Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Before it was written there were a wide variety of views about the end of time held across different Jewish movements.

In The Pauline Letters: A Rhetorical Analysis, David Oliver Smith unveils his revolutionary discovery that the apostle Paul divided his letters into structured literary units as he wrote them.

The wrestling match with God at Jabbok, where he insisted on a blessing, turned Jacob's life upside down.

The short story that we now know as the Gospel according to Mark was written in Greek twenty centuries ago in the context of an agrarian society that had been developing its own characteristics in the circum-Mediterranean region.

If you cry and laugh within one of the essays in this collection, don't be surprised.

You are not the first.

No canonical Gospel is more concerned with wealth and poverty than Luke.

How did the words of Jesus influence the writing of 1 Peter?

Christ's New Address completes a six-volume series of sermons by Bruce Taylor based on the Common Lectionary (Revised).

VOLUME ONE: Biblical Covenantalism in Torah: Judaism, Covenant Nomism, and AtonementVOLUME TWO: Biblical Covenantalism in Prophets, Psalms, Early Judaism, and Gospels: Judaism, Covenant Nomism, and Kingdom HopeVOLUME THREE: Biblical Covenantalism in New Testament Epistles: Engagement of the New Perspective and New Covenant AtonementBiblical covenantalism is the backbone of the Old Testament and the root of salvation and ethics.

Are you ready to give Jesus a second look?

This engaging text examines the complex interface that exists between a Christian's faith commitments on the one hand and the exercise of his or her responsibilities as a manager or nominal leader on the other.

Jesus's command to disciple all the nations in Matt 28:19 has provided a powerful catalyst for cross-cultural mission for the past two thousand years.

Yes, the Bible really says that all living believers will suddenly be snatched away when Jesus appears in the sky for the Rapture.

For many, the book of Revelation seems hopelessly hard to interpret.

A phenomenon of biblical revelation that has provoked unending confusion and controversy is the penchant of the biblical writers to make assertions, clear and intelligible in themselves, that seem inconsistent with, if not the virtual contradiction of, assertions made elsewhere in the same Bible.

It has often been said that the most famous verse in the Bible is John chapter 3 verse 16.

For centuries scholars have analyzed the composition of Luke-Acts presupposing that the reference to "e;many"e; accounts in Luke's Preface indicates the written texts which served as the author's primary sources of information.

In this expositional commentary of the Letter to the Ephesians, Paul shares that the universal goodness of the gospel--the news of grace and truth from Jesus Christ--is not just for Jews but is for all people, regardless of birth, tribe, or nationality.

A struggle is currently underway to figure out one of the central groups in the gospel story .

Least of the Apostles is a study of Paul's relation, both in his ministry and through his epistles, to the rest of apostolic Christianity.

Matthew's Gospel makes mention of prophets and prophecy more than any other canonical Gospel.

"e;I want my work to have significance"e; is an often-expressed declaration.

Here is the inside story of the only New Testament church we know about in detail during both the 50s and the 90s of the first century AD.

Evangelicals debate the answer to the question, "e;Who are the heirs of the Abrahamic covenant?

Pastoral Reflections on Life and Ministry expresses my passion to look at life and ministry through the lens of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Applying a literary and reader-oriented approach, this book asks what the Gospel of Mark refers to when it promises "e;the coming of the Son of Man"e; (13:24-27).

In this innovative study, Horsley builds on his earlier works concerning the problematic and misleading categories of "e;magic"e; and "e;miracle"e; to examine in-depth the meaning and importance of the narratives of healing and exorcism in the Gospels.

Joseph, the Dream Catcher, is often overshadowed in Hebrew Scripture by more famous patriarchs such as Abraham, Jacob, and Moses.

The central question addressed in this book is whether Paul thought that Christ Jesus pre-existed in heaven, "e;in the form of God,"e; through whom all things were made, before being sent into the world to be born of a woman, in the likeness of sinful flesh.

This book is a detailed theological analysis of blindness in the Hebrew Bible.

The year of the COVID pandemic was a time like no other in modern history.

If you love looking at history and seeing God's perfect plan in everything, then this is the right book for you.

The year 2020 brought about a totally unprecedented experience for humanity: a worldwide pandemic.

If we pick up the Bible as God's word and at the beginning read with trepidation, then the whole of the Bible is so read.

Jude is a short letter making it easy to read entirely in one sitting.

Science and technology have profoundly altered the cosmic and societal perceptions of the world.

Buried for more than a thousand years in the sands of Egypt, the Secret Revelation of John has stayed a secret far longer than it should have.

Economic justice is the core of the biblical tradition.

Work occupies most of our waking time, whether it is in a factory, office, school, or at home.

Given the present state of affairs in the area of intertextuality, along with the multitude of competing interpretations of Scripture, Validity in the Identification and Interpretation of a Literary Allusion in the Bible seeks to bring a measure of reason and methodological control back into the discussion.

Christianity's bold claim is that the Lord God Almighty mysteriously and miraculously became incarnate in a single individual, in an obscure land, in an ancient time.

We live in turbulent times.

Frustrated and fed up at trying to live your life by the list?

This bold, new look at the apostle Paul will challenge longtime thinking about the "e;apostle to the gentiles.

Romans is a missional document.

John's Gospel can be both inspiring and bewildering.

In Divine Marriage from Eden to the End of Days, Andre Villeneuve explores the mystery of God's love in the Bible and ancient Jewish tradition.

In Pentecostal Hermeneutics in the Late Modern World, L.

This volume was created to benefit any seeker wishing to read user-friendly explanations for some theological concepts that are, frankly, challenging for all of us, such as justification, sanctification, apocalypse, or grace.