The Routledge Guidebook to The New Testament (The Routledge Guides to the Great Books)

As part of the Christian canon of scripture, the New Testament is one of the most influential works in history. Its impact can be seen in many different fields, but without an awareness of the historical, cultural, social, and intellectual context of early Christianity, it can be difficult for modern-day readers to fully understand what the first-century authors were trying to say and how the first readers of the New Testament would have understood these ideas.   The Routledge Guidebook to the New Testament offers an academic introduction to the New Testament examining:    The social and historical context in which the New Testament was written   The primary text, supporting students in close analysis from a range of consensus positions   The contemporary reception and ongoing influence of the New Testament   With further reading suggestions, this guidebook is essential reading for all students of religion and philosophy, and all those wishing to engage with this important work.

Politics & Social Sciences

Gray, Patrick

Philosophy

Routledge

As part of the Christian canon of scripture, the New Testament is one of the most influential works in history. Its impact can be seen in many different fields, but without an awareness of the historical, cultural, social, and intellectual context of early Christianity, it can be difficult for modern-day readers to fully understand what the first-century authors were trying to say and how the first readers of the New Testament would have understood these ideas. The Routledge Guidebook to the New Testament offers an academic introduction to the New Testament examining: <ul>
<li>The social and historical context in which the New Testament was written</li> <li>The primary text, supporting students in close analysis from a range of consensus positions</li> <li>The contemporary reception and ongoing influence of the New Testament</li> </ul> With further reading suggestions, this guidebook is essential reading for all students of religion and philosophy, and all those wishing to engage with this important work.

Breakthrough It: Supercharging Organizational Value Through Technology

Unlock the secret to creating maximum business value from technology Filled with case studies from leading C-level executives to illustrate concepts discussed, Breakthrough IT is a revolutionary approach to reshaping the corporate information technology function. This innovative, step-by-step guide provides concrete methods every business can implement to yield maximum value and competitive advantage from their IT organization. Patrick Gray (Harrison, NY) is the founder and President of the Prevoyance Group, an IT strategy consultancy that combines project management and process improvement to ensure large IT departments deliver maximum organizational value.

Breakthrough IT: Supercharging Organizational Value Through Technology

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

wiley

This volume offers a compact introduction to one of the most daunting texts in the New Testament. The Letter to the Hebrews has inspired many readers with its encomium to faith, troubled others with its hard sayings on the impossibility of a second repentance, and perplexed still others with its exegetical assumptions and operations drawn from a cultural matrix that is largely alien to modern sensibilities. Long thought to be Paul, the anonymous author of Hebrews exhibits points of continuity with the apostle and other New Testament writers in the letter's (or sermon's) vision of life in the light of the crucified Messiah, but one also finds distinctive perspectives in such areas as Christology, eschatology, and atonement. 
Gray and Peeler survey the salient historical, social, and rhetorical factors to be considered in the interpretation of this document, as well as its theological, liturgical, and cultural legacy. They invite readers to enter the world of one of the boldest Christian thinkers of the first century.

Hebrews: An Introduction and Study Guide (T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the New Testament)

Peeler, Amy L. B.

T&T Clark

This volume offers a compact introduction to one of the most daunting texts in the New Testament. The Letter to the Hebrews has inspired many readers with its encomium to faith, troubled others with its hard sayings on the impossibility of a second repentance, and perplexed still others with its exegetical assumptions and operations drawn from a cultural matrix that is largely alien to modern sensibilities. Long thought to be Paul, the anonymous author of Hebrews exhibits points of continuity with the apostle and other New Testament writers in the letter's (or sermon's) vision of life in the light of the crucified Messiah, but one also finds distinctive perspectives in such areas as Christology, eschatology, and atonement. Gray and Peeler survey the salient historical, social, and rhetorical factors to be considered in the interpretation of this document, as well as its theological, liturgical, and cultural legacy. They invite readers to enter the world of one of the boldest Christian thinkers of the first century.

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Peoples of the Americas (11 Volume Set)

History

Americas

Cavendish Square

As one of the most significant figures in the history of Western civilization, the apostle Paul has influenced and inspired countless individuals and institutions. But for some, he holds a controversial place in Christianity. This engaging book explores why many people have been wary of Paul and what their criticisms reveal about the church and the broader culture. Patrick Gray brings intellectual and cultural history into conversation with study of the New Testament, providing a balanced account and assessment of widespread antipathy to Paul and exploring what the controversy tells us about ourselves.

Paul as a Problem in History and Culture: The Apostle and His Critics through the Centuries

Baker Academic

The Barber of St. Charles

Romance

Publishamerica Inc

Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy)

Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. In Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare shows Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. Why did Rome degenerate into an autocracy? Alternating between ruthless competition, Stoicism, Epicureanism and self-indulgent fantasies, Rome as Shakespeare sees it is inevitably bound for civil war. Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic considers Shakespeare's place in the history of concepts of selfhood and reflects on his sympathy for Christianity, in light of his reception of medieval Biblical drama, as well as his allusions to the New Testament. Shakespeare's critique of Romanitas anticipates concerns about secularisation, individualism and liberalism shared by philosophers such as Hannah Arendt, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel and Patrick Deneen.

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Edinburgh University Press

Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome\nShakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. In Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare shows Rome’s transition from Republic to Empire. Why did Rome degenerate into an autocracy? Alternating between ruthless competition, Stoicism, Epicureanism and self-indulgent fantasies, Rome as Shakespeare sees it is inevitably bound for civil war. Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic considers Shakespeare’s place in the history of concepts of selfhood and reflects on his sympathy for Christianity, in light of his reception of medieval Biblical drama, as well as his allusions to the New Testament. Shakespeare’s critique of Romanitas anticipates concerns about secularisation, individualism and liberalism shared by philosophers such as Hannah Arendt, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel and Patrick Deneen. 
Key Features: Explains Shakespeare’s interpretation of the underlying causes of the Roman Republican civil wars Shows how Shakespeare uses Roman history as a testing-ground to arbitrate between competing claims about human nature Articulates Shakespeare’s distinctive, compromise position on selfhood Situates Shakespeare within the intellectual history of individualism, Christianity, Romanticism, secularization, and political liberalism

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The Routledge Guidebook to The New Testament (The Routledge Guides to the Great Books)

The Routledge Guidebook to The New Testament (The Routledge Guides to the Great Books)

Breakthrough IT: Supercharging Organizational Value Through Technology

Hebrews: An Introduction and Study Guide (T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the New Testament)

Hebrews: An Introduction and Study Guide (T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the New Testament)

Peoples of the Americas (11 Volume Set)

Paul as a Problem in History and Culture: The Apostle and His Critics through the Centuries

The Barber of St. Charles

Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy)

Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy)