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INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT Everett F. Harrison
AN INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT TEXTUAL CRITICISM /. Harold Greenlee
This book prepares the reader to study the New Testament with some under standing of its background and renewed appreciation of its message. Contents include the history and language of the New Testament, the text and its trans mission, the canon, and the individual books. An excellent text that admirably fills the need for new material in this field. cloth, net $5.95
This serviceable introduction to New Testament textual criticism is for stu dents comparatively new to the subject, presenting facts and principles in easily understood form. Photographs high light the text, and supplementary read ings for each chapter are included along with a bibliography, cloth, net $3.50 THE JOHANNINE EPISTLES JohnR. W. Stott Volume 19 in the Tyndale Commen taries, Rev. Stott writes with both an understanding of the chief exegetical problems and an acquaintance with the local church situation that lies behind these epistles. The author illuminates the essentially pastoral letters of John for the modern pastor who must relate them to the work of his own parish cloth, $3.00 ministry.
THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS F. F. Bruce
This volume on Hebrews is the latest addition to the New International Com mentary on the New Testament. F. F. Bruce guides the reader through a pro found exploration of that epistle’s mes sage of the priesthood of Christ, and to a new appreciation of the virtue and dignity of His death. cloth, $6.00 THE CROSS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Leon Morris This large-scale theological study pro vides a detailed survey of the New Testament teaching on the cross of Christ. It is more than a study of Christ’s death; it is rather a complete assessment of the doctrine of salvation that reveals on each page the author’s careful scholarship and extensive re search. The result is a most rewarding presentation of one of the Scripture’s major themes. cloth. $5.95
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS Menahem Mansoor
Specifically designed for college class room use, this volume includes a de scription of the discovery, excavation, and dating of the various scrolls, plus their contents, and the relationship of the Qumran community to Christianity. Appendixes include a glossary, chrono logical table, list of scrolls, topics for further study, bibliography and gen eral index. cloth, net $4.00 4-14 EERDMANS PUBLISHING CO. G rand Rapids, M ichigan
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