Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Scan any Old Testament Theology for its entry concerning the Song of Songs and you are likely to put the book down and walk away disappointed.

"e;In these meditations upon Scripture, the author quickly, lightly opens up the sacred text to us in a way that--to my knowledge--has never been attempted in the entire history of the Christian faith.

Struggles for Shalom is a collection of essays by biblical scholars about peace, justice, and violence in ancient Jewish and Christian texts, written to honor the life work of Mennonite scholars Perry B.

To serve God and Christ faithfully in the midst of a pagan society that exalts power, wealth, and pleasure is the tenor of the prophetic summons to the church in the book of Revelation.

Human activity, both good and bad, cannot be explained merely by DNA and brain chemistry.

A Time To Be Deborah is a study of the Biblical Book of Judges focusing on the account of the prophetess Deborah and the Israelite military general, Barak.

For centuries the New Testament book of Hebrews has been interpreted as though it had been written for Jewish Christians in danger of lapsing back into legalism and religious ceremony.

The conclusion of Luke-Acts is regarded as one of the most important chapters of Luke's two-volume work.

Alfred Edersheim (1825-1889) was born and reared in a Jewish home in Vienna.

For many years I have had an interest in the equality of women and men, particularly in the church, where it has been woefully lacking for the most part.

The question of the relationship between the Gospel of Mark and letters of Paul has been ever-present in New Testament scholarship but has never been fully explored.

This book on Jeremiah seeks to place before a broad audience of students and lay readers one of the truly great Hebrew prophets and extraordinary individuals of the ancient world.

Is it possible to discern women prophets' utterances embedded within lyrics of prophetic books?

The genre of biblical commentary is as old as the Bible itself, and remains very much alive as a point of illuminating contact between the ancient text and its modern readers.

The Radical Disciple invites the followers of Christ to take seriously the scriptural mandate to love God and neighbor.

Water is a core symbol in the Gospel of John and is particularly prevalent in passages that involve the revelation of Jesus's identity.

What is Christian about counseling?

This book's findings are rich and intriguing: In his death, Jesus--the chief architect in the production of space in the Christian realm--founds an alternative community that reorders space and creates a new reality for believers.

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

Jesus teaches that regardless of one's profession, if one does not demonstrate a changed life produced by God, one will not enter into heaven.

Has God said?

Modern scholars have varied responses to apocalyptic narrative in the Synoptic Gospels.

In this first of a three-volume work, Vicchio addresses the most ancient Hebrew text of Job in all its complexity, with particular emphasis on the problems of evil and suffering.

In this second of a three-volume work, Vicchio addresses the Job traditions as interpreted in the period of the Middle Ages--in Jewish, Christian and Islamic sources.

In this third of a three-volume work, the author traces the interpretation of the book of Job from the Authorized Version of the Bible (King James Version) through philosophers of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.

When our Father of Faith is tempted to sacrifice his sense of humor on the Altar of God's Demands, God intervenes in a surprising way that really makes Abe laugh.

Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological ResearchVOLUME TWO FALL 2010 The Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research (JBPR) is a new international peer-reviewed academic serial dedicated to narratively and rhetorically minded exegesis of biblical and related texts.

"e;We offer this collection as a token of our affection and admiration of our friend and colleague James Weldon Thompson.

Solomon's idolatry, his murder of his political enemies, and his role in the breakup of the kingdom, which are bluntly presented in Kings, are omitted in Chronicles.

Since the time of Jerome, scholars have tried to explain why John the Baptist asks Jesus if he is "e;the one who is to come"e; (Matt 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23) after he had apparently identified him as "e;the lamb of God"e; (John 1:29-34).

Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) was one of the most influential preachers in the twentieth century.

Rebelling against a century of Old Testament scholarship, Isaac M.

The epistle of James is often poorly understood.

Do you find yourself always struggling with two sides of an issue?

'The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification' by Walter Marshall, first published in 1692, is one of the classic works of Christian spirituality.

A challenging and comprehensive study of the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts; of special interest to those studying Lucan pneumatology or New Testament pneumatology.

In this book David Everett examines how Church has changed throughout a modern/postmodern context.

The influence of Hans Frei (1922-1988) is wide and deep in contemporary theology, even though he published little in his own lifetime.

Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological ResearchVOLUME ONE FALL 2009 The Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research (JBPR) is a new international peer-reviewed academic serial dedicated to narratively and rhetorically minded exegesis of biblical and related texts.

Through the use of current intertextual methods and narrative criticism, this book offers a fresh examination of the Son of Man in Mark, developing the conclusions of Morna Hooker's 1967 work, The Son of Man in Mark: A Study of the Background of the Term "e;Son of Man"e; and Its Use in St.

What if you were to look at human suffering, pain, and loss with another lens?

This book shows readers the formation of Q by exploring how the texts were subjected to redaction four times.

There are many books on Christian education, but few consider pedagogy with a biblical focus on formation, and a grounding in varied related disciplines.

This book offers a critical and constructive analysis of the contribution of Jurgen Moltmann to the field of ecotheology.

The book of Job has captured the imagination of Christians and non-Christians alike.

What do you think the Bible says?

What is the Christian Lord's Day?

Intriguing and eye-opening interpretations of the most scandalous Bible stories that are puzzling and even shocking, maybe not even worthy of being in the Bible.

The four Gospels are the only books in the Bible to tell the same story from four different angles.

Conflict over homosexuality in Christian churches is only intensifying.