; Socio-rhetorical criticism
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Resource ID: {B35DBE1E-0246-4B5F-B098-6B718049573E}
Partially includedBen Witherington III (PhD, University of Durham) is Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. A prominent evangelical scholar, he is also on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Witherington has written over forty books, including The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest, both of which were selected as top biblical studies works by Christianity Today. Other works include The Indelible Image, Women and the Genesis of Christianity, The Gospel Code, A Week in the Life of Corinth and commentaries on the entire New Testament. He also writes for many church and scholarly publications and is a frequent contributor to Patheos and Beliefnet.
Witherington is an elected member of the prestigious Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, a society dedicated to New Testament studies. He is a John Wesley Fellow for Life, a research fellow at Cambridge University and a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Society of Biblical Literature, Society for the Study of the New Testament and the Institute for Biblical Research. He previously taught at institutions like Ashland Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. An ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church and a popular lecturer, Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings around the world.