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This useful, concise introduction to the worlds around the New Testament focuses on seven key moments in the centuries before and after Jesus. It enlightens readers about the beginnings of the Christian movement, showing how religious, political, and economic factors were interwoven in the fabric of the New Testament world.
Leading New Testament scholar Warren Carter has a record of providing student-friendly texts. This introduction offers a “big picture” focus and is logically and memorably organized around seven events, which Carter uses as launching pads to discuss larger cultural dynamics and sociohistorical realities that were in some way significant for followers of Jesus and the New Testament. Photos and maps are included.
This is Warren Carter’s latest offering — and I am very happy to see Baker carrying it, for a variety of reason. As anyone knows, I am pretty sure Carter’s reading of empire in John and Matthew are dead on.
Anyway, get the book.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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Nice. I’m hooked in with NetGalley and this book just popped up under Baker Ac. I’ve requested it; see if I get it.
Sorry, I’m unfamiliar with Warren Carter. If you had to pick one other book to recommend of his, which would it be?
Go with Rome in the New Testament (I think that’s the name)
Is it The Roman Empire and the New Testament?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0687343941/thechuofjesch-20/
Yup. That one is a good overview. His one on Matthew, if you can find it, is a great one