Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Sermon Nuggets is a collection of ninety-one topics treated in hundreds of Fred R.

As the leading book in its field, Religion and Ethnicity in Canada has been embraced by scholars, teachers, students, and policy makers as a breakthrough study of Canadian religio-ethnic diversity and its impact on multiculturalism.

Christianity: The Basics is a compelling introduction to both the central pillars of the Christian faith and the rich and varied history of this most global of global religions.

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Written in accessible language and sensitive to those who have little or no experience in reading the Bible, each book in the Conversations with Scripture series focuses on exploring the historical and critical background of the biblical texts, while illustrating how these centuries-old writings still speak to us today.

Although the object of centuries of study, only relatively recently has Genesis 1-11 been analyzed with attention to its literary unity and theological purpose.

This paperback edition of Walter Brueggemann's monumental work makes his important volume available at a lower price.

Toward Decentering the New Testament is the first introductory text to the New Testament written by an African American woman biblical scholar and an Asian-American male biblical scholar.

Biblical contributors express an oral stage engaging Christianity within a properly basic communal worldview similar to Alvin Plantinga advocates.

Originally published in 1990.

'Symposia' illuminates the central issues and concerns of biblical studies by presenting a series of stories.

This book provides a new reading of the biblical book of Numbers in a commentary form.

The Mowbray Lent Book for 2016.

If we are being honest, many of us would admit that we spend practically no time praising God when we pray.

Satan's transformation from opaque functionary to chief antagonist is one of the most striking features of the development of Jewish theology in the Second Temple Period and beyond.

The Three Pillars: How Family Politics Shaped the Earliest Church and the Gospel of Mark, examines how family relationships played a key role in the earliest Christian church.

In Babel: Political Rhetoric of a Confused Legacy, Samuel L.

Interpreting an ancient book like the Bible can be an intimidating task.

How Jews and Christians Interpret Their Sacred Texts is a comparative textual study that demonstrates the connections between the Hebrew Scriptures, sacred to both Judaism and Christianity, and the Jewish Talmud and Christian New Testament, which respectively became the bases for all modern systems of the two faiths.

Anderson shows how Early Christians' faith took root in a multicultural world just as diverse and conflicted as our own.

It's the most important subject in Christianity.

Revelation, by any modern standard, is a strange book.

Systematische Theologie und Bibelexegese gehen heute oftmals getrennte Wege.

To experience the gospel message as first-century people heard it is to move into an oral world, one with very little reliance on manuscripts.

If you walk down the aisle in the Christian growth section of your local bookstore, you will be spoiled for choice.

First and Second Peter, James, and Jude have existed on the edges of the canon throughout the centuries.

Designed for both Hebrew and non-Hebrew students, A Handbook to Old Testament Exegesis offers a fresh, hands-on introduction to exegesis of the Old Testament.

In Pilgrim Letters, Curtis Freeman takes disciples on a contemporary journey into an ancient faith.

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Despite the resurgence of scholarly interest in the Book of Tobit in recent years, an important aspect of this deuterocanonical book has been largely overlooked.

This volume of correspondence contains exchanges written between Lloyd Cline Sears (1895-1986) and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong (1899-1977), two influential leaders in early educational efforts of the Churches of Christ.

Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.

Table of Contents:Part 1: The Discipline of Hearing1.

Twenty-first century Christians live in diaspora, merely one voice among many, without enjoying their once-privileged place in society.

Increasingly, adolescents and young adults in the United States are racially and socioeconomically diverse, while the teaching population remains predominantly white and middle class.