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The Apocrypha
For many across the world, the books of the Apocrypha are Christian Scripture. Learn more about them as you learn more about how Jesus thought and lived.
Using a thematic approach, Dr. David deSilva gives a brief introduction and summary of these largely unknown and unappreciated books. In addition the book gives an overview to the social and cultural
context of the world of the Apocrypha and early Christianity. After surveying the Apocrypha’s relevance and impact on Christian practices and spiritual formation, the book highlights the Apocrypha’s impact on Jesus, the New Testament, and the formation of the Early Church’s doctrines and theology.
Core Biblical Studies fulfill the need
for brief, substantive, yet highly accessible introductions to key subjects and themes in biblical studies. In the shifting tides of biblical interpretation, these books are designed to help students locate relevant meanings in conversation with the text. As a first step toward substantive and subsequent learning, the series draws on the best scholarship in order to provide
foundational concepts and contextualized information on a broad scope of issues, methods, perspectives, and trends.
Using a thematic approach, Dr. David deSilva gives a brief introduction and summary of these largely unknown and unappreciated books. In addition the book gives an overview to the social and cultural
context of the world of the Apocrypha and early Christianity. After surveying the Apocrypha’s relevance and impact on Christian practices and spiritual formation, the book highlights the Apocrypha’s impact on Jesus, the New Testament, and the formation of the Early Church’s doctrines and theology.
Core Biblical Studies fulfill the need
for brief, substantive, yet highly accessible introductions to key subjects and themes in biblical studies. In the shifting tides of biblical interpretation, these books are designed to help students locate relevant meanings in conversation with the text. As a first step toward substantive and subsequent learning, the series draws on the best scholarship in order to provide
foundational concepts and contextualized information on a broad scope of issues, methods, perspectives, and trends.
- GenresBiblical StudiesTheology
170 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2012
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About the author
David A. deSilva
83 books68 followersDavid A. deSilva (PhD, Emory University) is Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. His numerous books include Introducing the Apocrypha and An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods, and Ministry Formation.
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March 10, 2013
A generally helpful introduction to the Apocrypha with some interesting insights for why the study of the Apocrypha is important for the Church today. deSilva takes the Apocrypha to be a lesser authority than the canonical Scriptures, but argues that it is extremely helpful for understanding both the NT (though I disagree that Paul or Jesus had any apocryphal traditions *in mind* when they spoke or wrote). His case is well made, and I will have to pay more attention to this body of works in the future.
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