This book provides a learning-by-doing approach to the study of the Gospels. It allows students to uncover literary patterns, theological issues, and interpretive problems through close readings of primary sources. Questions are asked along the way that help readers understand the shape of the narrative, and the themes important to each Gospel writer.
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Michael R. Cosby is Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Cosby has created a great tool to plunge into the Gospels in a way that a beginning student may be starving for and that even a more advanced student would find helpful. He combines his vast knowledge of the world of the authors and hearers alongside with an inductive question-asking approach that will spur the reader on to learn it for themselves. Cosby has great insights and helpful warnings away from poor, but common, exegetical fallacies of popular Christianity. To the reader's benefit, it is very well written, and far from dry.My only complaint would perhaps be directed towards the helpfulness of some of the questions. Many questions seem somewhat obvious and unnecessary. This could, however, be my own bias coming through. Having gone through many of his classes myself, I am able to anticipate the points he is going to make. I am sure that for students who have never actually sat down and wrestled with behind the scenes information about the Gospels, these questions would certainly be a catalyst for their own questions and ponderings. On the whole, if you go through this book, you will come out with a great understanding of the Evangelists' writings as well as the first significant steps toward finding the historical Jesus amidst all the noise that surrounds that search today. Something to watch out for will be his inductive study of Paul's writings, due to be published in 2006. Apostle On The Edge: An Inductive Guide To Paul has gone through many years of classroom study by Messiah College students. It is similar in format and may be even better in content, as Pauline studies seems to be an even greater passion for Dr. Cosby.
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Years ago, while an undergraduate at the University of Montana, I attended a seminar called a "Bible Study Dig In." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Fourth Gospel, Mark's Gospel, Jesus Messiah, Gospel of Mark, Luke's Gospel, Compare Matthew, New Testament, Fortress Press, Gospel of John, Grand Rapids, New York, Sea of Galilee, Jesus Christ, Synoptic Gospels, Garden City, Good Samaritan, Herod Antipas, Matthew's Gospel, Herod the Great, Against Apion, Anchor Bible, Augustus Caesar, Dead Sea Scrolls, Feast of Booths New!
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Years ago, while an undergraduate at the University of Montana, I attended a seminar called a "Bible Study Dig In." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Fourth Gospel, Mark's Gospel, Jesus Messiah, Gospel of Mark, Luke's Gospel, Compare Matthew, New Testament, Fortress Press, Gospel of John, Grand Rapids, New York, Sea of Galilee, Jesus Christ, Synoptic Gospels, Garden City, Good Samaritan, Herod Antipas, Matthew's Gospel, Herod the Great, Against Apion, Anchor Bible, Augustus Caesar, Dead Sea Scrolls, Feast of Booths New!
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- Birth of the Messiah by Raymond E. Brown on page 112, page 153, and Back Matter
- Parables of Jesus (2nd Edition) by Joachim Jeremias on page 97, page 143, and Back Matter
- The Jewish War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Flavius Josephus on page 43, page 59, and Back Matter
- The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments by James H. Charlesworth in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Latin Christianity (Early Church Fathers) by Alexander Roberts in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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