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books:

A Bird's-eye View of Paul
Michael F. Bird

Inter-Varsity Press, 2008

How Did Christianity Begin?: A Believer and Non-believer Examine the Evidence
Michael F. Bird, James G. Crossley

Hendrickson Publishers, 2009

* Provides an introduction to Christian origins from two very different points of view * There is increasing interest in Christian origins at the scholarly and also popular level * Includes contributions from internationally known scholars Scot McKnight and Maurice Casey The objective of How Did Christianity Begin? is to present two contrasting perspectives on the history of early Christianity. The contrast is evidently sharp as one ...

The Saving Righteousness of God: Studies on Paul, Justification and the New Perspective

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Michael F. Bird

Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2007

Get a Birds-eye-view on the NP
Although he is a "historical Jesus specialist and Synoptic Gospels kind-a-guy," Michael Bird is also an insightful academic that has been well versed in reformed and revisionist readings of Paul; being such, in this monograph he is conversant with the aggressive questions that have both camps up in arms. Evenhandedly, the book embarks upon the fundamental issues and finds both parties lacking in ...