'A Courageous and scholarly book .... a book everyone should read who is interested in the gospel miracles.' Vincent Taylor 'A good, untechnical introduction to four decades of critical and exegetical work.' Modern Churchman
'A Courageous and scholarly book .... a book everyone should read who is interested in the gospel miracles.' Vincent Taylor 'A good, untechnical intro...
The book is immensely readable; although it is clearly the work of a scholar, its abundant learning is firmly directed to practical ends. Often, when dealing with a point such as the real purpose of an obscure parable, or the authenticity of a probable late gloss, two or three theories are quoted and examined; the discussion is always scrupulously fair, but in every case Dr Hunter leaves the reader in no doubt that he feels that one answer is better than the others, and he explains just why he considers that it is better. Puzzling stories like the Unjust, Steward, the Labourers in the...
The book is immensely readable; although it is clearly the work of a scholar, its abundant learning is firmly directed to practical ends. Often, when ...
A combination of solid scholarship and living religion of a rare kind . . . An almost ideal book for an intelligent person who said: "I know little about Christian theology, but I want a straightforward introduction to it" ' (Dr Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury). Professor Hunter excels in seizing on the essentials of any subject and presenting them to the non-specialist reader in a clear and interesting way. The result is a book which meets all the reasonable needs of the beginner and has quite a lot to say to those who are not beginners' (T. W. Manson in The Guardian). A. M. Hunter,...
A combination of solid scholarship and living religion of a rare kind . . . An almost ideal book for an intelligent person who said: "I know little ab...
With the parables of the gospels we may be sure that we are in direct contact with the mind of Jesus of Nazareth. Furthermore, thanks to the work of scholars like C. H. Dodd and Joachim Jeremias, we may claim to understand the parables better than any Christians since the apostolic age. But is that enough? Modern scholarship puts the parables back in their original setting, but when this has been done, Professor Hunter argues, 'You sometimes wonder if the parables have not been made so historically time-bound locked away in a first-century Jewish strait jacket-that Jesus' words have little...
With the parables of the gospels we may be sure that we are in direct contact with the mind of Jesus of Nazareth. Furthermore, thanks to the work of s...
The parables of Jesus seem to be an unending source of inspiration for teachers and preachers and it is possible to return to them again and again to find a new message in them. That is certainly the experience of Professor Hunter who, after the great success of his Preaching the New Testament (which was reprinted within its first year of publication), has here produced a second series of sermons on the best-known Gospel parables. Those who know his books already will need no further prompting; those who do not will find him here on his best form, the clarity of insight in no way dimmed by...
The parables of Jesus seem to be an unending source of inspiration for teachers and preachers and it is possible to return to them again and again to ...
Over twenty-five years have passed since this book was first published, and the first edition went through nine impressions. Originally it was intended to provide students and others with a sketch of the ministry of Jesus which made serious use of the sources underlying the synoptic gospels. Much has happened in New Testament studies during that time, and this completely revised edition takes recent developments into consideration. In particular, since many scholars believe the Fourth Gospel to be independent of the first three and to preserve much early tradition, Dr Hunter draws on its...
Over twenty-five years have passed since this book was first published, and the first edition went through nine impressions. Originally it was intende...
St Paul has often been sadly misunderstood, both by Christians and non-Christians. Pan One of this book is a personal - indeed autobiographical - invitation to the reader to think of Paul as the fifth evangelist, the first in point of time and of value both'. Then, from his letters, Professor Hunter has portrayed him in turn as writer, liberator, pastor, theologian, churchman, friend and saint. In Part Two, after chapters on St John and the new look' that has come over his Gospel in our time, he has added further essays on the Lord's supper, the Holy Spirit, prayer, preaching and the church's...
St Paul has often been sadly misunderstood, both by Christians and non-Christians. Pan One of this book is a personal - indeed autobiographical - invi...
n twenty chapters, this book by a much loved New Testament scholar and Christian covers the main articles of Christian faith and practice. Beginning from the Bible, its message and its trustworthiness, it goes on to consider the gospel of the kingdom of God through all its stages from baptism to eternal life and hell, purgatory and heaven. Between these points, Dr Hunter considers miracles, the cross, the resurrection, the Holy Spirit and the nature of Christian ethics.
n twenty chapters, this book by a much loved New Testament scholar and Christian covers the main articles of Christian faith and practice. Beginning f...
