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Discovering the New Testament: An Introduction to Its Background, Theology, and Themes, Volume I: The Gospels & Acts is unavailable, but you can change that!

Discovering the New Testament is a new and comprehensive introduction to the New Testament in three volumes, reflecting current research and scholarship in New Testament studies. Each volume provides a thorough discussion of background issues as well as treating theological themes and practical application. The first volume on the Gospels and Acts covers Jewish and Greco-Roman backgrounds,...

This part of Israel is dry and hot. The annual rainfall in Galilee is about 800 millimeters per year (31.5 inches). The annual rainfall is about 500 millimeters per year (20 inches) in Jerusalem, which is approximately equal to the driest places in Central Otago in New Zealand or Idaho in the United States. While there are variations in temperature, the region generally experiences mild winters and hot summers—as low as 7 degrees Celsius (44 degrees Fahrenheit) in Jerusalem in the winter, and up
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