Uses a thorough understanding of Middle Eastern peasant culture and modern literary criticism to analyze the New Testament parables in Luke.

With the advent of the printing press and the subsequent publishing culture that reproduces exact copies of texts en masse, most people today assume that they are reading the very words that Jesus spoke or St. Paul wrote when they consult the New Testament. And yet, for almost 1,500 years manuscript... (more)

Here's a nonthreatening way to get a quick overview of the Bible. No theology degree required! Packing a ton of information into just a few pages, its fun, cartoon-rich format is Tyndale's answer to the popular Dummies guides. Here is a user-friendly, quick moving tour of Scripture. It covers the en... (more)

This informative, clearly written book introduces the New Testament in two main ways: (1) it explains where the New Testament came from, and (2) it examines the New Testament writings themselves. Ben Witherington first tells how and why the New Testament documents were written and collected and how ... (more)

Is there an extra-biblical data about the times in which Jesus lived?' Thanks to Josephus, the religious, social and political environment familiar to Jesus and the apostles springs to life in his pages. Here is a readable selection from his extensive writings, confirming the New Testament docum... (more)

Do you have problems knowing what is really going on in the Old Testament? A unique method, using the book of Amos as a keystone, takes us on a fascinating tour of the Old Testament which will enthuse you to find out more about it and understand it better.