Survey of the New Testament- Everyman's Bible Commentary

by Paul N. Benware

Overview

"The New Testament is worthy of a lifetime of study, as it answers the most significant questions people have asked," says Paul Benware.

What is the purpose of life? Is there any real hope? What is God like? Can I be freed from guilt and sin?

Jesus Christ is the only answer to these questions. He is the key to God's new covenant, the central theme of the New Testament. In order to fully appreciate the new covenant, you must explore the lives and times of Christ and the New Testament writers.

Survey of the New Testament organizes this essential information around the anticipation, institution, and fulfillment of the new covenant. Dr. Benware includes, along with his book-by-book study of the 27 New Testament books, a chronological study of the life of Christ, a look at political forces and ideologies of the first-century Roman world, and a glimpse into the inter-testamental period. To clarify the order and pattern of the New Testament, Dr. Benware links each epistle to its historical base, the book of Acts. Thirty helpful charts have been included as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802421241
Publisher:	Moody Publishers
Publication date:	11/01/2001
Series:	Everyman's Bible Commentaries
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	93,162
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

DR. PAUL BENWARE (B.A., Los Angeles Baptist College, Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, Th.D., Grace Theological Seminary) is currently teaching in the Bible department at Southwestern College in Pheonix, Arizona. A former faculty member of the Los Angeles Baptist College (now the Master’s College) and Chicago’s Moody Bible Institute, Dr. Benware has continued to be involved in several local churches, often holding pastoral or staff positions. Dr. Benware is the author of seven books including Understanding End Times Prophecy, The Believer’s Payday, surveys of both the Old and New Testaments, and a newly published commentary on the Book of Daniel, as well as numerous articles published in journals and magazines. Dr. Benware lives with his wife, Anne, in Litchfield Park, Arizona. They have four children and six grandchildren.

Read an Excerpt

The New Testament continues the story begun in the Old Testament. It is the marvelous climax of God's inspired revelation to mankind. In the Old Testament, God had promised to bring blessing and redemption to man through the messiah, and the New Testament is the record of God's doing just that. The New Testament is much smaller than the Old Testament and it covers a period of time far shorter than that of the Old. But the New Testament covers that most significant era in the history of man-those years when God became man and brought salvation to a lost mankind. The NT is worthy of a lifetime of study, as it answers the most significant questions people have asked: What is the purpose of life? Is there any real hope? What is God like? Can I be freed from guilt and sin? Am I loved?

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction, Overview, Background: The New Covenant Anticipated

1. Introduction to the New Testament

2. Overview of the New Testament

3. Background to the New Testament

Part 2: The Gospels: The New Covenant Instituted

4. Perspectives on the Gospels

5. Matthew

6. Mark

7. Luke

8. John

Part 3: The Acts: The New Covenant Proclaimed

9. Acts

Part 4: The Epistles: The New Covenant Explained

10. Perspectives on the Epistles

The Pauline Epistles Group 1: Paul's Early Epistles

11. Galatians

12. 1 Thessalonians

13. 2 Thessalonians

Group 2: Paul's Major Epistles

14. 1 Corinthians

15. 2 Corinthians

16. Romans

Group 3: Paul's Prison Epistles

17. Ephesians

18. Colossians

19. Philemon

20. Philippians

Group 4: Paul's Pastoral Epistles

21. 1 Timothy

22. Titus

23. 2 Timothy

The General Epistles

24. James

25. Hebrews

26. 1 Peter

27. 2 Peter

28. Jude

29. 1 John

30. 2 John

31. 3 John

Part 5: The Revelation: The New Covenant Fulfilled

32. Revelation