Hearing John?s Voice: Insights for Teaching and Preaching

Boring, M. Eugene; Long, Thomas G. [Foreword]

ISBN 10: 0802875467 / ISBN 13: 9780802875464

Edité par Eerdmans, 2019

N° de réf. du vendeur 0802875467-3-35244299

Synopsis :

This book is written in the conviction that the church is called into being and nourished by the Word of God that comes through Scripture. But how can Scripture offer any specific guidance for hearers lives today? What are modern readers to make of the dragons and slaughtered lambs in the book of Revelation? What are we to make of a man who turns water into wine while comparing himself to bread? Can people today know what the Bible says and means?

The world of the Bible is strange and distant, not only in time and space but also in language, culture, and in its basic assumptions about reality. The first task in both pulpit and pew is not to be in too great a hurry to overcome this distance, but to acknowledge it and respect it. Communication across the gap is the task of the church's preachers and teachers.

Drawing on his years of teaching and study, Gene Boring offers a way of opening the ears of those who take the message of the Bible seriously, a message from a world different from our own. Beginning with Revelation, Gene provides a historically informed and pastorally sensitive reading of the various Johannine voices in the New Testament for contemporary preachers and teachers.

À propos des auteurs: M. Eugene Boring (1935-2024) taught New Testament studies at Philips University, Texas Christian University, and Brite Divinity School, where he held the role of Wylie and Elizabeth M. Briscoe Professor of New Testament. He was also an ordained minister in the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, and served churches in Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. His many publications include An Introduction to the New Testament and (with Fred Craddock) The People's New Testament Commentary.

Thomas G. Long is Bandy Professor of Preaching and coordinator of the Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. His other books include The Witness of Preaching and Accompany Them with Singing -- The Christian Funeral.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Hearing John?s Voice: Insights for Teaching ...
Éditeur : Eerdmans
Date d'édition : 2019
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good