Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

John and Philosophy: A New Reading of the Fourth Gospel offers a Stoic reading of the Fourth Gospel, especially its cosmology, epistemology, and ethics.

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.

This book revisits the tradition of Western religious cinema in light of scholarship on St.

Devils and Deviants takes up the question of the impact of religious schism on the composition of 1 and 2 John.

Are the Ten Commandments the standard for Christian living?

One of the books most central to late-antique religious life was the four-gospel codex, containing the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Based on linguistic and thematic links in the narrative, The Turning Point in the Gospel of Mark argues that the twin pericopae of Peter's confession (8:27-38) and the Transfiguration (9:2-13) together function as the turning point of the Gospel and serve in a Janus-like manner enabling the reader to see the author's main focus: the identity of Jesus and the significance of that reality for his disciples.

The book is a commentary on preaching from the book of Revelation.

Jesus' parables in Luke weren't only addressing his audience.

Jesus's command to disciple all the nations in Matt 28:19 has provided a powerful catalyst for cross-cultural mission for the past two thousand years.

The Hebrew Torah was translated into Greek in Alexandria by Jewish scholars in the third century BCE, and other 'biblical' books followed to form the so-called Septuagint.

The Old Testament has two great themes: creation and covenant.

The Bible and Jews in Medieval Spain examines the grammatical, exegetical, philosophical and mystical interpretations of the Bible that took place in Spain during the medieval period.

Over the course of the past two centuries, Augustine's ecclesiology has been subject to interpretations that overdraw the distinction between the visible and invisible dimensions of the church, sometimes reducing the church to a purely spiritual, invisible reality, over against the visible church celebrating the sacraments; the empirical community is incidental, at best, and can be discarded.

The Bible is moving, inspirational and endlessly fascinating - but is it true?

This book is a commentary on the Acts of the Apostles for the nonspecialist, based on lecture notes accumulated over many years of Professor Mel Storm's introductory course on Acts.

Mark for the Nations is a translation by the author of his Swedish commentary on the Gospel of Mark.

Ancient peoples regarded names as indicative of character and destiny.

This book provides a learning-by-doing approach to the study of the Gospels.

Covering the major monotheistic religions-Christianity, Judaism, and Islam-as well as selected Eastern religions and Baha'i, Zoroastrianism, and Mormonism, this cross-cultural book offers excerpts of sacred texts and interprets passages to enable a deeper understanding of these religious writings.

This book is meant to be a companion and guide through what many deem to be the most perplexing book of the New Testament.

Biblical narrative learning is a non-critical educational approach for Christian communities with diverse learning backgrounds, involving three sets of movement: inquire and invent, interpret and imagine-inspire, and imitate and impart.

How did the biblical authors and the people of their time view sex and sexual issues?

Kabbalah: A Guide for the Perplexed is a concise and accessible introduction to the major elements of the prevalent metaphysical system of Judaism, Kabbalah.

Aysha Hidayatullah presents the first comprehensive analysis of contemporary feminist interpretations of the Qur'an.

This collection of nineteen representative essays is a Festschrift written by former colleagues and students in honor of Prof.

For too long the women of the Bible have been depicted in one-dimensional terms.

Sociologist Anthony Blasi analyzes early Christianity using multiple social scientific theories, including those of Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Max Scheler, Alfred Schutz, and contemporary theorists.

The pseudo-Clementine writings are one of the most intriguing and valuable sources for early Jewish Christianity.

Learn to Foster Glory in Those You LeadWhat does it mean to lead with wisdom, integrity, and purpose?

In the late nineteenth century, Jewish scholars began to be interested in Jesus and eventually Paul as important figures in the history of the Jewish people.

This study explores the premise that the experience of being "e;born from above"e; in John's Gospel can be seen as mirroring the development of human subjectivity, particularly as understood through the psychoanalytic work of Julia Kristeva.

Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions examines the possible motivations behind the production of apocryphal Christian texts.