Baker Academic New Testament Bundle (103 vols.)

by Craig L. Blomberg; Craig A. Evans; Frederick J. Murphy; Udo Schnelle

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75 more

Publishers:

Brazos; Baker Academic; Hendrickson; Baker

, 1988–2015

Overview

Strengthen your understanding of the New Testament with the Baker Academic New Testament Bundle (103 vols.). Bringing together the best research and scholarship on the New Testament from Baker Academic, this collection provides insight into the historical, cultural, social, religious, literary, and theological contexts surrounding the New Testament. It includes contributions from respected contemporary scholars and theologians, including Craig S. Keener, Michael F. Bird, Gordon D. Fee, and others. The collection analyzes New Testament interpretation methods, explores the key characters and themes surrounding the text, and uncovers the New Testament’s relevance to twenty-first-century living.

Whether you’re a pastor, student, or layperson, the Baker Academic New Testament Bundle takes you deep into biblical hermeneutics. It emphasizes the importance of studying the numerous contexts surrounding Scripture to effectively approach New Testament interpretation and to discover its contemporary theological relevance. By offering thoughful discussion of the lives, works, and ministries of Jesus, Paul, Peter, and the rest of the apostles, this collection helps move readers from simply reading the text, to exegesis, to theology, and finally to contemporary relevance for today. It provides useful resources on oft-debated topics, including divorce, the Synoptic problem, Lukan pneumatology, violence, and textual criticism.

Key Features

• Extensive background studies on New Testament times and culture
• Helpful guidance in exegetical and hermeneutic methods
• Insight into the lives and thought of key New Testament figures

Product Details

• Title: Baker Academic New Testament Bundle
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Volumes: 103
• Pages: 36,428
• Topic: Biblical Studies

Baker Academic New Testament Studies Collection (30 vols.)

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Volumes: 30
• Pages: 10,285
• Topic: New Testament

Enhance your New Testament understanding with the Baker Academic New Testament Studies Collection. This library’s 30 volumes of sound, recent scholarship give you fresh insight into essential New Testament topics. Several volumes focus on New Testament interpretation; they provide a look at the Gospel’s historical, theological, literary, narrative, and social elements. This collection offers a glimpse into the lives, works, and ministries of Christ’s apostles—Simon Peter, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It also focuses on oft-debated topics, including divorce, the Synoptic problem, Lukan pneumatology, violence, and textual criticism.

Titles Included:

• The New Testament: A Historical and Theological Introduction by Donald A. Hagner
• Simon Peter in Scripture and Memory: The New Testament Apostle in the Early Church by Markus Bockmuehl
• Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction by Jonathan T. Pennington
• The Text of the New Testament: From Manuscript to Modern Edition by J. Harold Greenlee
• Killing Enmity: Violence and the New Testament by Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld
• The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke: Trajectories from the Old Testament to Luke–Acts, 2nd ed., by Rogert Stronstad
• Matthew: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist, rev. ed., by Warren Carter
• Mark: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist by Francis J. Moloney
• John: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist by Warren Carter
• Theology of the New Testament by Udo Schnelle
• Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics by Jeannine K. Brown
• New Testament Commentary Survey, 7th ed., by D.A. Carson
• Can We Still Believe the Bible? by Craig Blomberg
• Love in the Gospel of John by Francis J. Moloney
• Gospels and Tradition: Studies on Redaction Criticism of the Synoptic Gospels by Robert H. Stein
• Studying the Synoptic Gospels: Origin and Interpretation by Robert H. Stein
• The Spirit in the Gospels and Acts by Craig Keener
• . . . And Marries Another: Divorce and Remarriage in the Teaching of the New Testament by Craig Keener
• New Testament Survey by Robert G. Gromacki
• Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey by Mark Allen Powell
• The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments by Thomas R. Schreiner
• Scripture and Tradition: What the Bible Really Says by Edith M. Humphrey
• From Prophecy to Testament: The Function of the Old Testament in the New edited by Craig A. Evans
• New Testament Textual Criticism: A Concise Guide by David Alan Black
• New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ by Thomas R. Schreiner
• Rethinking the Synoptic Problem edited by David A. Black and David R. Beck
• Making Sense of the New Testament: Three Crucial Questions by Craig L. Blomberg
• Gospel of Glory: Major Themes in Johannine Theology by Richard Bauckham
• The Kingdom according to Luke-Acts: A Social, Literary, and Theological Introduction by Karl Allen Kuhn
• Conversion in Luke-Acts: Divine Action, Human Cognition, and the People of God by Joel B. Green

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Baker Academic New Testament Backgrounds (27 vols.)

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Volumes: 27
• Pages: 11,196
• Topic: New Testament Bible Backgrounds

The Baker Academic New Testament Backgrounds collection brings you 27 volumes from today’s finest New Testament, Greek, and Judaic scholars, including Craig S. Keener, Michael F. Bird, Graham H. Twelftree, Ben Witherington III, Bruce Metzger, and others. It provides insight into the cultural, social, and religious contexts surrounding the Greco-Roman World, analyzes the credibility of the biblical canon, miracles, and exorcisms, and explores the history and impact of Judaism. Each volume is clear, comprehensive, and readable; each tackles skeptics’ tough questions; and each includes helpful resources like indexes, bibliographies, and photos.

Deepen your New Testament understanding and study with these volumes’ scholarship. Uncover the New Testament’s relevance to twenty-first-century Christian living. The Baker Academic New Testament Backgrounds collection will benefit pastors, students, scholars, and laypeople interested in the most pressing topics in New Testament studies.

Titles Included:

• Apocalypticism in the Bible and Its World: A Comprehensive Introduction by Frederick J. Murphy
• Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament by J. Julius Scott Jr.
• Christianity in the Greco-Roman World: A Narrative Introduction by Moyer V. Hubbard
• Crossing Over Sea and Land: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period by Michael F. Bird
• Women in the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life by Lynn H. Cohick
• Peoples of the New Testament World: An Illustrated Guide by William A. Simmons
• Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective edited by Craig A. Evans and Emanuel Tov
• In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism among Early Christians by Graham H. Twelftree
• Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority by Lee Martin McDonald
• Early Judaism: The Exile to the Time of Christ by Frederick J. Murphy
• Josephus and the New Testament, 2nd ed. by Steve Mason
• The Parables: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation by Brad H. Young
• Meet the Rabbis: Rabbinic Thought and the Teachings of Jesus by Brad H. Young
• Paul the Jewish Theologian: A Pharisee among Christians, Jews, and Gentiles by Brad H. Young
• Jesus the Jewish Theologian by Brad H. Young
• Vines Intertwined: A History of Jews and Christians from the Babylonian Exile to the Advent of Islam by Lee Dupree Sandgren
• Jewish Targums and John’s Logos Theology by John Ronning
• Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts by Craig S. Keener
• Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature by Craig A. Evans
• Seven Events that Shaped the New Testament World by Warren Carter
• The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts by Joen B. Green and Lee Marin McDonald
• How We Got the New Testament: Text, Transmission, Translation by Stanley E. Porter
• Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance by David A. deSilva
• The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions by Bruce M. Metzger
• New Testament History: A Narrative Account by Ben Witherington III
• Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls edited by Craig A. Evans and John J. Collins
• The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research, 2nd ed. edited by Grant R. Osborne and Scot McKnight

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Baker Academic Pauline Studies Collection (25 vols.)

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Volumes: 25
• Pages: 8,767
• Topic: Pauline Studies

The Baker Academic Pauline Studies Collection equips you with 25 volumes’ worth of recent Pauline study, putting the apostle’s life and thought under the microscope. It contains contributions from numerous scholars, including Craig S. Keener, John Piper, Gordon D. Fee, Moisés Silva, and Thomas R. Schreiner. This collection offers an analysis of Paul’s letters, including insight on interpreting each Pauline epistle. It brings to light Paul’s thoughts on marriage, women’s ministry, the Holy Spirit, the law, the covenant, Christology, pastoral ministry, and the mission of the church. Several volumes focus on Paul’s ethical and moral transformation, teaching, travels, theological contributions, and portrayals.

Titles Included:

• Opening Paul’s Letters: A Reader’s Guide to Genre and Interpretation by Patrick Gray
• Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul?: A Narrative Approach to the Problem of Pauline Christianity by J.R. Daniel Kirk
• Moral Formation according to Paul: The Context and Coherence of Pauline Ethics by James W. Thompson
• Pastoral Ministry according to Paul: A Biblical Vision by James W. Thompson
• Paul and the Mission of the Church: Philippians in Ancient Jewish Context by James P. Ware
• Paul, His Letters, and Acts by Thomas E. Phillips
• Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church by James W. Aageson
• Paul and the Jews by A. Andrew Das
• Paul, the Law, and the Covenant by A. Andrew Das
• God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul by Gordon D. Fee
• Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study by Gordon D. Fee
• Apostle Paul: His Life and Theology by Udo Schnelle
• Paul, Women, and Wives: Marriage and Women’s Ministry in the Letters of Paul by Craig S. Keener
• Reading Romans through the Centuries: From the Early Church to Karl Barth edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and Timothy Larsen
• The Law and Its Fulfillment: A Pauline Theology of Law by Thomas R. Schreiner
• Paul’s Metaphors: Their Context and Character by David J. Williams
• Paul: His Life and Teaching by John McRay
• Paul and the Miraculous: A Historical Reconstruction by Graham H. Twelftree
• Understanding Paul: The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans, 2nd ed. by Stephen Westerholm
• Interpreting Galatians: Explorations in Exegetical Method, 2nd ed. by Moisés Silva
• The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1–23, 2nd ed. by John Piper
• The Church According to Paul: Rediscovering the Community Conformed to Christ by James W. Thompson
• Galatians and Christian Theology: Justification, the Gospel, and Ethics in Paul’s Letter edited by Mark W. Elliott, Scott J. Hafemann, N.T. Wright, and John Frederick
• Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul by Simon Gathercole
• Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God by Gordon D. Fee

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Baker Academic Jesus Studies (12 vols.)

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Volumes: 12
• Pages: 4,264
• Topic: Jesus Studies

The Baker Academic Jesus Studies collection contains twelve key volumes on the life, thought, and works of Jesus Christ. The collection provides outstanding, recent scholarship from respected contemporary scholars and theologians, among them Michael F. Bird, Darrell L. Bock, Gregory Boyd, and others. It addresses the cultural, historical, and literal contexts surrounding the Jesus of the Gospels. Cemented in Scripture, this collection is perfect if you’re interested in Christology.

Titles Included:

• Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels edited by Chris Keith and Larry W. Hurtado
• A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus: Reading the Gospels on the Ground by Bruce N. Fisk
• Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History by Dale C. Allison Jr.
• Discovering Jesus in the New Testament by Keith Warrington
• Are You the One Who Is to Come?: The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question by Michael F. Bird
• The Jesus Legend: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition by Paul Rhodes Eddy and Gregory A. Boyd
• Jesus according to Scripture: Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels by Darrell L. Bock
• Recovering Jesus: The Witness of the New Testament by Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld
• Jesus against the Scribal Elite by Chris Keith
• The Story of Jesus in History and Faith by Lee Martin MacDonald
• Studying the Historical Jesus: A Guide to Sources and Methods by Darrell L. Bock
• A New Perspective on Jesus: What the Quest for the Historical Jesus Missed by James D.G. Dunn

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Guides to New Testament Exegesis Collection (7 vols.)

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Volumes: 7
• Pages: 1,276
• Topic: New Testament Exegesis

The Guides to New Testament Exegesis Collection (7 vols.) provides the methods and principles you need to study the genres of the New Testament. These exegetical guides introduce readers to both the specific nature of a particular genre and to basic principles for exegeting that literary type.

Four literary types comprise the New Testament: the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Letters, and the Apocalypse. Each genre is distinct, and each requires different methodological sensitivities. Consequently, applying the same method to different genres will often lead to serious misunderstandings. The Guides to New Testament Exegesis Collection (7 vols.) will show you how to discerningly examine the New Testament without fear of misinterpretation.

Moreover, each in-depth volume contains a myriad of views from scholars on particular issues specific to literary types found in the New Testament. The diversity of thought presented allows for a broader perspective on each topic discussed. Each volume concludes with a bibliography of 20 essential works for further study.

Titles Included:

• Introducing New Testament Interpretation edited by Scot McKnight
• Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels by Scot McKnight
• Interpreting the Pauline Epistles, 2nd ed. by Thomas R. Schreiner
• Interpreting the Gospel of John: A Practical Guide, 2nd ed. by Gary M. Burge
• Interpreting the Book of Acts by Walter L. Liefeld
• Interpreting the Epistle to the Hebrews edited by Andrew H. Trotter Jr.
• Interpreting the Book of Revelation edited by J. Ramsey Michaels

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Samaritan Studies Collection (2 vols.)

• Authors: Robert T. Anderson and Terry Giles
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Volumes: 2
• Pages: 640
• Topic: Samaritan Studies

The New Testament makes reference to the Samaritans six times. But who are these people? What do they believe? How has their culture changed over the centuries? Discover what the Samaritans bring, historically and contemporarily, to Second Temple Judaic, Pentateuchal, and Semitic studies. The Samaritan Studies Collection focuses on this small, oft-neglected community’s history, survival, and historical works. Authors Robert T. Anderson and Terry Giles provide insight on the Samaritans’ culture and religion, examining the many conflicts between the Samaritans and Jews, Christians, and Muslims. They analyze Samaritan sacred literature, including historical works, liturgies, theological compositions, and more.

Titles Included:

• The Keepers: An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Samaritans
• Tradition Kept: The Literature of the Samaritans

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