Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Bajo la dirección de Armando J.

Not a reference tool, this unique work is a teaching-learning guide to studying the earliest Gospel.

This book begins by arguing that early Greek reflection on the afterlife and immortality insisted on the importance of the physical body whereas a wealth of Jewish texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism and early (Pauline) Christianity understood post-mortem existence to be that of the soul alone.

Two issues in particular engaged me [when studying in seminary and graduate school].

When serious conflict surfaces in a congregation, lay people are usually stunned.

The ultimate, all-in-one resource on what the Old Testament says about JesusAs Jesus walked the Emmaeus road, he showed his companions how the whole of Scripture foretold his coming.

The concept of death, particularly violent death, is prevalent throughout the writings of Paul the Apostle.

Wisdom, humor, and dark observations by the founder of the Church of Satan.

Der Migrationsbegriff, der in der Geschichte des ältesten Christentums bis vor wenigen Jahren nur eine untergeordnete Rolle gespielt hat, birgt ein hohes Erschließungspotential für antike und insbesondere frühchristliche Texte.

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Der vorliegende Band enthält Beiträge des renommierten Marburger Alttestamentlers Otto Kaiser zur Theologie, Anthropologie und Ethik des Buches Kohelet sowie zur Weisheit des Jesus Sirach und seines geistes- und theologiegeschichtlichen Hintergrundes.

What comes to mind when you hear student-centered learning?

Conflict is all too common in the church today.

In his pathbreaking Israel in Egypt James K.

This volume of correspondence contains exchanges written between Lloyd Cline Sears (1895-1986) and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong (1899-1977), two influential leaders in early educational efforts of the Churches of Christ.

In the first century, the Thessalonian church grieved deaths in their community, endured harsh persecution, and struggled with questions about the future.

At the time of Christ, world politics was an ebb and flow of colliding empires and forces.

Covering the major monotheistic religions-Christianity, Judaism, and Islam-as well as selected Eastern religions and Baha'i, Zoroastrianism, and Mormonism, this cross-cultural book offers excerpts of sacred texts and interprets passages to enable a deeper understanding of these religious writings.

Since the eighteenth century, scholars and historians studying the texts of the Bible have attempted to distil historical facts and biography from the mythology and miracles described there.

Our sacred texts have the potential to become texts of torture or texts of liberation.

At the tense intersection of biblical interpretation and contemporary politics, this book stands out as an imagined political campaign guide based on a creative deep dive into Luke's vibrant evangelical account of Jesus's messianic mission.

The time in college is such a precious time of freedom and searching for students walking the maze of new ideas and new relationships.

The life and times of this iconic and enduring biblical bookThe Book of Job raises stark questions about the nature and meaning of innocent suffering and the relationship of the human to the divine, yet it is also one of the Bible's most obscure and paradoxical books, one that defies interpretation even today.

The Apocrypha, Translated out of the Greek and Latin Tongues.

Are we able to identify and compare the philosophical perspectives and questions that must be postulated as having been somehow present in the language, ideas and worldviews of the Biblical authors?

Die Erzählung vom Exodus des Volkes Israel aus Ägypten hat das kollektive Gedächtnis Israels zutiefst geprägt.

This book puts a creative new reading of Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and literary genre theory to work on the problem of Scripture.

Preaching is a demand of the Bible that is fitted with a specific purpose and a strong theological base.

In Rabbinic Tales of Destruction, Julia Watts Belser examines early Jewish accounts of the Roman conquest of Judea.

This book invites a close textual encounter with the first 11 chapters of Genesis as an intimate drama of marginalised peoples wrestling with the rise of the world's first grain states in the Mesopotamian alluvium.

Lane provides a canonical analysis of the credo of Exodus 34:6-7 and its major parallels in the Hebrew Bible.

El diálogo del Resucitado con los discípulos de Emaús lleva a su culmen el recurso al Antiguo Testamento como clave de comprensión del misterio y del ministerio de Jesús; el libro de los Hechos, particularmente en sus discursos, desarrolla el verdadero "programa" que suponen estas palabras del Resucitado.

Many Christian feminists wonder if they can simultaneously maintain their commitment to principles of gender equality and their faith in the Scriptures, particularly the Old Testament.

2016 BIBLE OF THE YEAR - CRT Awards 2016A bright, lively new edition of the UK's bestselling Bible, perfect for helping children to enjoy and engage with the Bible.