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 click for details | | THE MINISTER AND HIS GREEK NEW TESTAMENT: A Classic Volume for Today A.T. Robertson, New Introduction by Dr. Michael Haykin, Afterword by J. Gresham Machen "Ministers and seminarians need every encouragement they can get to not cut corners and to give themselves to the irreplaceable study of the Word of God in its original languages. This book is a classic, written by one who not only knew the Greek New Testament, but loved it. May ministers and men preparing for the ministry have the fire of love for the Greek New Testament re-kindled in their hearts. We need this reprint, and it needs to be in the hands of those who long to 'rightly divide the Word of Truth.' - Pastor William Shishko "This slim volume is a classic, and like all classics it will be read to great profit. It may be small in size, but it is big in concept. Here Professor Robertson reminds his reader of what is paramount in pastoral ministry. Many modern pastors are most comfortable in the family room or the board room. They have been taught to see themselves as managers of people or administrators of programs. After all, they were told, the congregation does the real work of the ministry while pastors merely act as encouragers and facilitators. A close reading of the New Testament (in Greek!), however, reveals an altogether different model. The ministry is performed by ministers of the word. They are not generalists but specialists; they are preachers and teachers of the word of God. Their world is made up of words, the words of the Bible, in this case the words of the New Testament. The minister of the word, then, must be most comfortable not in the family room or the board room, but in the study. He must learn to know and to proclaim the New Testament as that word was originally given by God. 'The real New Testament is the Greek New Testament,' says Robertson, and rightly so. He goes on to say, 'Sermons lie hidden in Greek roots, in prepositions, in tenses, in the article, in particles, in cases.' Here is a volume that ought to be read by every ministerial aspirant, reread by every ministerial student, and frequently revisited by every faithful minister of the word. Ministers of the word must always keep in mind their calling, their work, to know and to proclaim the word. If you are a minister and have not read it, buy a copy immediately and do so. If you are a layman, buy it and read it for yourself, then give it to your pastor. Tell him you want him to be faithful to the word, the word as it was originally given, in the Greek New Testament." - Pastor Don Lindblad "It ought to be taken for granted that the preacher has his Greek Testament. This statement will be challenged by many who excuse themselves from making any effort to know the Greek New Testament. I do not say that every preacher should become an expert in his knowledge of the New Testament Greek. That cannot be expected. I do not affirm that no preacher should be allowed to preach who does not possess some knowledge of the original New Testament. I am opposed to such a restriction. But a little is a big per cent. On nothing, as John A. Broadus used to say. This is preeminently true of the Greek New Testament. The real New Testament is the Greek New Testament. The English is simply a translation of the New Testament, not the actual New Testament. It is good that the New Testament has been translated into so many languages. The fact that it was written in the koinT the universal language of the time, rather than in one of the earlier Greek dialects, makes it easier to render into modem tongues. But there is much that cannot be translated. It is not possible to reproduce the delicate turns of thought, the nuances of language, in translation. The freshness of the strawberry cannot be preserved in any extract. The most perfect vehicle of human speech thus far devised by man is the Greek. English comes next, but Greek outranks it. The chief treasure in the Greek language is the New Testament. Homer and Thucydides and Aeschylus and Plato all take a rank below Paul and John and Luke. The cultural and spiritual worth of the Greek New Testament is beyond all computation. In the Renaissance the world woke up with the Greek Testament in its hands. It still stands before the open pages of this greatest of all books in wonder and in rapture as the pages continue to reveal God in the face of Jesus Christ." - A.T. Robertson A.T. Robertson - (1863-1934), New Testament scholar Archibald Thomas Robertson was born near Chatham, Virginia, but grew up on a farm in North Carolina. In 1876, he was baptized and began his lifelong loyalty to the Southern Baptist Church. After graduating from Wake Forest College, he enrolled in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky and received the Th.M. in 1888. In 1892 Robertson was appointed professor at Southern Baptist and remained in that post until a day in 1934 when he dismissed his class early and went home and died of a stroke. Robertson's books are still consulted today, particularly his Word Pictures in the New Testament and his landmark volume A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in Light of Historical Research. In all, he published forty-five books, several of which are still in print today. Robertson helped found the Baptist World Alliance in 1900. He was an important Southern Baptist and a well-respected scholar in his day. As the son-in-law of famous preacher John Broadus (Robertson's grave lies in the shadow of Broadus), Robertson sought to equip his students with the proper tools for good preaching. HERM2 sgcb12 NEARLY 50% DISCOUNT  SGCB Price: $7.95 (list price $14.00) |
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 click for details | | BIBLICAL TYPOLOGY: How the Old Testament Points to Christ, His Church, and the Consummation VERN S. POYTHRESS How to Study the Old Testament for Signs of Christ Believers read Scripture to follow Christ and deepen their relationship with him. But since a majority of the Bible was written before Jesus’s life and death on the cross, many people rely on the Old Testament for historical context and moral guidance alone. However, when studied in detail, we see how even the Old Testament reveals Christ as the center of God’s plan for redemption. Biblical Typology examines how the Old Testament foreshadows Christ, the church, and the consummation through types—or symbols—pointing toward fulfillment. Well-known for his academic yet accessible writing, Vern S. Poythress not only provides examples of types and analogies found in God’s word but also teaches readers a practical framework and diagram for effectively examining them throughout Scripture. Readers will learn how to identify and interpret biblical typology for themselves as they deepen their understanding of the Bible and the wisdom of God. TABLE OF CONTENTS Tables and Illustrations Introduction: What Is Typology? Part 1: Introducing the Challenge of the Old Testament Chapter 1: Understanding the Old Testament Chapter 2: Interpreting Noah’s Flood Chapter 3: The Bronze Serpent (Num. 21:4–9) Part 2: A Framework for Typological Interpretation Chapter 4: Basic Theology for Typology Chapter 5: The Shape of Our Response to the Bible Part 3: Introducing the Practice of Typological Interpretation Chapter 6: Introducing Clowney’s Triangle Chapter 7: The Tabernacle and Its Furniture (Exodus 25) Chapter 8: Clowney’s Triangle for Episodes in Genesis Chapter 9: Underlying Principles for Clowney’s Triangle Part 4: Deepening Our Understanding of Typological Meaning Chapter 10: Symbolism and Theophany Chapter 11: The Nature of Meaning Chapter 12: Three Complementary Perspectives on Meaning Chapter 13: The Theme of Mediation Chapter 14: Comparing Types with Other Relations between Meanings Chapter 15: Analogies, Symbols, Types, and Prophecies as Perspectives Chapter 16: Allegorization Part 5: Enrichment of Clowney’s Triangle Chapter 17: Enhancements to Clowney’s Triangle Chapter 18: Multifaceted Meaning Chapter 19: Boundaries for Typological Interpretation Chapter 20: Maxims for Typological Interpretation Part 6: The Practice of Typological Interpretation Chapter 21: Types in the Mosaic Administration Chapter 22: Types in Redemptive Plots Chapter 23: Types in Creation Chapter 24: Types in the Earthly Life of Jesus Part 7: Interpretation of Analogies Chapter 25: Analogies as Similar to Types Chapter 26: Using the Triangle for Analogy Chapter 27: Analogies for the Attributes of God Chapter 28: Analogies for the Trinity Chapter 29: The Extent of Analogies Conclusion Appendices Appendix A: Patrick Fairbairn’s Principles for Typology Appendix B: The Terminology for a “Type” Appendix C: Distinctiveness in the Study of Typology Appendix D: Clowney’s Triangle of Typology Appendix E: Christocentric Preaching Bibliography General Index Scripture Index ENDORSEMENTS “I am delighted to see Vern Poythress’s book on biblical typology. His knowledge of the Scriptures and the interpretive principles necessary to handle them responsibly is unsurpassed. He presents the complex topic of biblical types clearly and simply so that laypeople and scholars alike will benefit. This is a book that you will not want to miss.” -Richard L. Pratt Jr., President, Third Millennium Ministries “As readers learn how the New Testament relates to the Old, they will encounter the subject and language of typology. I’m grateful for Vern Poythress providing this accessible resource so that interpreters can think about how the patterns and shadows of the Old Testament point to Christ, the church, and the new creation. The divine author of Holy Scripture is summing up all things in his Son. Let Poythress help you identify key symbols and types along the storyline of redemption.” -Mitchell L. Chase, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Preaching Pastor, Kosmosdale Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky HERM2 not32 1OFF24 vsp3 BRAND NEW TITLE IN MARCH OF 2024 - Nearly 40% OFF SGCB Price: $15.00 (list price $25.00)ORDER WITH OUR NEW POYTHRESS TRILOGY AND SAVE MORE SGCB Price: $52.00 (list price $95.00) |
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 click for details | | OPENING SCRIPTURE: A Hermeneutical Manual Introducing the Exegetical Study of the New Testament Patrick Fairbairn Roger Nicole contends: "It is high time that in the midst of controversies in which all kinds of accusations are leveled against the use of the Old Testament by New Testament authors the painstaking work of Patrick Fairbairn and his monumental scholarship be once again taken into consideration." Sinclair Ferguson says, "Patrick Fairbairn was one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of brilliant biblical theologians in nineteenth century Scotland. in this valuable but rare book he takes us into his workshop and gives us a 'master-class' on studying the Scriptures. I'M ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS REPRINT." James White adds, "Hermeneutics is the life-blood of solid theology. Sadly, much of what is written today has been compromised by an unbiblical world-view, and therefore leads the student not into a clearer, firmer grasp of the revelation that is God's Word, the Bible, but instead inculcates doubts and hesitations. Hence, in some ways, 'newer is better' does not hold true especially when the 'newer' means 'less rooted in a solid belief in the inspiration and consistency of God's Word.' Fairbairn needs to be studied once again." Douglas Kelly also says, "Fairbairn was a Scottish Evangelical Scholar with unusual insight on the relationship between the Old and the New Testaments. His work on Typology is still considered a classic. And some of the most recent research on Typological interpretation of the OT and the NT in the last half of the 20th century has confirmed much that Fairbairn was saying 100 years before. His work on Hermeneutics, for that reason alone, will be very valuable." TABLE OF CONTENTS PART FIRST: Discussion of Facts and Principles Bearing on the Language and Interpretation of New Testament Scripture Section First - The Original Language of the New Testament Section Second - The Characteristics of New Testament Greek, Deviation from classic purity, its basis in the later common dialect, its Hebraistic impress, mistakes made respecting this, impress derived from new relations and ideas Section Third - Collateral Sources for determining the Sense, and explaining the Peculiarities of New Testament Scripture Writings of Philo and Josephus, Jewish Rabbinical writings, ancient versions, early Fathers, Books of Antiquities, etc. Section Fourth - General Rules and Principles to be followed in the Interpretation of Particular Words and Passages Section Fifth - Of False and True Accommodation; or the Influence that should be allowed to Prevailing Modes of Thought in fashioning the views and utterances of the Sacred Writers Section Sixth - The Respect due in the Interpretation of the New Testament to the Analogy of the Faith, or from one part of Scripture to another; and the further respect to be had to the Religions of the Ancient World, the True and the False Section Seventh - The Relation of the Old to the New in God's Dispensations more exactly defined, with the view of preventing mistaken or partial Interpretations of such portions of New Testament Scripture as bears on it Section Eighth - On the proper interpretation of the Tropical parts of the New Testament Section Ninth - The Parables of Christ, their proper Interpretation and Treatment Section Tenth - On the Subject of Parallelism as bearing on the Structure and Interpretation of New Testament Scripture PART SECOND: Dissertations on Particular Subjects Connected with the Exegesis of New Testament Scripture Section First - The Two Genealogies of Christ, given respectively by the Evangelists Matthew and Luke Section Second - The designations and doctrine of Angels, with reference more especially to the Interpretation of passages in New Testament Scripture Section Third - On the Names of Christ in the New Testament Scripture, and, in particular, on the use of Christos and Huios tou anthropou 'The Son of Man' Section Fourth - On the Import and use of certain terms, which express an antagonistic relation to Christ's Person and Authority, pseudo-didaskala, speudoprophetai, pseudochristos, antichristos Section Fifth - On baptidzo and its cognates, with special reference to the mode of administering baptism Section Sixth - Import and use of hades in Scripture Section Seventh - On the import and use of diatheke in the NT Section Eighth - On the Import of certain terms employed in the New Testament Scripture to indicate the nature and extent of the renovation to be accomplished through the Gospel, metanoia, paliggevesia, anakainosis, apokatastasis Section Ninth - On the use of Paraskeue and Pascha in St. John's account of our Lord's last sufferings; and the question therewith connected, whether our Lord kept His last Passover on the same day as the Jews PART THIRD: The Use Made of Old Testament Scripture in the Writing of the New Testament Section First - Quotations from the Old Testament in the New, considered in respect to the manner of citation, Section Second - Quotations from the Old Testament in the New, considered in respect to the mode of application Appendix - The historical circumstances that led to Christ's birth at Bethlehem - Cyrenius and the taxing 500 page hardcover See Table of Contents for detailed information on all that is covered. sjs jh3 bn22 sgbuc HERM2 5PSCR CW50** 1OFF24 SCOTSGCB Hardcover - Nearly 35% Discount SGCB Price: $35.00 (list price $50.00)Paperback OVER 40% Discount SGCB Price: $20.00 (list price $38.00) |
