
Great Figures of the New Testament
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Amy-Jill Levine
Improve your biblical literacy with these 24 insightful lectures about the cast of vivid characters in the New Testament. From the well-known figures of Jesus, John the Baptist, and the disciples to important but lesser known figures, such as the Syro-Phoenician woman who must turn Jesus's own words back on him to gain the healing of her daughter, Professor Levine paints vivid portraits of Christianity's founding generation.
You'll learn about such figures as:
- The elderly couple Elizabeth and Zechariah and their son, John the Baptist;
- Jesus's friends, the contemplative Mary and the vocal Martha, as well as their brother, Lazarus;
- The apostles Peter and Thomas, James and John, and Judas Iscariot;
- Mary Magdalene, who becomes known as the apostle to the apostles;
- Paul the apostle, as presented in Acts of the Apostles and what can be determined about him from his letters;
- A number of strong and interesting women, including the unnamed Samaritan and a repentant sinner who anoints Jesus;
- Jesus's interlocutors, including the centurion with a paralyzed son and the desperate Canaanite mother with a demon-possessed daughter.
Rather than promoting any particular religious worldview, this course seeks to read the ancient texts anew to discover what they really say and how they were interpreted by both the secular culture and the faithful church.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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Professor Levine is one of my favorites!
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Interesting, thoughtful, and well presented
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Four instead of five stars for performance because the good professor read the lectures to us. She certainly reads well, but also a bit fast for my taste.
Made Me Want to Read Book of Acts
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Would you consider the audio edition of Great Figures of the New Testament to be better than the print version?
No comparisonWhat was one of the most memorable moments of Great Figures of the New Testament?
Nothing stands out except that the LAST session explains the connections among many of the NT Figures. Had it been at the beginning, it would have helped a great deal. Maybe bookend the session: once at the beginning, repeat it at the end.Did the narration match the pace of the story?
mehDid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No.Any additional comments?
Not a GREAT course, but a good one. Some interesting info. Prof. Levine throws out lots of bits of info, most of it common knowledge to me, a few little surprises. However, she does not qualify the data as "widely accepted by scholars," "accepted by very few scholars," or some other description as to whether the data has high acceptance, low acceptance, or somewhere in between. Scripture scholarship comes from theologians, archeologists, linguists, historians, geographers, and other experts in arcane fields. The average person has little time (and often far less talent) to replicate the research done by the experts. We count on people like Prof. Levine to qualify what they tell us.Listen to the LAST session FIRST
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Well-grounded
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Wonderful!
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Thoughtful, funny, excellent
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Magnificent and Insightful
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Worth every second you give it
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