NT222 Introducing the Epistles and Revelation: Their Setting and Message
Overview
Introducing the Epistles and Revelation: Their Setting and Message (NT222) explores the biblical books of Romans through Revelation, giving particular attention to their historical setting and culture. The strategy for discussing these books centers around reading each NT letter as it would have sounded to a first-century audience. In addition to providing an overview of each book, the course discusses topics such as authorship, audience, theology, major themes, presenting problems, and pastoral strategies in depth.
Top Highlights
“He regarded the Christian movement to be a threat somehow to the covenant relationship between God and the people of Israel and probably to the boundaries that safeguarded Israel—that set Israel apart as holy to the Lord and thus kept Israel within that sphere of God’s favor and protection.” (source)
“Sometimes the motive is deception, but quite frequently the motive is sincere tribute and the desire to carry on or to preserve the teaching of a revered figure.” (source)
“And so, in response to this attempt to soften the covenant, to make Israel like the nations, even to abandon distinctive marks of the covenant like circumcising one’s male children, Mattathias and his sons run up with zeal, burning with zeal—as Phinehas had done to enforce the covenant violently within Israel—forcibly circumcising male children that had been left uncircumcised, harassing not only Graeco-Syrian soldiers garrisoned in Judaea but also renegades within Israel.” (source)
“Fifth and finally, the preacher seeks to mobilize the community members themselves to support one another more energetically, to keep watch for signs of an individual brother or sister’s straying or succumbing to society’s pressures, and to show such love for and solidarity with one another that each member finds the strength to press on to the end of this journey.” (source)
“Like Jonah’s word, Revelation, as prophecy, seeks mainly to stimulate faithful response among John’s audience to accomplish God’s purposes for that word, not to provide an absolute blueprint for an uncertain future.” (source)
- Title: NT222 Introducing the Epistles and Revelation: Their Setting and Message
- Author: David A. deSilva
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. 1 Peter › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. 2 Peter › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. Epistles of John › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. James › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. Jude › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. Revelation › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. N.T. Epistles--Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Resource ID: LLS:NT222DESILVA
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-06-20T22:38:21Z
Dr. David A. deSilva, PhD, is the Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio, where he’s taught since 1995.
He’s written over 20 books in the areas of New Testament and Second Temple Judaism, including Unholy Allegiances: Heeding Revelation's Warning (Hendrickson, 2013), The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude (Oxford, 2012),Seeing Things John’s Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation (WJKP, 2009), An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation (IVP, 2004), Introducing the Apocrypha (Baker Academic, 2002), and Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle “to the Hebrews” (Eerdmans, 2000). He’s also interested in spiritual formation, having written Sacramental Life: Spiritual Formation through the Book of Common Prayer (IVP, 2008) and Praying with John Wesley (Discipleship Resources, 2001).
He’s ordained in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, and serves as director of music and organist at Christ United Methodist Church in Ashland. He and his wife, Donna Jean, have three sons.