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Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey Hardcover – Illustrated, May 15, 2018

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This lively, engaging introduction to the New Testament is critical yet faith-friendly, lavishly illustrated, and accompanied by a variety of pedagogical aids, including sidebars, maps, tables, charts, diagrams, and suggestions for further reading. The full-color interior features art from around the world that illustrates the New Testament's impact on history and culture.

The first edition has been well received (over 60,000 copies sold). This new edition has been thoroughly revised in response to professor feedback and features an updated interior design. It offers expanded coverage of the New Testament world in a new chapter on Jewish backgrounds, features dozens of new works of fine art from around the world, and provides extensive new online material for students and professors available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

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This lively, engaging introduction to the New Testament features a redesigned interior, revisions throughout the book, and extensive new online material for students and professors.

"Drawing on several decades of effective classroom teaching, Powell has produced the quintessential 'user-friendly' introduction to the New Testament, which should be a welcome addition to any New Testament teacher's pedagogical resources. He has put student and teacher alike in his debt."
--Mikeal C. Parsons, Baylor University

"Introducing the New Testament is just what today's students need. Adopting this book as the primary text for introductory Bible courses (in a college, seminary, or church) is a no-brainer. I recommend it highly."
--Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University

"Beautifully presented, accessibly written, clearly organized, and attentive to the beginning student. Both students and faculty will benefit from engaging this book."
--Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola University Maryland

"This splendid introduction to the New Testament is vivid, engaging, and designed to reach a broad audience. As a resource for teachers and students, it is excellent."
--Craig R. Koester, Luther Seminary

"Introducing the New Testament is a real gem, a true diamond, not in the rough but well polished."
--Raymond F. Collins, The Catholic University of America and Brown University

"A fine introduction. . . . [Powell] has offered the fruit of his years of teaching to make 'introducing the New Testament' . . . a lively and rewarding experience."
--Peter J. Judge, Review of Biblical Literature

"This elegant undergraduate introduction to the NT by Mark Allan Powell is as engaging, accessible, and instructive as it is beautiful."
--Séamus O'Connell, Journal for the Study of the New Testament

"The engaging style of writing and the aesthetically pleasing layout, as well as the maps, sidebars, and glossary, recommend this book to its intended audience of students at a college, university, or seminary."
--Agnes Choi, Biblical Theology Bulletin

"[An] excellent introduction to the New Testament. It is thoroughly geared to the classroom, offering clear and solid information on the context and content of the various New Testament books. The textbook is beautifully presented."
--Donald Senior, CP, The Bible Today

"Powell is able to bring years of experience and insight from the academy, the classroom, and the church into a single volume. . . . Introducing the New Testament will be gladly received as a substantial resource for NT classes and will be utilized in a wide variety of contexts. . . . A wonderful resource that will be read and utilized for years to come."
--Sung Jin Park, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

"An excellent contribution to the teaching of NT studies. . . . It is informed by sound scholarship, it presents the subject matter in an engaging way, and its format is attractive."
--Russell Pregeant, Interpretation

About the Author

Mark Allan Powell (PhD, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond) is professor emeritus at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, where he taught New Testament for thirty-two years. He is the author of the successful textbook Introducing the New Testament and the general editor of the HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Powell has served as the chair of the SBL Historical Jesus Section and is the former New Testament editor of the SBL Academia Biblica dissertation series. Every summer he travels to a different Latin American country to study the native language and culture (so far he has visited Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela, with more to come).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Academic; 2nd edition (May 15, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0801099609
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801099601
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.25 x 9 inches

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Customers find the book easy to read and comprehend. They appreciate the balanced information and clear explanations of jargon. The artwork is beautiful and colorful, depicting New Testament stories from history. Readers find it an excellent value for money and a great rental. The book presents major themes in an organized manner with charts and lists that help them organize and remember the information. Overall, customers are satisfied with the quality of the material and consider it a good value for the price.

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Customers find the book informative and balanced. They say it's a good introduction to the subject and a learning tool for Christians. The language is approachable, and any jargon or insider concepts are explained clearly. It provides a good overview of the New Testament with an explanation of the background, main themes, and important messages of each book. The book includes pictures, maps, and text boxes to explain details.

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Brandon Ivy
Clear and Helpful Introduction to the New Testament
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Introduction to the New Testament is a great resource for anyone wanting to learn about the New Testament. It explains the background, main themes, and important messages of each book in a way that’s easy to understand. Perfect for beginners or anyone looking to deepen their knowledge of the Bible. Highly recommend for a simple and thorough overview of the New Testament!

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An Excellent Resource
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I am a now-retired pastor with an academic background who teaches in a lay-training program for our Lutheran synod. I ordered this as a possible text to use for a New Testament class. It took only a short time to decide that I needed to look no farther: this is the text I will use. Among its features:
-- A reasonable price for a quality hardback, especially in comparison to other NT Intros (a significant matter with lay volunteer students)
-- Many maps and pictures--always a plus in my mind
-- Especially laudable is access that is given to a website with a plethora of materials from background information to time-lines to lists and explanations of names (or terms or coins) to descriptions of topics (e.g., Jewish religious 'parties' or popular Greco-Roman philosophical 'schools') to extensive and wide-ranging bibliographies for each chapter, any or all of which the user can download for his/her notebook for personal use, or print for a Sunday-School or adult class he or she may be teaching in his/her own congregation.
-- As the author points out, the chapters of the book can be used in the order they come, or they can be shuffled around to use in a different order (as I intend to do). Each chapter can stand on its own, and does not assume that the reader has already dealt with the previous chapter(s). This means, of course, that there is some repetition here and there, but it's not burdensome, and sometimes repetition brings a topic back to mind.
-- The author states in his introduction that there is often a wide variety of views on just about any New Testament topic (take authorship of virtually any book, for example); he says he intends to offer the arguments of the major 'sides,' but unlike what other NT Intros often do, he does not then push his own opinion on the reader, but may note where the majority seems to stand and let the teacher and/or student make their own decisions. He is very even-handed on these topics.
-- The author writes in a relaxed, conversational style; reading is not a matter of plowing through a lot of dense text.
-- For each NT book the author offers an introduction, a kind of precis for the book, then a discussion of major topics or concerns in the book, followed by a conclusion.
-- The author reflects general 'mainstream' scholarship regarding the New Testament, and does not try to beat his own idiosyncratic drum, so this text can be used across a spectrum of denominations with adults of various ages, and probably even with (serious) senior-high students.
....... All in all, an excellent resource and highly recommended.

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Great reference
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I highly recommend this book as a reference of the New Testament. Great art as well!

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Great general introduction
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This is a great general introduction to the writings of the New Testament. It gives a balanced look at various scholarly opinions but it remains very readable.

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I THOUGHT I understood the New Testament until I read this book. I now understand the culture of the period in which the books of the New Testament were written, the politics, the authorship, the context. I would say that I was miseducated about the essence of the faith and now I am farther along the path of enlightenment. Great read with insightful photos and side stories.

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The book was in excellent condition and arrived in a very timely manner.

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Great Primer for Academic Biblical Reading
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Bought this for a class, and I know I'm going to return to it at least a few times over the years. This is one of those few textbooks I would recommend if you're just interested in the material in general, regardless if you're taking a class for it or not. It's meant to be a starter guide for getting to know the New Testament of the Bible, and it's a great tool whether you've spent your life in Sunday school or if you're new to everything Biblical altogether. It deliberately veers from any form of proselytization, and simply presents the text as is, as best it can, and extrapolates various scholarly theories on how the Biblical texts were written, when they were written, where they were written, and it presents the various arguments scholars generally agree on for what supports each of those theories. It also does a great job laying out historical contexts, and acting as a primer for how to interpret each text.

Since it's meant to be broad, I'd only recommend this if you're just getting started on reading the Bible academically. If you're far along into your journey of academically reading Biblical texts, this might not be for you.

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Great book!
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Very well written and put together, lots of pictures.

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Informative, Well Researched, Mostly Faithful
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Powell, writes succintly and at times playfully, which is a relief. Well written and researched textbook for any New Testament survey studies.

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A hugely entertaining introduction to the New Testament
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This is a fabulous book. As a writer myself I try to communicate complex ideas in a clear, simple English in a way that is entertaining and enjoyable. Mark doesn't try to do this he achieves it in spades. This book is marketed as a text book for students. I think this does it a disservice. I'm reading it as a general reader with an interest in the New Testament and I'm enjoying it immensely. I'm also learning something new and interesting on every page. Buy it. Read it. You'll love it. (See Jim McGrath's Amazon's Authors page).

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... used to book it has and will be a good resource for study
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Purchased the book for an EFM course (Education for Ministry) and although I haven't got too far into this study of the New Testament from what I have already used to book it has and will be a good resource for study, for Bible Study, etc. I like the hyper links. You can go to the website and read the commentaries on the Biblical chapters, you can print them off and use them for teaching tools or again, sharing in Bible Study groups. I believe going forward in my study of the New Testament this will be an excellent resource.

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Excellent introduction to the New Testament
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Probably the best introductory book for NT scholars - deals with each book comprehensively and authoritatively. Wonderful illustrations. Perfect for me just beginning New Testament studies

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