Making Sense of the New Testament: Timely Insights and Timeless Messages (Hardcover) *

Product Description

Author - Richard Holsapfel/Thomas Wayment

In this landmark volume, the authors help readers understand the New Testament in context, as the writers originally intended. The book sheds additional light on this witness of Jesus Christ, offering further evidence that, although it is an ancient book, the New Testament has a modern message for everyone. If you want the authoritative single-volume work on the New Testament, this is it!

• Offers the best and most current scholarship in an accessible way
• Includes invaluable historical, cultural, and linguistic background
• Reviews the New Testament text carefully to help provide the most accurate interpretation
• Looks at the New Testament through the lens of the Restoration, including material from the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
• Anticipates questions readers and teachers may have about the New Testament

About the Author:

RICHARD NEITZEL HOLZAPFEL is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University and recently served as president of the Alabama Birmingham Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He holds a PhD from the University of California—Irvine and is the author of numerous published articles on Latter-day Saint history and ancient history as well as the author, coauthor, or editor of more than forty books.

THOMAS A. WAYMENT is a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. He completed a PhD in New Testament Studies at Claremont Graduate University and has published extensively on New Testament topics. The author, coauthor, or editor of many published articles and several books, he serves as the publications director of the Religious Studies Center at BYU. 

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