books by Todd C. Penner

books by Todd C. Penner

books:

Todd C. Penner

The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation

Luke Timothy Johnson, Todd C. Penner

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2002

Wonderful balance of scholarship and readability
This book provides a very solid introduction to both the world in which the NT writings originated and the particularities of the writings themselves. Johnson dispenses a plethora of information and does so with an immensely readable style. He sets the table for the ...

Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical ...

Society of Biblical Literature, 2003

How did Greco-Roman discourse shape early Christian literature and identity? Contextualizing Acts advances the discussion in this collection of innovative analyses of the intersection of Lukan narrative and Greco-Roman discourse. Topics span the adaptation of ancient rhetoric and historiography, influence of epics and novels, role of orality, and ...

The Epistle & James & Eschatology: Re-Reading an Ancient Christian Letter. (Jsnt Supplement Ser No 121)

Todd C. Penner

Sheffield, 1996

Relating James to Antecedent Traditions, Christian Origins
Todd Penner has written here an excellent and very informative volume on the epistle of James. Distancing himself from most approaches, which seem to revolve excessively around the relation between James and Paul, Penner concerns himself primarily with parallels ...