Jonathan T. Pennington

I rate this book highly as he opens up a new way of presenting Jesus. Really he is referring to the combined witness of the Bible, Jesus, the OT and the apostles, but it makes a change to have Christianity presented as a good way of living. Jesus is described as a great teacher, and exemplar of the way of life, and not just as our sacrifice, Lord, and teacher of religion. He refers extensively to Plato, Aristotle the Stoics and Epicurus and suggests that Jesus was presented as an alternative to them by the early church. So there is not a great deal said about forgiveness, blood, and atonement. It opens up the possibility of a welcome change from the usual approach to those outside the faith. He looks at how both testaments have something to say on metaphysics, ethics, epistemology and politics and he notes the variety in the faith of the OT, see the contrast between Proverbs and Job, or Ecclesiastes. He highlights the way Jesus is presented as a philosopher in the gospels.… (plus d'informations)

NO OF PAGES: 0 SUB CAT I: Greek SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: At Last?a Unique, Convenient, and Practical New Approach to Building a Strong New Testament Greek Vocabulary
Insert one of these audio CDs into your home system, car player, or portable unit, and "down" time becomes learning time?with an audio edge.

Hearing the Greek properly pronounced simplifies your learning process. Whether you?re driving to class, exercising, or working around the house, this CD set helps you build a strong, working vocabulary. New Testament Greek Vocabulary includes these features:

? Words given in descending order of frequency ? Each word is spoken slowly and clearly, with time after it for you to give the meaning ? Different tracks enable you to concentrate on different word groupings ? Nouns given in nominative and genitive forms followed by the article ? Adjectives given in masculine, feminine, and neuter forms ? Verbs and all other words given in lexical form ? 48-page booklet of the entire word list provided to help you track and organize your learningNOTES: Purchased from CBD. SUBTITLE: Learn on the go… (plus d'informations)

NO OF PAGES: 0 SUB CAT I: Hebrew SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: These two CDs with a booklet enable a person who is taking biblical Hebrew to work on, by ear as well as through the eyes, all vocabulary words that occur in the Old Testament 20 times or more and all the names of people in the Old Testament that occur 100 times or more. A 40 page booklet containing the entire word list and glosses accompanies the CDs. Read by Jonathan T. Pennington.NOTES: Purchased from CBD. SUBTITLE: Learn on the go… (plus d'informations)