Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

The psalms--the prayers of the chosen people, the prayers of the people of God--have a spontaneity and timeless pertinence which is unique.

In this commentary on the books of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Dr.

"e;A poet of elegaic, quiet lyricism, Haig Khatchadourian writes verse of distinctive maturity which is the result of control and intellectual coherence.

The Sermon on the Mount is often considered a model for the moral and religious conduct of man.

Something which draws the immediate attention of the reader is the abundance of psalm citations in the Epistle to the Hebrews.

The following study is a revised version of Thomas Mann's doctoral dissertation submitted to Yale University Graduate School in 1975.

The term "e;cosmic mountain"e; is a rendering of the nineteenth-century German scholarly designation Weltberg, which was derived from ancient Mesopotamian sources.

List of Contributors:Rudolf BultmannAlan RichardsonCarl MichalsonEric VoegelinWilhelm VischerJohn L.

"e;A church free from state control and a state free from church control"e;--Such is one of the radical insights of a baptist vision of church and society.

How does the proclamation of good news to the poor in Luke's Gospel relate to wealth and poverty?

In Treaty of the Great King, Kline gives a detailed analysis and strong evidence for supporting the interpretation of Deuteronomy as being a legal document between Israel and YHWH that was patterned after ancient Near Eastern treaties, with Moses as its primary compiler.

"e;A wise old adage of faith states, 'Read the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other.

The year 1998 marked the quincentennial of the publication of Albrecht Durer's illustrated edition of the Apocalypse.

This commentary explores some of the most thrilling chapters of the Old Testament.

Michael Thompson has had a long-standing interest in the Old Testament, and during recent years has focused in particular on the subject of prayer.

Surprisingly, there has never been a comprehensive exegetical study in English of Saint Paul's view of the second coming, or Parousia, of Christ.

At the heart of the earliest Christian self-understanding, explicit or implicit in much Christian use of the Old Testament, and crucial for Christian theology and interpretation, the concept of 'messiah' in the Old Testament has, however, been eclipsed by the pursuit of other goals in the Old Testament studies.

In writing to the Corinthians, Paul was grappling with fundamental issues concerning the lifestyle of Christians, and specifically with questions about marriage, interracial marriage, and remarriage.

When published, this work on the Book of Lamentations opened a new wave of studies on that much neglected biblical book.

In Mary, Woman and Mother Fr.

Donald E.

Defense of the Bible begins with rational proofs for the historicity and accuracy of its documents.