Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Trying to articulate the ways in which one's life meshes with one's own time can be perilous, yet friends have encouraged me to do just that.

Jesus’ words of indictment and judgment in the Gospel according to Matthew have fueled centuries of Christian anti-Judaism and the horrors of the twentieth-century Holocaust.

Christology and Myth in the New Testament (1956) enquires into the extent and origin of the 'mythological' language and ideas underlying the Christology of the New Testament.

The Bible and Digital Millennials explores the place of the Bible in the lives of 18 to 35 year-olds who have been born into the digital age.

The weather is all around us all the time.

The congruence of the theology of Paul and Luke is a matter of debate.

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After the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, theologians were faced with the dilemma of God creating through evolution.

Daniel, the lone apocalyptic book in the Old Testament, has challenged readers throughout the centuries with its obscure, enigmatic style.

Dao De Jing is an ancient wisdom book, purportedly written by Laozi, who flourished in the sixth century BCE according to the Chinese tradition.

In this groundbreaking work, Joseph Fitzpatrick challenges the traditional interpretation of chapter three of Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve in Eden.

This commentary of Galatians is a thorough examination of the text of the letter by Mark J.

Der Exodus stellt ein Grunddatum biblischer Überlieferung dar.

Are there Old Testament roots of the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary?

Drawing upon his experience in teaching this material over the past twenty-five years in forty countries, Ron Man provides a rich and deep examination of biblical worship, drawing principles out of a rigorous study of the text of Scripture.

What sets The Theological Intentions of Mark's Literary Devices apart from other books?

"e;He comes as yet unknown into a hamlet of Lower Galilee.

What is union with Christ?

Jesus before Pentecost studies the history of Jesus' ministry from William P.

The first of two volumes devoted to the Johannine literature.

Everyday Thoughts is a devotional for thinking Christians, for those who seek to hear and know God in the present through contemplation on scripture and reality.

Drawing inspiration from the widely recognized parody of Ps 8:5 in Job 7:17-18, this study inquires whether other allusions to the Psalms might likewise contribute to the dialogue between Job, his friends, and God.

The Gospel of John was long assumed to be the work of an eyewitness, usually identified as John, son of Zebedee.

Growing out of the work that the author did in preparing two major commentaries on Isaiah, these essays range from comprehensive to specific, and from popular to scholarly.

Numerous ritual manuals from the Jewish tradition have been written outlining the prayers and ceremonies that can be offered to the sick, the dying, and the dead.

The book of Acts tells the story of what happened after the death and resurrection of Jesus.

In this newly revised and expanded edition of a contemporary classic, Edward Sellner mines the deep wisdom of many traditions-from Celtic to Minnesotan, from Joan of Arc to C.

The text entitled as the "e;Gospel according to Matthew"e; was written anonymously.

Beginners scanning Leviticus will find much detail about rituals and sinful situations, but little enlightening context or rationale.

This is the first English translation of Bernd Janowski's incisive anthropological study of the Psalms, originally published in German in 2003 as KonfliktgesprA che mit Gott.

The book of Acts recounts the birth of the church and the ministry of the earliest disciples.

In the early 1970's, due to serious epistemological flaws, the demise of traditional New Testament research paradigms became imminent.

In this volume, Lamar Williamson's commentary provides teachers, preachers, and all serious students of the Bible with an interpretation that takes serious hermeneutical responsibility for the contemporary meaning and significance of Mark's text.

Scholars across many fields have come to realize that ritual is an integral element of human life and a vital aspect of all human societies.

Apocalyptic Bodies traces the biblical notions of the end of the world as represented in ancient and modern texts, art, music and popular culture, for example the paintings of Bosch.

To Unite the Scattered Children of God is an accessible exploration of hope for the spiritual uniting of humankind, in worship and in other ways, from Isaiah on down to present times.

The five-volume Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions series is governed by a motif of migration ('out-of-England').

Human trafficking causes untold suffering to millions throughout the world.

This second of two volumes on Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods focuses on the site excavations of towns and villages and what these excavations may tell us about the history of settlement in this important period.