Background
Tenney was born April 16, 1904 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Wallace Fay Tenney and Lydia Smith Goodwin.
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Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty
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John: The Gospel of Belief
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In this useful analytical study Tenney discusses the structure of the Gospel of John and then presents a careful exposition of the text according to the six major periods of Christ's ministry that are suggested by the Gospel writer.
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New Testament Times: Understanding the World of the First Century
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This popular guide to the first-century world is now available in full color. The correct and full interpretation of Scripture often depends on having an understanding of the culture in which the writers of the Bible lived. These men naturally spoke in the imagery and circumstances of their political and historical situations, and translating their words into our language and modern context can prove difficult. Merrill Tenney's New Testament Times thoroughly explores and explains the political, social, and cultural forces of the first century, allowing you a deeper understanding of the world in which the Christian church was born. You will find full-color photographs, maps, and charts throughout the book to help you visualize that world. An excellent tool for pastors, Bible study groups, and individual Christians, New Testament Times provides the answers to many questions we pose as we study God's Word. Merrill C. Tenney (1904-1985) was professor of Bible and theology and dean of the graduate school at Wheaton College. He wrote many books, including the New International Bible Dictionary, John: The Gospel of Belief, and Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty.
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New Testament Survey
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Revised edition written in a clear, non-technical style. An analytic and historical survey which sets forth the message of the New Testament against a fully integrated picture of the world of the first century.
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New Testament Times
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New Testament Times provides a short reconstruction of the cultural background in which Christianity arose and developed from the time of the Maccabean Revolt to A.D. 138. The book begins with an explanation of the relevance of the historical, political, social, and economic background during the first century which helps furnish a proper understanding of the New Testament. Dr. Tenney takes into account all the possible historical sources canonical and non-canonical, literary and archaeological.A survey of the world situation after the death of Alexander the Great includes a summary of the Maccabean revolt, crucial to the understanding of the messianic hopes of the Jewish people. Dr. Tenney saw three cultural tensions playing upon the embryonic church: Judaism, Roman imperialism, and Hellenism. The survey continues by tracing the growth of Christianity under the Roman emperors: - The birth of Christ and the age of Augustus- Christ's ministry during the reign of Tiberius- The rise of the church- Persecutions under Nero and Domitian- The new era of Christianity under Trajan and Hadrian.New Testament Times provides the reader with the historical framework in which the Christian gospel is set, and makes the biblical message speak clearly and meaningfully by placing it in the perspective of history.Included are 130 illustrations, 3 original maps, 6 helpful charts, 4 exhaustive indices and a detailed bibliography.
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John: The Gospel of Belief: An Analytic Study of the Text by Tenney, Merrill C. published by Eerdmans Pub Co Hardcover
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Interpreting Revelation
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Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty
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To attain a full comprehension of the scriptural truth of Galatians, Tenney examines the epistle in ten chapters, each employing a different method of study: synthetic, critical, biographical, historical, theological, rhetorical, topics, analytical, comparative, and devotional. Includes helpful charts, outlines, and bibliography.
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John: The Gospel of Belief: An Analytic Study of the Text
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This volume is for those who really wish to make a study of John's Gospel, to know the deeper veins of its great message, and to understand more thoroughly the conflict between belief and unbelief which it sets forth. Three parts make up this book. First there is a consideration of the structure of the Gospel of John. The second, and by far the longest, section is an exposition of the text of the Gospel, taking up the career of Jesus according to the six periods that seem to be suggested by the Gospel writer. Finally, there is a topical analysis of the Gospel, summarizing its contents under several headings, including authorship, vocabulary, signs, symbols, and interviews. A bibliography lists some of the more useful resources that the student may wish to consult.
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New Testament Survey
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First published in 1953 and revised in 1961, Merrill Tenney's comprehensive survey has served to introduce the general reader, student, and teacher to the world and message of the New Testament. Written in a clear, nontechnical style, New Testament Survey begins with a survey of the social, political, economic, and religious background of the New Testament, and then goes on to examine the various groups of New Testament books, which are considered in their historical settings. The book concludes with a penetrating study of the New Testament canon. Undertaken at the request of Dr. Tenney, and prepared with his full approval, this 1985 revision by Walter M. Dunnett includes an entirely new chapter on the Jewish background of the New Testament, plus several new short sections, including materials on the Gospels and the canon of the New Testament. The bibliography has been enlarged and updated, and many of the book's numerous illustrations, maps, and charts are new. Great care has been exercised to retain the spirit and quality of the original work, ensuring that the book will remain a standard in the years to come.
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Interpreting Revelation
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For centuries the book of Revelation has been both an inspiration and a mystery to the Christian church. In hours of darkness it has given courage to its readers; but in periods of ease and prosperity it has become the subject of a bewildering assortment of approaches and interpretations. / Merrill C. Tenney has built his study on the thesiss that Revelation had a definite message for those to whom it was first written, a meaning they could comprehend because they understood the structure, imagery, and contemporary allusions in the text in ways lost to modern readers. / Now available for the first time in paperback, Interpreting Revelation attempts to recover how the book as a whole would have spoken to the ancient Christian world. In so doing, Professor Tenney applies broad interpretative principles that will enable readers to think through the book for themselves and to formulate their own conclusions.
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Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty by Merrill C. Tenney (1989-05-02)
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The New Testament Survey
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Survey of the New Testament
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New Testament Survey
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Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty
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Book by Merrill C Tenney
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John: The Gospel of Belief
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Merrill Chapin Tenney
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He earned a diploma from Nyack Missionary Training Institute (1924), his Th.B. from Gordon College of Theology and Missions (1927), his Master of Arts from Boston University (1930), and his Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical and Patristic Greek from Harvard University (1944).
Career
He was the general editor of the Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, and served on the original translation team for the New American Standard Bible. Tenney briefly served as pastor of Storrs Avenue Baptist Church in Braintree, Massachusetts (1926–1928), and began teaching at Gordon College while still a student there. After graduation, he joined the faculty and was professor of New Testament and Greek until moving to Wheaton College in 1944, where he would eventually become dean of the graduate school from 1947 to 1971.
He retired in 1977, but continued teaching as professor emeritus until 1982.
In 1951, Tenney became the second president of the Evangelical Theological Society. In 1975, a volume of essays entitled Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation () was published in his honor.
Tenney died in Wheaton on March 18, 1985.
Works
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Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty
( To attain a full comprehension of the scriptural truth...)
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John: The Gospel of Belief
( In this useful analytical study Tenney discusses the st...)
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John: The Gospel of Belief: An Analytic Study of the Text
(This volume is for those who really wish to make a study ...)
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New Testament Survey
( First published in 1953 and revised in 1961, Merrill Te...)
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New Testament Times
(New Testament Times provides a short reconstruction of th...)
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Interpreting Revelation
(For centuries the book of Revelation has been both an ins...)
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New Testament Times: Understanding the World of the First Century
(This popular guide to the first-century world is now avai...)
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New Testament Survey
(Revised edition written in a clear, non-technical style. ...)
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The New Testament Survey
(Survey of the New Testament)
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Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty
(Book by Merrill C Tenney)
- Galatians the Charter of Christian Liberty. Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty
- John: The Gospel of Belief: An Analytic Study of the Text by Tenney, Merrill C. published by Eerdmans Pub Co Hardcover
- Interpreting Revelation
- Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty by Merrill C. Tenney (1989-05-02)
- New Testament Survey
- John: The Gospel of Belief
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Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty
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