This laminated sheet accompanies Mark L. Strauss's Four Portraits, One Jesus. Following the textbook's structure, this quick-study tool offers summaries, important definitions, dates, and concepts designed to support the students' learning experience and enhance their comprehension of what can be known from the Gospels about the central defining subject of Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth.Four Portraits, One Jesus is a thorough yet accessible introduction to the four biblical Gospels and their subject, the life and person of Jesus. Like different artists rendering the same subject using different styles and points of view, the Gospels paint four highly distinctive portraits of the same remarkable Jesus.With clarity and insight, Mark Strauss illuminates these four books addressing the following important areas:First he addresses the nature, origin, methods for study, and historical, religious, and cultural backgrounds of the Gospels.He then moves on to closer study of each narrative and its contribution to our understanding of Jesus, investigating things such as plot, characters, and theme.Finally, he pulls it all together with a detailed examination of what the Gospels teach about Jesus' ministry, message, death, and resurrection, with excursions into the quest for the historical Jesus and the historical reliability of the Gospels.
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This laminated sheet accompanies Mark L. Strauss’s Four Portraits, One Jesus. This quick-study tool offers summaries, important definitions, dates, and concepts designed to support the students’ learning experience and enhance their comprehension of what the Gospels teach about the central defining subject of Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780310109815
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Zondervan Academic
Vekt
63 gr
Høyde
285 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Dybde
1 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Plano
Antall sider
6

Forfatter

Biographical note

Mark L. Strauss (PhD, Aberdeen) is university professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary, where he has served since 1993. His books include Four Portraits, One Jesus; How to Read the Bible in Changing Times; The Essential Bible Companion; and commentaries on Mark and Luke. He also serves as vice chair of the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version translation.