Survey of the New Testament (Revised)

by Paul N. Benware

Publisher:

Moody

, 1990

Overview

"The New Testament is worthy of a lifetime of study, as it answers the most signifigant questions people have asked," says Paul Benware. What is the purpose of life? Is there any real hope? What is God like? Can I be freed from guilt and sin? Jesus Christ is the only answer to those questions. He is the key to God’s New Covenant, the central theme of the New Testament.

In order to fully appreciate that New Covenant, you must explore the lives and times of Christ and the New Testament writers. Survey of the New Testament organizes this essential information around the anticipation, institution, and fulfillment of the New Covenant. Dr. Benware, along with his book-by-book study of twenty-seven New Testament books, includes a chronological study of the life of Christ, a look at political forces and ideologies of the first century Roman world, and a glimpse into the intertestamental period. To clarify the order and pattern of the New Testament, Dr. Benware links each epistle to its historical base, the book of Acts. Thirty helpful charts have been included as well.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The time between the Old and New Testaments is often called the ‘Four Hundred Silent Years.’ This designation is true only with regard to the voice of God being heard; that is, no Scripture was written and no direct revelation came through prophets. Those four hundred years were not silent in the sense that we have no information about that period. Many things took place during those centuries and are well documented. And those events affected life in the times of the New Testament. It is necessary, therefore, to investigate briefly the intertestamental period.” (Page 22)

“New Covenant is one of three ‘sub-covenants’ which further define the provisions originally given to Abraham” (Page 19)

“In spite of Jesus’ clear teaching and great miracle working, the opposition continued to grow.” (Page 94)

“Matthew was written to the Jews to demonstrate that Jesus of Nazareth is the King of the Jews” (Page 82)

Product Details

• Title: Survey of the New Testament (Revised)
• Author: Paul N. Benware
• Series: Everyman’s Bible Commentary
• Publisher: Moody
• Print Publication Date: 1990
• Logos Release Date: 2010
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780802421241, 0802421245
• Resource ID: LLS:EVRYMANSURVNT
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-04T20:48:33Z

About Paul N. Benware

Dr.Paul N.Benware is currently Professor of Bible and Doctrine at Philadelphia  Biblical University. His prior professorships were at Moody Bible Institute and Los Angeles Baptist College (now Master's College) He has authored six books including, Understanding End Times Prophecy, Survey of the Old Testament, Survey of the New Testament and The Gospel of Luke. Dr.Benware and his wife, Anne, reside in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. They have four grown children and four grandchildren.