Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Recent monographs on Johannine signs tend to focus on a single sign.

The importance of typology in the study of early modern literature has long been accepted, yet students of Victorian culture have paid little attention to it.

One of the remarkable developments in the contemporary study of Paul is the dramatic interest in his thought amongst European philosophers.

Modern biblical scholars often view the methods they employ as objective and neutral, tracing the history of modern biblical scholarship to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

This book centres on the use of the Bible within contemporary digital social media culture and gives an overview of its use online with examples from brand-new research from the CODEC Research Centre at Durham University, UK.

Embedded in modern print culture, biblical scholars have been projecting the assumptions and concepts of print culture onto the texts they interpret.

This study, first published in 1998, makes a lively and welcome contribution to the critical analysis of Nietzsche's seminal classic This Spoke Zarathustra.

The Gospel writers Matthew, Mark and John were eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus.

In this important addition to the Old Testament Library, now available in a new casebound edition, renowned scholar Brevard Childs writes on the Old Testament's most important theological book.

In diesem Band sind Beiträge von Erich Zenger aus den Jahren 1990–2010 zusammengestellt, die sich mit dem Ersten Testament als Buch der Kirche im Kontext des jüdisch-christlichen Dialogs auseinandersetzen.

Humans, seeking to understand the nature of reality, have learned to discern life's patterns and to respond to life's vicissitudes by acting wisely, doing what brings happiness and success.

This volume explores the creation of the collection now known as the New Testament.

In this book, Nicholas Haydock explores the biblical presentation of the Levitical priesthood, drawing out themes that run throughout Scripture and reveal God's intention for the priesthood.

The story of Jonah, often read as a simple children's story, is a multifaceted and elaborate narrative with serious intent.

El evangelio de Marcos sigue suscitando importantes cuestiones a los exegetas contemporáneos que demuestran que, pese a ser uno de los escritos bíblicos a los que más atención se ha dedicado a lo largo de la historia, siempre ofrece nuevos interrogantes.

This book introduces the Bible as one of the greatest works of world literature.

Although healing constitutes both a major theme of biblical literature and a significant practice of biblical communities, healing themes and experiences are not always conspicuous in presentations of biblical theology.

Mark for the Nations is a translation by the author of his Swedish commentary on the Gospel of Mark.

George Tyrrell insisted that the quest for the historical Jesus was no more than scholars staring into a well to see their own reflections staring back.

The primary goal of this commentary is to focus attention on what mattered most to Ezekiel and to craft a direction and scope of application that the prophet himself would recognize were he to preach to God's people today.

What career would Jesus follow if he came to the earth today?

Subversive Wisdom makes the case that in the Gospel of John, Jesus walks and talks like Lady Wisdom of the Hebrew Scriptures.

This work is an attempt to lay the groundwork for how we talk about sex with those we love, in our churches and in the culture at large.

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

This book is a devotional translation from the Greek text of the Gospel of John appearing in Barbara Aland et al.

Die Beiträge dieses Tagungsbandes bringen zwei Kernbereiche alttestamentlicher Forschung in ein konstruktiv-kritisches Gespräch miteinander: Pentateuchforschung und Jesajaforschung.

The Bible includes any number of a tyrannical textsa , that have proved to be profoundly oppressive in the lives of many people.

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First published in 1940, this book provides a literary dictionary to the New Testament.

Theology has a rich tradition across the African continent, and has taken myriad directions since Christianity first arrived on its shores.

This volume explores the connections between John McDowell's philosophy and the hermeneutic tradition.

When God gives us blessings, he wants us to share them with others whenever possible.

Craig Keener is known for his meticulous work on New Testament backgrounds, but especially his detailed work on the book of Acts.

To our knowledge nothing with The Suicide Funeral (or Memorial Service): Honoring Their Memory, Comforting Their Survivors' scope and depth has ever been published.