Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

This book is a meditation on Paul's letter to the church in Galatia with the purpose of reclaiming Paul for those of faith who have grown tired of thinking that Christians are the people who draw lines, make distinctions, and police religious borders.

Die Apostelgeschichte lässt als Teil des lukanischen Doppelwerks ein ebenso klares historiographisches wie theologisches Profil erkennen.

"e;No other book of the Bible is quite so R-rated.

This book shows readers the nature of Christian faith by exploring how the gospel was originated, formed, and developed.

The prophet Haggai advocated for the rebuilding of the temple, destroyed by Babylon, in the tumultuous period of reconstruction under Persian dominion; so much is evident from a surface reading of the book .

This is not just a book about spirituality.

'Parables' are stories Jesus told using characters and events familiar to his audience.

What role do the church fathers play in the life of a modern Christian?

John 21 portrays seven disciples fishing all night yet catching nothing.

Originally published in 1995, Early Creationist Journals is the ninth volume in the Creationism in Twentieth-Century America series, reissued in 2021.

Beatitudes, Not Platitudes shows that the Beatitudes are not overused, well-worn answers to the question, "e;What would Jesus do?

This is the first monograph to develop a hermeneutic approach to the digital-as both a technological milieu and a cultural phenomenon.

Those who study the Bible are becoming increasingly attentive to the significance of economics when examining ancient texts and the cultures that produced them.

This study takes the singular approach of reading two sides of a parable.

This book guides readers into conversation with Paul's letter to the Romans.

In 1958, American historian of religion Morton Smith made an astounding discovery in the Mar Saba monastery in Jerusalem.

Are the gentiles under the law in Paul?

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

Ancient Near East: The Basics surveys the history of the ancient Middle East from the invention of writing to Alexander the Great's conquest.

Second-century Christians had a significant role in shaping the import of the literary sources that they inherited from the first century through their editorial revisions and the church traditions that they appended to them.

Imperialism and Biblical Prophecy is a radically new interpretation of prophetic poetry.

The symbolism of Revelation has puzzled readers for centuries.

Most Christians believe that their views on social and political issues are biblically based.

"e;The episodes in 1 and 2 Samuel are striking in their depiction of human characterspriests, soldiers, kings, prophets, and royal advisersbut also significant in how they narrate the central character of this history, the God of Israel.

One of the central claims that Textual Rivalries makes is that the Kabbalah is often mislabeled as mysticism.

This book examines an undertheorized topic in the study of religion and sacred texts: the figure of the neighbor.

This study explores the relationship between the individual person (the self), the divine, and other people in the writings of the apostle Paul and the Roman Stoic Epictetus.

The book of Psalms is a favorite of Christians, even though we frequently read it in portions and pieces, hopscotching through the familiar and avoiding the odd, the unpleasant, and the difficult.

Originally published in 1958, this book gives a concise account of the canonical prophets, viewed in the light of modern scholarship.

The Torah was recognized as a unit before the separation between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel.