Michael F Bird: 22 books
The Gospel of the Lord
How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Balanced, comprehensive survey of the critical questions involved in studying the four Gospels
In this book, through a distinctive evangelical and critical approach, Michael Bird explores the historical development of the four canonical Gospels. He shows how the memories and faith of the earliest...
The New Testament You Never Knew Study Guide
Exploring the Context, Purpose, and Meaning of the Story of God
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Do you know the real story behind the New Testament?
We all share a fascination for discovering ‘the rest of the story.’ We enjoy learning the behind-the-scenes facts about seemingly familiar events. In this eight-session video Bible study (DVD/video download sold separately), well-known...
Are You the One Who Is to Come?
The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Did Jesus claim to be the long-awaited "messiah"? Going against much contemporary scholarship, Australian scholar Michael Bird argues that he did. He begins by exploring the messianic expectations in the Old Testament and Second Temple Jewish literature. Next, Bird points out weaknesses...
Bourgeois Babes, Bossy Wives, and Bobby Haircuts
A Case for Gender Equality in Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2012
Taking a stand over the gender-issue divide
Author and New Testament scholar Michael Bird was formerly in favor of distinct gender roles in ministry, a viewpoint commonly called “complementarianism.” But inconsistencies in practice and careful biblical study convinced him to rethink his...
by Michael F. Bird
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Michael Bird's commentary on Colossians and Philemon in the New Covenant Commentary Series pays close attention to the socio-historical context, the flow and dynamics of the text, their argumentative strategy, theological message, and the meaning of Colossians and Philemon for the contemporary church...
Colossians and Philemon
A New Covenant Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Michael Bird's commentary on Colossians and Philemon in the New Covenant Commentary Series pays close attention to the socio-historical context, the flow and dynamics of the text, their argumentative strategy, theological message, and the meaning of Colossians and Philemon for the contemporary church...
The New Testament in Its World Workbook
An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
This workbook accompanies The New Testament in Its World by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. Following the textbook's structure, it offers assessment questions, exercises, and activities designed to support the students' learning experience. Reinforcing the teaching in the textbook, this workbook...
Evangelical Theology
A Biblical and Systematic Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Evangelical Theology is a systematic theology written from the perspective of a biblical scholar. Michael F. Bird contends that the center, unity, and boundary of the evangelical faith is the evangel (= gospel), as opposed to things like justification by faith or inerrancy. The evangel is the unifying...
by Michael F. Bird, Stanley N. Gundry, Douglas A. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
The apostle Paul was a vital force in the development of Christianity. Paul’s historical and religious context affects the theological interpretation of Paul’s writings, no small issue in the whole of Christian theology.
Recent years have seen much controversy about the apostle Paul, his...
by Michael F Bird
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Explains the importance of the title and role of Messiah in each of the Gospels and argues that Christianity was a messianic movement rooted in its Jewish context.
Michael Bird engages the subject of the messianism of the four Gospels. While the title and role of 'Messiah' ascribed to Jesus...
An Anomalous Jew
Paul among Jews, Greeks, and Romans
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Lively, well-informed portrait of the complex figure who was the apostle Paul
Though Paul is often lauded as the first great Christian theologian and a champion for Gentile inclusion in the church, in his own time he was universally regarded as a strange and controversial person. In this book Pauline...
Introducing Paul
The Man, His Mission and His Message
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Many Christians who know and love the Bible think they know the apostle Paul. He's a theological master, a pastoral mentor, a spiritual adviser and a missionary hero. Yet just when we think we have him in our grasp, he slips through our fingers. At the point where we suppose we have finally understood...
What Christians Ought to Believe
An Introduction to Christian Doctrine Through the Apostles’ Creed
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Modern Christians have often hesitated to embrace the ancient creeds because of our “nothing but the Bible” tradition. In What Christians Ought to Believe Michael Bird opens our eyes to the possibilities of the Apostle’s Creed as a way to explore and understand the basic teachings of the Christian...
The New Testament in Its World
An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
Finally: an introduction that captures the excitement of the early Christians, helping today's readers to think like a first-century believer while reading the text responsibly for today.
The New Testament in Its World is your passageway from the twenty-first century to the era of Jesus and...
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