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An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation (Second Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

This New Testament introduction is different. Many introductions zero in on the historical contexts in which the New Testament literature was written. This introduction goes further—to give particular attention to the social, cultural, and rhetorical contexts of the New Testament authors and their writings. Few introductions to the New Testament integrate instruction in exegetical and...

The anonymous letter to the “Hebrews” provides the interpreter with neither the identity of the author nor that of the recipients. We do not know when it was written, and the location of both author and recipients remains unclear. Nevertheless its message remains clear and pertinent: God’s favor and benefits are worth the cost of keeping faith with him, no matter how great the pressure the members of the host society
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