New Testament Backgrounds

To understand and apply the Bible well, you need to understand the cultural background of the passage you’re reading. Only with the background can you grasp the author’s original concerns and purposes.

Craig Keener is one of the leading New Testament scholars on Jewish, Greek and Roman culture. Based on decades of in-depth study, this accessible video course is valuable for pastors in sermon preparation, for Sunday-school and other church teachers as they build lessons, for missionaries concerned not to import their own cultural biases into the Bible, for college and seminary students in classroom assignments, and for everyday Bible readers seeking to deepen and enhance their study of Scripture.