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.

View also the companion course Old Testament Backgrounds taught by John Walton.

The course is based on the book The IVP Background Bible Commentary: New Testament (InterVarsity Press) available for purchase at ivpress.com or at Amazon.com.