Urban legends of the New Testament / David A. Croteau ; Leo Percer, consulting editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Croteau, David A., author.

Contributor:

Percer, Leo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : B&H Kids, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Urban Legends of the New Testament surveys forty of the most commonly misinterpreted passages in the New Testament. These "urban legends" often arise because interpreters neglect a passage's context, misuse historical background information, or misunderstand the Greek language. For each New Testament text, professor David Croteau describes the popular, incorrect interpretation and then carefully interprets the passage within its literary and historical context. Careful attention is given to sound principles of biblical interpretation to guide readers through the process and reach a more accurate understanding of each text's meaning. With examples from the Gospels, Acts, the Epistles, and Revelation, Urban Legends of the New Testament will not only help readers avoid missteps in these forty texts but also provide a model for engaging in correct interpretation of other New Testament passages.

Contents:

""Front ""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Foreword""; ""Prologue""; ""There Was No Room at the Inn""; ""We Three Kings of Orient Are""; ""Shepherds Were Societal Outcasts""; ""Jesus Was a Carpenter""; ""Jesus Died When He Was Thirty-Three""; ""All Giving Must Be Done in Secret""; ""Do Not Judge Others""; ""Jesus' Most Famous Quote Is John 3:16""; ""Hell Referred to a First-Century Garbage Dump near Jerusalem""; ""The Gospel of John Never Refers to Repentance""; ""The "Eye of a Needle" Was a Gate in Jerusalem""

""Pastors Are Required to Do the Ministry of the Church""""Jesus Emptied Himself of the Glory of Heaven""; ""We Can Do Anything Through Christ Who Gives Us Strength""; ""Abstain from All Appearance of Evil""; ""Hell Is the Absence of God""; ""A Divorced Man Cannot Be a Pastor""; ""Money Is Evil""; ""A Pastor's Children Must Be Saved""; ""Christians Are Commanded to Tithe""; ""Christians Are Commanded to Go to Church""; ""Women Should Not Wear Jewelry""; ""First John 1:9 Is a Formula for Salvation""; ""Christians Should Not Allow Cults into Their Homes""

""God Would Rather You Be Cold Toward Him than Lukewarm""""Accept Jesus into Your Heart to Be Saved""; ""Epilogue""; ""Name Index""; ""Subject Index""; ""Scripture Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 4, 2015).

ISBN:

9781433680113

1433680114