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The College Press NIV Commentary: New Testament Introduction is unavailable, but you can change that!

This book is aimed at both college students and the interested Christian reader. Teachers may wish to give assignments from C.K. Barnett, The New Testament Background (NTB) to supplement the understanding of the New Testament environment. To this end, suggested readings have been added in many of the bibliographies.

moved back is seen in that Paul’s sister and nephew also lived in Jerusalem (Acts 23:16). In Jerusalem Paul received his formative education studying finally under the great sage, Rabban Gamaliel I (Acts 22:3). Gamaliel was truly one of the luminaries of his day. His title “Rabban,” which appears in the Mishnah, means “our Master” and was considered more honorific than “Rabbi” (“my Master”). He lived and taught from the last part of the first century B.C. to the first half of the first century A.D.
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