Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Biblical studies and the teaching of biblical studies are clearly changing, though it is less clear what the changes mean and how we should evaluate them.

The Gospels Today discusses and challenges popular interpretations of familiar gospel texts and themes and quickly presents overviews of important controversies and debates.

Three hundred years before Christianity became a religion, Jesus taught the Way.

This book considers how certainty and faith are related in the Christian faith.

Rival 'communities of the faithful' are not in the habit of reading each other's books, and when they do so, it is often to find fault and disparage.

There are three main positions that people adopt within the abortion debate: pro-life, muddled middle, and pro-choice.

We in mainline churches are uneasy, maybe even scared.

Die Bibel - ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln?

Curious about ancient stories, once a part of our culture, that schools fail to teach today?

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

Books, audiotapes, and classes about yoga are today as familiar as they are widespread, but we in the West have only recently become engaged in the meditative doctrines of the East--only in the last 70 or 80 years, in fact.

From Dan to Beersheba and Beyond is a series of spiritual observations and opinions from an aging pastor on his first trip to Palestine.

In the 6th century BCE, Jerusalem and Judea were destroyed by the Babylonians.

Die Aufsatzsammlung zur Literar- und Redaktionsgeschichte der Bücher Genesis bis Josua bietet programmatisch forschungsgeschichtlich und einzelexegetisch orientierte Beiträge, die die Problematik der Jahwistenhypothese aufzeigen und neue Wege zu einer redaktionsgeschichtlichen Interpretation des literarischen Befundes im Hexateuch, zumal in seinen nichtpriesterschriftlichen Teilen, beschreiten.

These critical readings explore the history of ancient Israel, from the Late Bronze Age to the Persian period, as it relates to the Bible.

Learning to Speak a New Tongue attempts to respond to a timely question facing America today: What holds people together in a fragmented world?

The meaning of "e;the millennium"e;--the thousand-year reign of Christ spoken of in Revelation 20--has been controversial for much of the church's history, and even the main perspectives on the matter turn out to be more variegated than is often realized.

Acts is arguably the most exciting book in the New Testament.

Originally published in 1995, Creation-Evolution Debates is the second volume in the series, Creationism in Twentieth Century America, reissued in 2021.

This book moves beyond the debate on 'wisdom literature', ongoing in biblical studies, to demonstrate the productivity of 'wisdom' as a literary category.

Das leitende Thema dieses Bandes ist die in den 1970er Jahren in der Bibelwissenschaft einsetzende soziale und kulturelle Wende (social and cultural turn).

What global future would ensure hope, justice and peace to the human mankind?

La Biblia y su autoridad constituyen el problemático nudo en torno al que se construye la Edad Moderna, hasta el punto de que la Biblia y su correcta interpretación dividen Europa y la cristiandad.

Engaging with critical scholarship but designed to be accessible for those beginning formal theological study or Christians who want to go deeper in their understanding of the book, The Kingdom of Our God demonstrates that the words of the prophets can still speak to us today.

Who was the real founder of Christianity as it is known today--Jesus or Paul?

What transpires when Classical Pentecostals pray for God to intervene within their suffering, but God does not?

Biblical Foundations Book Awards FinalistFor Christians, the Old Testament often presents a conundrum.

Parables of Jesus are stories about everyday life, ranging from a person's worldview to economic justice in society.

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

The prophet Haggai advocated for the rebuilding of the temple, destroyed by Babylon, in the tumultuous period of reconstruction under Persian dominion; so much is evident from a surface reading of the book .

Motherhood provides a crucial place for exploring human life and its meaning.

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.

This volume brings together a diverse group of scholars, including biblical, systematic, and historical theologians, to honor Gareth Lee Cockerill, longtime professor of New Testament at Wesley Biblical Seminary (Jackson, MS) and distinguished scholar of the book of Hebrews.

While the Wisdom volume in the first Feminist Companion series investigated multiple aspects of characterizations of women found in Wisdom literature, the 13 essays in this volume move beyond the study of the characterization of females that formed one of the first steps of modern feminist criticism-the recovery of what had been ignored or trivialized by androcentric readings dominant through the centuries.

Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers.

John's gospel does not record "e;Thomas's doubt,"e; as later generations of Christians have branded the story.

John J.