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  • Honor, Patronage, Kinship, & Purity

    Unlocking New Testament Culture

    by David A. deSilva ...
    For contemporary Western readers, it can be easy to miss or misread cultural nuances in the New Testament. To hear the text correctly we must be attuned to its original context. As David deSilva demonstrates, keys to interpretation are found in paying attention to four essential cultural themes: honor and shame, patronage and reciprocity, kinship and family, and purity and pollution.Through our ... Read more

    $42.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sacramental Life

    Spiritual Formation Through the Book of Common Prayer

    by David A. deSilva ...
    What happens when old meets newAs David deSilva has experienced the ancient wisdom of the Book of Common Prayer, he's been formed spiritually in deep and lasting ways. In these pages, he offers you a brand new way to use the Book of Common Prayer, that you too might experience new growth, new intimacy with God and a new lens through which to view the world.Focusing on the four sacramental rites of ... Read more

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  • A Week In the Life of Ephesus

    by David A. deSilva ...
    Series series A Week in the Life Series
    How should Christians live in an age of empire?As the city of Ephesus prepares for a religious festival in honor of the emperor Domitian, a Christian landowner feels increasing pressure from the city's leaders to participate. Can he perform his civic duties and remain faithful to his Lord? Or has the time come for a costly choice?In this historical novel, biblical scholar David deSilva brings to ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to the New Testament

    Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation

    by David A. deSilva ...
    A 2005 Gold Medallion finalistSome introductions to the New Testament highlight the historical contexts in which the New Testament literature was written. This introduction gives particular attention to the social, cultural and rhetorical contexts of the New Testament authors and their writings.Few introductions to the New Testament integrate instruction in exegetical and interpretive strategies ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to the New Testament

    Contexts, Methods And Ministry Formation

    by DAVID A DESILVA ...
    Professor deSilva's outstanding textbook sets a new standard for the genre. The usual topics of New Testament introduction are integrated with instruction in interpretative strategies and application to ministry formation. The attractive layout includes numerous maps, photographs and text-boxes. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Letter to the Galatians: An Eight-Week Bible Study

    by David A. deSilva ...
    What is the Christian’s relationship to the Old Testament? How does Christ fit in to the larger story of salvation reaching as far back as Abraham? What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the Christian’s life?These are just some of the principal questions that Paul addressed as he wrote his letter to his converts in the Roman province of Galatia, and they remain as relevant today as they were then. ... Read more

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  • Fourth Maccabees and the Promotion of the Jewish Philosophy

    Rhetoric, Intertexture, and Reception

    by David A. deSilva ...
    Fourth Maccabees is a superbly crafted oration that presents a case for the Jewish way of life couched almost entirely in terms of Greek ethical ideals. Its author delights in the Torah, the Law of Moses, as the divinely given path to becoming our best selves now. In this collection of essays spanning two decades of study, David deSilva examines the formative training that produced such an author, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Discovering Revelation

    Content, Interpretation, Reception

    by David A. deSilva ...
    Series series Discovering Biblical Texts (DBT)
    The book of Revelation has been received over the past several centuries with both fascination and aversion, but one thing is certain: it has profoundly shaped Christian history and culture. And the way it has shaped history and culture has been determined, in large part, by how the book has been variously—and sometimes irresponsibly—interpreted.David A. deSilva addresses the interpretation and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Day of Atonement

    A Novel of the Maccabean Revolt

    by David A. DeSilva ...
    In the blank pages between Malachi and Matthew, the course of an entire nation was changed . . .His brother, the high priest Honiah, enjoyed the authority of the high priesthood, and all important decisions needed his approval. But it was Jason who was shaping the future of Jerusalem and, with it, all Judea. He breathed in again, imagining that he could feel the wave of destiny impelling him ... Read more

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  • Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church

    by David A. deSilva ...
    This resource draws on the riches of Holy Scripture, historic creeds, and the vibrant Wesleyantradition to explain the powerful truths that serve as a foundation for the Christian faith. The goal of catechesis is to train disciples to understand, recall, profess, and enjoy the church’s essential teachings. You will discover herein a supporting resource to A Catechism of Christian Faith and ... Read more

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  • The Letter to the Galatians

    by David A. deSilva ...
    Series series New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT)
    New volume in a favorite Bible commentary seriesWriting a commentary on Galatians is a daunting task. Despite its relative brevity, this Pauline letter raises a number of foundational theological issues, and it has played a vital role in shaping Christian thought and practice over the centuries.In this replacement of Ronald Y. K. Fung’s 1988 New International Commentary volume, David deSilva ably ... Read more

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  • Judea under Greek and Roman Rule

    by David A. deSilva ...
    Series series Essentials of Biblical Studies
    This volume provides a reconstruction of the history of Judea and its neighboring regions from 334 BCE, when Alexander's eastward conquests brought Judea into the Greek empire, through 135 CE, when Hadrian re-founded Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina and banished Jews from the city limits -- a formative period both for early Judaism and the Christian movement. This history unfolds against a backdrop ... Read more

    $17.99 USD