Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

In 2020s Foresight, authors Tom Sine and Dwight Friesen seek to "e;wake up"e; Christian leaders and those whom they serve to the realities that leaders in other fields must deal with all the time.

In Black Suffering, James Henry Harris explores the nexus of injustices, privations, and pains that contribute to the daily suffering seen and felt in the lives of Black folks.

Although written from a Lutheran religious tradition, the invitation and reach of They Are Us: Lutherans and Immigration, Second Edition is broad and inclusive.

Judith tells the story of a beautiful Jewish woman who enters the tent of an invading general, gets him drunk, and then slices off his head, thus saving her village and Jerusalem.

The book of Proverbs is more than the sum of its parts.

In Using Our Outside Voice, Greg Carey contends that responsible public biblical interpretation requires the ability to enter a conversation about the Bible, to understand the various arguments in play, and to offer informed opinions that others can understand.

Increasingly, many Christians and spiritual seekers feel they are in a sort of wilderness space where the familiar, settled, and normal parts of life have become unsettled, out of balance.

Understanding and assessing the New Testament writings from Asian viewpoints provides a unique and original outlook for interpretation of the Christian Scriptures.

Old Testament scholar and interpreter Brent A.

With clarity and verve, Mark Allen Powell introduces the beginning student to the contents and structure of the Gospels, their distinctive characteristics, and their major themes.

The advent of the modern, historical, and critical methods of reading Scripture is one of the most significant events in the last five hundred years of Christian history and theology.

In this new volume, prolific scholar Walter Brueggemann seeks to show Christian preachers how to consider the faith witnessed in several Old Testament traditions and to help them discover rich and suggestive connections to our contemporary faith challenges.

"e;Illuminating … these profound profiles will be eye opening for any reader.

A translation of Luther's explanations along with other catechetical study helps, such as prayers, worship rites, and Luther's introduction.

In The Power of Equivocation Amy Kalmanofsky addresses the Bible's inherent complexity as well as the complexity of those who seek to read the Bible critically, generously, and honestly.

"e;Justice, only justice"e; is Deuteronomy's terse summary of what Yahweh requires of the people of God.

The third evangelist makes Black-skinned people central to his claim in Luke and Acts that the gospel of Jesus is restoring the children of God.

The field of biblical studies has championed the historical-critical method as the only way to guarantee objective interpretation.

Paul on Identity shows the inner connection in Paul's view of three distinct issues that all focus on identity: What defines the fundamental "e;Christ identity"e; for which Paul argues?

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.

Drawing on recent philosophical developments in hermeneutics and poststructuralism, The Fragility of Language and the Encounter with God offers a theological account of the contingency of language and perception and of how acknowledging that contingency transforms the perennial theological question of the development of doctrine.

The third evangelist tells the story of Jesus in clear, dramatically compelling, and humanly moving terms.

How to Read Paul provides an incisive, yet brief, examination of Paul as a writer and theologian steeped in the cultural, intellectual, and religious crossroads of the ancient world.

Justice, even divine justice, is concrete.

Scapegoats are innocent victims who have experienced blame and violence at the hands of society.

Comedians tend to view the world somewhat askew or askance, and that view--a kind of hermeneutical lens for discerning the comedic in daily life--serves to frame, reframe, and even de-frame reality.

The book of Jubilees was written by a Jewish author in the second century BCE.

The Politics of Faith addresses key biblical texts and their intersection with questions of good government, social policy, and societal leadership.

David E.

This groundbreaking volume presents a new translation of the text and detailed interpretation of almost every word or phrase in the book of Judges, drawing from archaeology and iconography, textual versions, biblical parallels, and extrabiblical texts, many never noted before.

Christology with a planetary vision, blurring the boundaries and breaking the rhetoric of polarities of domination and exclusion, is the need of the hour.

Christianity is always untimely, always foreign to our beliefs and contrary to our desires.

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

Traditionally, biblical studies has been an academic discipline with roots deeply embedded in historical inquiries about the genesis of texts.

The publication of Stony the Road We Trod thirty years ago marked the emergence of a critical mass of Black biblical scholars--as well as a distinct set of hermeneutical concerns.

In Inspired Imperfection, Gregory A.

What if you could encounter the words of Jesus on their own, lifted up from the surrounding narratives and presented in their full power and mystery?

Preachers often feel stuck when met with quickly shifting and dense media topics that flood the headlines.

In his revolutionary book Cross Vision, Gregory A.

Being enough is a universal longing.

A classic text in biblical theology--still relevant for today and tomorrow.

Rural contexts are often over-looked, treated as "e;flyover land.

You are already enough, and you are not too much.

In this handbook, author Gordon Lathrop guides preachers as they think about the central matters and purposes of preaching and engage in preparation for this important task.

Tenacious Solidarity features essays and new writings from 2014 to 2018.

The love of God crosses all boundaries.

Reading the books of the Law, the Pentateuch, in their original context is the crucial prerequisite for reading their citation and use in later interpretation, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III.

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