CONTENTSPART 1: THE ORIGINS OF ANCIENT ISRAELEarly Israel as an Anti-Imperial CommunityThe Origins of Israel as a TextualModels for Envisioning Early IsraelTriumphalist versus Anti-Triumphalist Versions of Early Israel: A Response to Articles by Lemche and DeverHistorical Description versus Historical Representation and SymbolThe Interplay of Religion and Ethnicity in Ancient IsraelProto-Globalization and Proto-Secularization in Ancient IsraelRevisiting the Tribes of Yahweh after Twenty-five YearsPART 2: THE POLITICS OF ANCIENT ISRAELReligion and Politics: Early Israel and JudaismThe Puzzling Politics of Ancient IsraelThe Role of Biblical Politics in Contextual TheologiesPART 3: REVIEW AND REFLECTIONSForward to Jeremy Young, The Violence of God and the War on TerrorReflections on R.
Forsaking the Fall argues along exegetical, theological, and philosophical lines that the doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin need not be understood as integral components of orthodox Christianity.
Though the Epistle to the Romans repeatedly mentions the issue of evil, suffering, and oppression (Rom 5, 8, 12, etc), one rarely finds studies of its contribution to this issue.
In Engaging the Passion, Oliver Larry Yarbrough has gathered an impressive array of scholars to survey the wealth of ways in which the death of Jesus has been portrayed and represented in Scripture, liturgy and music, literature, art and film, theology, and ethics.
This book investigates 1 Corinthians 1-4 from a rhetorical and social perspective and explores that a divisive culture of rhetorical and paternal elitism lies behind the schisms and problems identified in the letter.
Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church is part of Ad Fontes: Early Christian Sources, a series designed to present ancient Christian texts essential to an understanding of Christian theology, ecclesiology, and practice.
This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture's beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification practices.
This seventh volume in the popular Old Testament for Everyone series tells the story of Israel when it was a monarchy, from the accession of Solomon to the exile.
Working within two popular genres, gardening books and biblical meditations, God Gardened East offers a meditation on the first twenty-five chapters of Genesis, emphasizing the tropes of cultivation, wandering, and "e;the east.
The social context of Paul's mission and congregations has been the study of intense investigation for decades, but only in recent years have questions of economic realities and the relationship between rich and poor come to the forefront.
"e;In these meditations upon Scripture, the author quickly, lightly opens up the sacred text to us in a way that--to my knowledge--has never been attempted in the entire history of the Christian faith.
