A quarterly review of religion, theology, and philosophy.

This monumental work demonstrates the traditions, history, problems, thoughts, and theology of the Jewish people and other surrounding cultures at the time of Christ. It is filled with details on the background of the New Testament. Alfred Edersheim excellently portrays the streets, the market, the religious disputes, the people, and the sites of Jesus' earthly ministry. He takes the reader chronologically through the gospel from the viewpoint of a man who traveled and saw the locations that Jesus visited.

Popular writer and teacher Jeannine Brown shows how a narrative approach illuminates each of the Gospels, helping readers see the overarching stories. This book offers a corrective to tendencies to read the Gospels piecemeal, one story at a time. It is filled with numerous examples and visual aids that show how narrative criticism brings the text to life, making it an ideal supplementary textbook for courses on the Gospels. Readers will gain hands-on tools and perspectives to interpret the Gospels as whole stories.