The purpose of this book is to introduce the Pentateuch to (under)graduate students by approaching it from the perspective of five theological polarities: chaos-creation (Genesis), slavery-freedom (Exodus), defilement-holiness (Leviticus), wilderness-homeland (Numbers), and conflict-covenant (Deuteronomy).
This accessible introduction to the Gospels examines the distinctive messages offered by the texts, giving students a better understanding of methods and interpretations.
The Old Testament features only one God, YHWH, electing only one people, Israel, not only for its own benefit but also to be eventually a light to the nations.
Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning offers an esoteric and metaphysical reading of Scripture, treating the Bible not merely as historical record or devotional text but as a symbolic drama of spiritual law.
Zunächst in England, dann in Frankreich und schließlich auch in Deutschland bildet die Aufklärung eine Kritik am überkommenen Christentum und dessen dogmatischen Grundlagen aus.
While many have recognized unusual patterns of repetition within the book of Hebrews, which seem to play a range of important functions within the text, the consistency of this patterning has not been fully appreciated and its function has been largely unexamined.
Since the second century, 1-2 Timothy and Titus, often referred to as the "e;Pastoral Epistles,"e; have been read and practiced together to help order a Christian congregation's life and mission.
Climate change, species loss, and the pollution of our air, water, and soil all indicate that humans have failed in their God-given mandate to care for the earth.
For centuries, Jesus' parables have been--and still are--extensively interpreted by those who impose Christian dogma and tradition on a parable told decades before Christianity per se even existed.
Many of our current, lasting controversies in American Christianity are due, in part, to the willingness of liberals to champion reason and experience while leaving Scripture and tradition to conservatives, and vice versa.
The book of Isaiah remains one of the most significant works of the Old Testament, dealing with actual responses to a series of political changes and crises--those responses being both of the people of God and also of the dominant great empires of that age.
