A Mind for What Matters: Collected Essays of F.F. Bruce

by F. F. Bruce

Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Compiled by F. F. Bruce himself shortly before his death, this collection of eighteen of his essays (updated where necessary) represents those fields of study that particularly attracted Bruce's interest during the previous half century. Topics covered include the humanity of Jesus Christ, women in the church, the Pauline epistles, the Acts of the Apostles, and early Judaism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802804464
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/19/1990
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) was Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester, England. Author of numerous commentaries and other books, he served as general editor of the NICNT series from 1962 to 1990.

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Abbreviations	viii
I.	Prologue
1.	The New Testament and Classical Studies	3
II.	Early Judaism
2.	Josephus and Daniel	19
3.	Qumran and the Old Testament	32
4.	The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity	49
5.	Preparation in the Wilderness: Personal Religion at Qumran	65
III.	New Testament
6.	The Romans Debate--Continued	79
7.	Paul and "the Powers That Be"	98
8.	Christ and Spirit in Paul	114
9.	Chronological Questions in the Acts of the Apostles	133
10.	The Church of Jerusalem in the Acts of the Apostles	150
11.	Paul's Apologetic and the Purpose of Acts	166
IV.	Early Church
12.	Antichrist in the Early Church	181
13.	The Earliest Latin Commentary on the Apocalypse	198
14.	Marius Victorinus and His Works	213
V.	Especially for Christian Brethren
15.	Some Reflections on the Primitive Church	235
16.	The Humanity of Jesus Christ	248
17.	Women in the Church: A Biblical Survey	259
VI.	Envoi
18.	The Bible and the Faith	269
	End Notes	281