David Desilva: 14 books
by David deSilva
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
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 Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude:What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Jews have sometimes been reluctant to claim Jesus as one of their own; Christians have often been reluctant to acknowledge the degree to which Jesus' message and mission were at home amidst, and shaped by, the Judaism(s) of the Second Temple Period. In The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude...
by David A. deSilva
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
A lot of mystery surrounds the book of Hebrews, especially regarding its authorship, date, and audience. But by asking the right kind of questions, one can move beyond the impasses typical of historical investigation. In this volume, David deSilva explores Hebrews through a social-scientific lens,...
Breaking the Code Revised Edition
Understanding the Book of Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
The Book of Revelation contains passages of great beauty and comfort, as well as passages that strike the casual reader as bizarre, bewildering, and sometimes frightening. How are readers today to discern God’s message in this peculiar part of the Bible?
Breaking the Code Revised Edition...
Transformation
The Heart of Paul's Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
The gospel is often presented as little more than a "get out of hell free" pass. But is that all there is to it? What made it so compelling that the Apostle Paul would give up everything, enduring hardships and deprivation to preach good news? David deSilva argues that some Christians have...
Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity
Unlocking New Testament Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Contemporary Western readers may find it surprising that honor and shame, patronage and reciprocity, kinship and family, and purity and pollution offer us keys to interpreting the New Testament. But as recent scholarship has proposed and as David deSilva demonstrates, paying attention to these cultural...
by John Painter, David A. deSilva, Mikeal Parsons
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, two respected New Testament scholars offer a practical commentary on James and Jude that is conversant with contemporary scholarship, draws on ancient backgrounds, and attends to the theological nature of the texts.
This commentary, like...
An Introduction to the New Testament
Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
This New Testament introduction is different. Many introductions zero in on the historical contexts in which the New Testament literature was written. This introduction goes further—to give particular attention to the social, cultural, and rhetorical contexts of the New Testament authors and their...
Breaking the Code Leader Guide Revised Edition
Understanding the Book of Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
The Book of Revelation contains passages of great beauty and comfort, as well as passages that strike the casual reader as bizarre, bewildering, and sometimes frightening. How are readers today to discern God’s message in this peculiar part of the Bible?
Breaking the Code Revised Edition...
Unholy Allegiances
Heeding Revelation's Warning
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Amidst the fervor of popular apocalyptic books and unfounded “end times” theology, deSilva has written an excellent book that will help readers thoughtfully and properly approach the book of Revelation. This is a truly unique book that studies Revelation by (1) stating the context in which it...
Introducing the Apocrypha
Message, Context, and Significance
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
This comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the Old Testament apocryphal books summarizes their context, message, and significance. The first edition has been very well reviewed and widely adopted. It is the most substantial introduction to the Apocrypha available and has become a standard authority...
by David A. deSilva
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Journey inside the pages of Scripture to meet a personal God who enters individual lives and begins a creative work from the inside out. Shaped with the individual in mind, Immersion encourages simultaneous engagement both with the Word of God and with the God of the Word to become a new creation...
Invitation to the New Testament: Participant Book
A Short-Term DISCIPLE Bible Study
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Explore the writings of the New Testament using the story of Jesus as the starting point. This survey of the testament looks at how the early church took ownership of and was shaped by the story of Jesus and how the church learned how to develop as disciples and create communities of faith.
Participants...
Day of Atonement
A Novel of the Maccabean Revolt
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
In the blank pages between Malachi and Matthew, the course of an entire nation was changed . . .His brother, the high priest Honiah, enjoyed the authority of the high priesthood, and all important decisions needed his approval. But it was Jason who was shaping the future of Jerusalem and, with it, all...