Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Der Band geht auf ein Seminar zurück, das im Sommersemester 2018 am Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt stattfand.

The works of Emmanuel Levinas, a survivor of the Nazi horror, are striking in the constancy of their thought and the strength of their appeal.

Das biblische Buch Esther erzählt den Aufstieg des jüdischen Waisenkindes zur Königin Persiens und die Erhebung des loyalen Juden Mordechai zum zweiten Mann nach dem König sowie die gleichsam wunderbare Errettung des Gottesvolkes Israel, dessen Existenz durch den perfiden Statthalter Haman bedroht ist.

Loving God means loving His Word.

In 1994, Debora K.

Delio DelRio offers a fresh perspective on the contemporary quest for Paul by doing the hard work to uncover the milieu few have attempted to integrate into our understanding of Paul--the Jewish synagogue.

Using the method of intertextuality, Adrian Leske has traced the growth of the prophetic vision from Amos to the Exile, demonstrating how, after the Exile, the dominant influence on that vision down to the time of Jesus is the positive and new message of Deutero-Isaiah.

Reflects on the central mystery of faith: how new life springs from death.

Most scholars studying the first five books of the Bible either attempt to dissect it into various pre-pentateuchal documents or, at the very least, analyze Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy as separate, self-contained documents.

In this work, Houghtby-Haddon takes a new look at an old text, using a theory of the Social Imagination as an exegetical guide.

The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture.

In this volume, Brian Charles DiPalma examines masculinities in the court tales of Daniel as a test case for issues facing the burgeoning area of gender studies in the Hebrew Bible.

Winner of a 2025 Excellence in Publishing Award from the Association of Catholic Publishers: Prayer: Seasonal Resources (First Place).

A brief history of assisting ministers in Christian worship, what makes a good assisting minister, and a step-by-step walk through the role.

What would Jesus do?

Kerygmatic Hermeneutics takes a reader at once into a concrete apprehension of God in his scriptural truth through flowing in the Spirit.

Schleiermacher is now regarded as an influential figure in the history of Christian thought, theories and methods in religious studies, and hermeneutics.

Can a Lutheran be sociopolitically radical?

This book explains the image of nakedness (gymnos) taken by Paul in the Corinthian correspondence to refer to the state of human being during death.

Winner of a honorable mention award in the family life category from the Catholic Media Association.

The profound ambivalence of the biblical portrayals of Hagar and Ishmaeldispossessed, yet protected; abandoned, yet given promises that rival those of the covenant with Abrahambelies easy characterizations of the Pentateuch's writers.

Textuality and the Bible represents a concerted effort to clarify the object of study in biblical scholarship and in the church by bringing together the disciplines of hermeneutics, compositional analysis, canon studies, and textual criticism.

Rebelling against a century of Old Testament scholarship, Isaac M.

The rise of China as a superpower and of Chinese Christians as vital members of the global church mean that world Christianity would be a dynamic transformation and bountiful blessing to the world by engaging with Chinese biblical interpretations among global theologies.

Abraham, the father of all believers, plays host to three strangers, one of whom is God, and thus sets an example for others to follow.

A brief history of assisting ministers in Christian worship, what makes a good assisting minister, and a step-by-step walk through the role.

Exploring what it means to come of age in an era marked by increasing antisemitism, readers see through the eyes of Jewish Gen Zers how identities are shaped in response to and in defiance of antisemitism.

Following Rabbi Jesus is a surprising exposure of who the Jesus we find in the Gospels really is, what he teaches those who dare to follow him, and how he models what it means to live God's radical-kingdom way.

The Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The New Testament presents a balanced synthesis of current scholarship, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world.

Throughout history Christians have prayed for the dead--both for continual growth of the faithful and for their advancement from purgatory, though not for the deliverance of the unsaved from hell.

New and different readings of biblical texts are one consequence of a growing awareness of the environmental crisis and how it relates to social relations, especially in urban settings.

The story of the woman taken in adultery features a dramatic confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees over whether the adulteress should be stoned as the law commands.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century.

Is it possible to discern women prophets' utterances embedded within lyrics of prophetic books?

In this commentary Kanagaraj examines how John projects the church as God's "e;new covenant community,"e; which, is characterized by two virtues: love and obedience.

'The Lion Handbook remains arguably the best single volume introduction to the Bible.

The Gospel writers state they aim to tell the story of Jesus in a clear manner, but throughout Paul McCarren's years in ministry, he has seen that these simple and important messages are too often missed.

There has been heightened interest and prolific publication by missiologists about contextualization since the term was first coined in 1972.

Here is the true story of a man from India who comes to the United States to go to seminary, which he finds to be both a demanding social environment and a vigorous philosophical and theological world.