The Parabolic Teaching of Christ: A Systematic and Critical Study of the Parables of Our Lord (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Parabolic Teaching of Christ: A Systematic and Critical Study of the Parables of Our Lord Of the parables he has had regard to the comparative method of New Testament theology, recognising distinct doctrinal types, and noting the resemblances and differences between these. In the ascertainment of the correct text, advantage has been taken of the latest labours of scholars, including, of course, the Revised Version, and the learned and most valuable edition of the Greek Testament edited by Drs. Westcott and Hort. The introduction is confined to a brief explanation of the method adopted for the distribution of the materials which form the subject of study. Occasional observations on topics usually included in general disserta tions on the parables will be found scattered throughout the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Alexander Balmain Bruce

Religion & Spirituality

Forgotten Books

This Fifth Edition of "The Parables of Christ" is the author's interpretation of their meaning and grouping them into classifications which were found to have a common label.

The parables of Christ (Limited classical reprint library)

Klock & Klock Christian publishers

The miracles recorded in the Bible, and particularly those recounted on the pages of the New Testament, have posed problems for rationalistic skeptics as well as reverent students of Scripture. In studying the miracles of the New Testament, it is important for us to realize that they do not appear on the page of Scripture randomly, or without assignable reason. They belong to periods of God's progressive revelation and appear only when God is speaking to His people through His accredited messengers (cf. John 5:36). They, therefore, become a means whereby He declares His gracious purposes to His people. The challenge before us as we study the New Testament is twofold: first, to acknowledge and defend the integrity of the biblical record; and second, to understand what lesson is being taught by means of each miracle. The former requires a diligent study of the original text, whereas the latter necessitates an acute awareness of the theme and purpose of each biblical writer. These lectures [originally delivered in such form on the Ely Foundation at Union Theological Seminary in New York] provide a vigorous, scholarly apologetic aimed at assessing the historical interpretative problems, and of providing, wherever possible, a suitable and satisfactory solution. Imbedded in this study is also the question, What did the Lord Jesus desire to communicate to either the nation or His auditors or His disciples, by each miracle? While Glasgow professor Bruce's treatment is avowedly to defend the biblical record, this does not mean that exegesis is ignored. As always, this respected academician's handling of the evidence is grounded in a thorough understanding of the original text. [From the Foreword]

The Miracles of Christ (Limited Classical Reprint Library)

The Training of the Twelve

One of Jesus' most important endeavors during His short ministry involved the preparation of His twelve disciples for the work they would need to accomplish. The importance of studying Jesus' methodologies cannot be overstated. While there is much we can learn from His words and deeds, it is His work in training the disciples that facilitated the promotion and growth of the Kingdom in the first century. If we would become His disciples, we must sit at His feet and be trained by Him as He trained the twelve.    The Training of the Twelve was written in the face of growing doubt about the legitimacy of the Gospels as authentic witnesses to the life and work of Jesus. In The Training of the Twelve, Bruce seeks to prove that the portrayal of Jesus and His disciples is authentic, and therefore their message is believable as revealed in the New Testament. Whereas the nineteenth century liberal scholars were saying that the disciples invented the story of Jesus, The Training of the Twelve provides sufficient proof that it is Jesus who transforms the disciples into the Apostles, and that their testimony is true.   This compelling defense of the portrayal of Jesus and His disciples in the Gospel accounts is, if anything, even more necessary now than it was when it was first written. Scholars today continue to perpetuate many of the claims of the nineteenth century liberal scholars and have even gone beyond them in denying the legitimacy of the Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a world that believes in a distinction between the "historical Jesus" and the "Jesus of faith," The Training of the Twelve demonstrates that the two are really one and the same.  Excerpted from Introduction

History

DeWard Publishing

Excerpt from The Kingdom of God: Or Christ's Teaching According the Synoptical GospelsThe opening paragraphs of the Introduction (pp. 1 - 4) are simply a prelude to the main discussion, and contain a bare, brief, possibly too brief, statement of elementary facts relating to the sources. These are.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Kingdom of God: Or Christ's Teaching According the Synoptical Gospels (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Parabolic Teaching of Christ: A Systematic and Critical Study of the Parables of Our LordNO apology is deemed necessary for the publication of a new work on the Parables contained in the Gospels. Books of a devotional or homiletical character on some or all of these abound; but of works of a more elaborate and critical description on the subject, the number in the English tongue is small. Without disparagement to such as exist, it is believed that a fresh attempt to unfold in a scholarly yet genial manner the didactic significance of these beautiful sayings of our Lord will not be unwelcome. How far the present publication supplies what is wanted it is for others to judge. A feature of the work is the classification of the parables under general heads, making available thought affinities for the elucidation of their meaning. Another feature is strict adherence to the historical method of exegesis as distinct from the allegorising method pursued by the Fathers, and largely favoured by the chief English writer on the subject, whose strength and weakness both lie in the extent to which he has laid patristic literature under contri bution for the interpretation of the parables and the literary enrichment of his pages. The author of this work has sought help from the moderns more than from the ancients. He has kept recent commentators steadily in view, while avoiding the dryness of the commentaries, and abstaining from a parade of authorities. In appreciating the theological importvi Preface.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Parabolic Teaching of Christ: A Systematic and Critical Study of the Parables of Our Lord (Classic Reprint)

The parables of Christ (Limited classical reprint library)

The Miracles of Christ (Limited Classical Reprint Library)

The Training of the Twelve

The Kingdom of God: Or Christ's Teaching According the Synoptical Gospels (Classic Reprint)

The Parabolic Teaching of Christ: A Systematic and Critical Study of the Parables of Our Lord (Classic Reprint)