New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (4 vols.)

by Colin Brown

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 1986

Overview

Unlock the significance, meaning, and nuances of words in the New Testament without having to study Hebrew or Greek! The 4-volume New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology examines and discusses the major theological terms of the Bible.

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology is a basic enlargement of the German Theologisches Begriffslexikon zum Neuen Testament. On its first publication in German it was recognized as a major reference work and has since become more and more widely acclaimed as an important tool for understanding the theology and message of the Bible. The Logos edition of the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology provides a unique and accessible source of information, invaluable to ministers, teachers, and anyone interested in the study as well as the teaching of the Bible.

Key Features

• Concise discussions of the major theological terms of the Bible
• Arranged in English alphabetical order
• Knowledge of Greek and Hebrew not required for use
• Discusses the use of each key term in classical Greek, in the Old Testament, in rabbinic writing, and in the New Testament
• Glossary of technical terms
• Full bibliographies
• Complete indexes

Top Highlights

“When it is used of God, it does not mean God in his essential nature, but the luminous manifestation of his person, his glorious revelation of himself.” (Volume 2, Page 45)

“Like the OT, the NT understands care chiefly as the natural reaction of man to poverty, hunger and other troubles which befall him in his daily life. Oppressed by the burdens laid upon him, man imagines himself delivered to a fate before which he stands powerless. By his care man tries to protect himself as best he can from what confronts him.” (Volume 1, Page 277)

“The fundamental difference between the Gk. and the biblical use of these words has already been indicated. In the Gk. world, with its anthropocentric view of man, lowliness is looked on as shameful, to be avoided and overcome by act and thought. In the NT, with its theocentric view of man, the words are used to describe those events that bring a man into a right relationship with God and his fellow-man (cf. TDNT VIII 11 f.).” (Volume 2, Page 260)

“Words formed from the Gk. root char indicate things which produce wellbeing.” (Volume 2, Page 115)

“Hence, repentance is now no longer obedience to a law but to a person. The call to repentance becomes a call to discipleship. So repentance, faith and discipleship are different aspects of the same thing (Mk. 1:15, ‘Repent and believe’).” (Volume 1, Page 358)

Praise for the Print Edition

Has proved its worth.

—F. F. Bruce

Indispensable for advanced theological students and scholars as well as for ordinary Bible students.

—Christianity Today

For a thorough discussion on how a word was used in classical Greek, the Septuagint, and the New Testament, I turn to Colin Brown’s The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. . . .

—John MacArthur

Product Details

• Title: New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Editor: Colin Brown
• Volumes: 4
• Pages: 3,505

About Colin Brown

Colin Brown was professor emeritus of systematic theology at Fuller. Prior to teaching at Fuller, he taught at other institutions in the United States, Germany, Canada, and his native England. He was ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1958, and later became a U.S. citizen in 1986 and a priest of the Episcopal Church, canonically resident in the Diocese of Los Angeles.

Brown was the founding Associate Dean of the Center for Advanced theological Studies in Fuller’s School of Theology. In addition to core courses on systematic theology, he also taught advanced seminars on theological method, the politics of Jesus, and contemporary Christology.

Brown was the editor of The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (1986), and author of many books, including Karl Barth and the Christian Message (1999), Miracles and the Critical Mind (1984, winner of the Evangelical Booksellers’ Award, reprint 2006), Jesus in European Protestant Thought (1985, reprint 2008), and the first volume of the Christianity and Western Thought series (1990, and recently published in Chinese by the Peking University Press). In addition to Chinese, his books have also been translated into French, Portuguese, Romanian, Italian, and Korean. Brown was affiliated with the Tyndale Fellowship, American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, Society of Christian Philosophers, and the Institute for Biblical Research. 

Sample Pages from the Print Edition