Understanding the New Testament

DVD 2020

In these 24 eye-opening lectures, Professor David Brakke takes viewers behind the scenes to study not only the text of the New Testament, but also the authors and the world in which it was created.

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Bible. New Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc

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ISBN:

9781629978000

Description:

4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (195 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Course No. 6006. 24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture
Issued with a booklet that includes course scope, lecture guides, multiple choice quiz and bibliography (pages 189-195)
Title from disc labels
David Brakke, presenter
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Closed captioned

Contents:

Disc 1. The paradox of the New Testament
The Jewish origins of Christian faith
1 Tessalonians and Paul's ministry
The salvation of Gentiles in Galatians
Romans on God, faith, and Israel
Community conflicts in 1-2 Corinthians
Disc 2. Disc 2. Worship and leaders in Paul's congregations
Paul's theology on slavery and Christ
Adapting Paul's teachings to new situations
Jesus as the suffering son of man in Mark
Jesus as the new Moses in Matthew
The Church in the Gospel of Matthew
Disc 3. Luke and Acts on God's history of salvation
Luke's inclusive message
The Apostles and Church in Luke and Acts
Jesus as the Divine Word in John
Jesus and the Jews in the Gospel of John
The community of John after the Gospel
Disc 4. In search of the historical Jesus
Interpreting Abraham in Hebrews and James
Churches in crisis in 1-2 Peter and Jude
New Leaders in the Pastoral Epistles
Revelation: envisioning God's reality
The quest for unity in the New Testament

Control Number:

2916966

UPC:

978162997800

Other Authors:

Brakke, David, presenter
Teaching Company, publisher

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