What the Gospels Tell Us about Who Jesus Is This clear, compact introduction surveys what the Gospels tell us about who Jesus is by exploring his teachings and actions in their contexts. Darrell Bock, a leading evangelical New Testament scholar who speaks and teaches around the world, and Benjamin Simpson treat the Gospels as reliable sources for a plausible portrait of Jesus. Condensing years of extensive study on the topic, this handy, readable textbook presents fresh ways to understand the Gospels, especially the Synoptics in comparison with John.

Jesus the God-Man: The Unity and Diversity of the Gospel Portrayals

Religion & Spirituality

Darrell L. Bock

Simpson, Benjamin I.

Christian Books & Bibles

Baker Academic

Updated Edition of a Bestselling Study of Jesus and the Gospels In this work Darrell Bock, a leading evangelical New Testament scholar who speaks and teaches around the world, and Benjamin Simpson show that a coherent portrait of Jesus emerges from the four Gospels when they are taken seriously as historical documents. When read together, the Gospels provide a clear picture of Jesus and his unique claims to authority. This book surveys all the Gospel units and relates them to their parallel passages, showing how the literary and canonical relationships work. Offering up-to-date interaction with the latest discussions about Jesus, the second edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout and includes three new chapters on how we got the Gospels.

Jesus according to Scripture: Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels

Bock, Darrell L.

Designed as a translational guide, this CYBER-CENTER FOR BIBLICAL STUDIES eBook for translating Paul’s letter to the Ephesians isolates usage of independent and dependent clauses, provides tips for translating Ephesians, and shares exegetical explanations to assist in the translation of the letter. The book divides into three parts. First, Simpson and Bateman (series editor) provide an introduction whereby they prepare readers for translating Ephesians. Second, Simpson divides the letter into fourteen manageable units for translating the letter while providing contextual orientation for each unit of thought. Finally, Simpson makes available an answer key with detailed exegetical explanations about his divisions and translation of the text. Translating Ephesians Clause by Clause interacts with lexicons, grammars, and English translations in order to orient the reader/translator to the challenges that come with translating Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Yet the contextual orientation and clausal outlines enable the reader/translator to trace the author’s flow of thought in a manner that will be helpful for teaching and preaching purposes.

Translating Ephesians Clause by Clause: An Exegetical Guide (eBooks for Translating the New Testament)

Cyber-Center for Biblical Studies

Product Description 
Updated Edition of a Bestselling Study of Jesus and the Gospels 
In this work Darrell Bock, a leading evangelical New Testament scholar who speaks and teaches around the world, and Benjamin Simpson show that a coherent portrait of Jesus emerges from the four Gospels when they are taken seriously as historical documents. When read together, the Gospels provide a clear picture of Jesus and his unique claims to authority. This book surveys all the Gospel units and relates them to their parallel passages, showing how the literary and canonical relationships work. Offering up-to-date interaction with the latest discussions about Jesus, the second edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout and includes three new chapters on how we got the Gospels. 
 From the Back Cover 
"I am pleased that a second edition of Bock's 
Jesus according to Scripture is now available. This book offers a needed corrective to the quirky portraits of Jesus that have appeared in recent years. As the title implies, Bock and Simpson present Jesus in the light of what the Gospels actually say. Readers will especially appreciate the accessible layout." 
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Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University\n"The four Gospels are a vast forest in which even the well-initiated can lose their way, especially among the thickets of burgeoning scholarship. We should all be grateful not just for a big handy map like this but also for the experienced trail guides putting it into our hands." 
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Nicholas Perrin, president, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School\n"Two centuries of scholarly inquiry have demonstrated that the 'canonical Jesus' is the closest we will ever get to the 'real Jesus.' 
Jesus according to Scripture presents 
a portrait of this canonical Jesus through a detailed engagement with the Gospel material. Assuming a historically and theologically complementary relationship among the diverse and complex materials in the four Gospels, Bock and Simpson have with the second edition strengthened this important resource for assessing the meaning of Jesus of Nazareth for the twenty-first-century church." 
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Joel Willitts, North Park University\n"That there are four canonical Gospels has always presented challenges for studying the life and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. Although reading each Gospel on its own terms is an essential step, and commentaries on the Gospels abound, all four need to be read together for the full picture of Jesus they provide. 
Jesus according to Scripture offers something of undeniable value: a comprehensive investigation of the portrayal of Jesus in the four Gospels informed by the best historical Jesus research, taking careful note of similarities and differences among the four accounts. The book represents a major resource for restoring the full portrait of Jesus from the Gospels." 
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Brian Rosner, Ridley College 
 About the Author 
Darrell L. Bock (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is executive director for cultural engagement at the Hendricks Center at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas, where he also serves as senior research professor of New Testament studies. He is the author or editor of many books, including 
Jesus the God-Man, 
Jesus according to Scripture, 
Studying the Historical Jesus, and major commentaries on Luke and Acts.\nBenjamin I. Simpson (PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament studies at the Washington, DC, campus of Dallas Theological Seminary. He is the author of 
Recent Research on the Historical Jesus.

Biographies & Memoirs

Over the past two hundred years, several have ventured to write a history of Jesus, but few have discussed their method of writing about the past in any depth. Unspoken assumptions or bias often dictate what the historian will find. The fact that there are so many conflicting pictures of Jesus compounds the problem. In the last thirty years of Jesus research, which have been identified as the Third Quest for the historical Jesus, historians have agreed that Jesus makes the most sense within a Jewish context, a setting that allows historians to write about Jesus from various historical perspectives. Simpson addresses the issue of method in historical Jesus research by looking at two prominent historians of the Third Quest-John Meier and James Dunn. Both Meier and Dunn typify distinct approaches to the historical Jesus, and both claim to be a part of the Third Quest. Simpson analyses their philosophy of history and historical method. In the second part of the book, Simpson looks at how Meier and Dunn handle certain key events in the life of Jesus. The treatment of these events serves as a way of highlighting the drawbacks and advantages of each method. These distinct approaches point to the tensions that make up the Third Quest and illustrate how the concerns of recent research, evolving over a short period of time, have brought old questions to the surface in new ways. By describing the current situation of historical Jesus research as evidenced by Meier and Dunn, Simpson maps out some promising lines of future research.

Recent Research on the Historical Jesus

Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd.

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Jesus the God-Man: The Unity and Diversity of the Gospel Portrayals

Jesus according to Scripture: Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels

Translating Ephesians Clause by Clause: An Exegetical Guide (eBooks for Translating the New Testament)

Jesus according to Scripture: Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels

Recent Research on the Historical Jesus