In continuing effort to recommend quality resources that are available for cheap, I’m letting you know about two great resources available online for free. And free is, as you know, the cheapest of cheap.
Craig Keener and The Pneuma Foundation have made available Keener’s notes for a class on Biblical Interpretation (link for zip file which can open into a Word Document, link for a pdf). I think it turns out to be 88 pages of notes. According to his website, he wrote this as a beginner’s class for work in Africa, so there is no required technical knowledge needed to use it. This would be perfect for a small group or a church class. You can also find translations of this material in French, Spanish, Russian and Bulgarian at The Pneuma Foundation site! You may recall Keener from my “5 Good Read Bible Scholars (for the non-academic)” post- you can add this helpful work to the list.
Biblical Training has posted I Howard Marshall’s A Pocket Guide to New Testament Theology for free at their site! If printed out, this comes in at a mere 67 pages! I own Marshall’s slightly larger (almost 800 pages) book, New Testament Theology, and have been very slowly reading portions of it. At any rate, the Pocket Guide is a nice resource to have handy if you have basic questions on what the NT teaches.
Happy reading!
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