Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

This antiquarian book contains Thomas Aquinas's "e;Catena Aurea"e;.

With typical eloquence and wisdom, in The Way of St Benedict Rowan Williams explores the appeal of St Benedict's sixth-century Rule, showing it to be a document of great relevance to present day Christians and non-believers at our particular moment in history.

With typical eloquence and wisdom, in The Way of St Benedict Rowan Williams explores the appeal of St Benedict's sixth-century Rule, showing it to be a document of great relevance to present day Christians and non-believers at our particular moment in history.

In this wide-ranging book, Rowan Williams argues that what we say about Jesus Christ is key to understanding what Christian belief says about creator and creation overall.

In this wide-ranging book, Rowan Williams argues that what we say about Jesus Christ is key to understanding what Christian belief says about creator and creation overall.

The Mowbray Lent Book for 2016.

The Mowbray Lent Book for 2016.

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.

The growing shift in Catholic moral theology from reflecting on rules alone to focusing on the identity and formation of persons as moral agents prompts a further question: What impact do recent changes in the identity and formation of Catholic moral theologians themselves have on how that discipline is practiced?

What is the book of Ecclesiastes about?

Why does the Torah begin with the letter beit, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet?

In The Eternal Books Retold, Alex J.

The growing shift in Catholic moral theology from reflecting on rules alone to focusing on the identity and formation of persons as moral agents prompts a further question: What impact do recent changes in the identity and formation of Catholic moral theologians themselves have on how that discipline is practiced?

Paul Today discusses and challenges popular interpretations of familiar Pauline texts in view of important controversies and debates.

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The agricultural world of Old Testament Israel swarmed with animals-birds, insects, fish, pack animals, pets, animals for hunting, and domesticated herds of sheep, goats, and cattle.

Written with the student and interested public in mind, Truth in Translation aims to explain what is involved and what is at stake in Bible translation.

There were fifteen important prophets in Israel, whose lives covered nearly four centuries, beginning about 750 B.

"e;Who is this Jesus, who wanders onto center stage in this earliest of the Christian Gospels?

Reflects on the central mystery of faith: how new life springs from death.

The Talmud is filled with knowledge, inspiration, and insights that enrich all facets of Jewish life.

Tales of Elijah the Prophet is a brilliant and multicolored portrait of Elijah and his role in Jewish life and tradition throughout the ages.

The author writes: "e;Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook (5635-5695/1865-1935) was one of the greatest Jewish leaders of recent history.

From the Preface:"e;The principal thrust of this book is to challenge the compartmentalization to which we seem all too easily resigned, to discover whether, and to what extent, the methods of modern scholarship can become part and parcel of the study of Torah, conceived as a religious-intellectual way of life.

Judith Abrams, author of the highly acclaimed The Talmud for Beginners, Volumes I & II, creates yet another way of making Talmud study easy and accessible for the novice.

This ground-breaking work explains the Bible's fundamental mathematical code in easy-to-understand terms.

Liberation from Empire investigates the phenomenon of demonic possession and exorcism in the Gospel of Mark.

The Canon of the Bible and the Apocrypha in the Churches of the East features essays reflecting the latest scholarly research in the field of the canon of the Bible and related apocryphal books, with special attention given to the early Christian literature of Eastern churches.

In the "Pauline literature of the New Testament", the characteristics of the Spirit and Christian life are described through the use of metaphor.

The imperative mood as a whole has generally been neglected by Greek grammarians.