Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

The Sermon on the Mount contains many comparisons.

In this book, Brian Bishop simply pauses to look at fifty-seven beautiful images that feature the life and death of Jesus and the supper at which he appeared three days after his burial to two broken-hearted disciples.

The Sumer and Akkad are two of the most ancient civilizations known to men.

Given the widespread consensus that the Qur'an was in oral tradition before being committed to written form, it should come as no surprise to learn that the Qur'an still bears the traces of its original oral form.

Rereading the Biblical Text: Searching for Meaning and Understanding deals with problems scholars face in translating Hebrew words and sentences into contemporary English.

This is a must-add to your collection of Children's Jesus Book.

Make your kids listen to the chime of faith and Jesus with this Christian Songs and Rhymes for Children.

The primary goal of this commentary is to focus attention on what mattered most to Ezekiel and to craft a direction and scope of application that the prophet himself would recognize were he to preach to God's people today.

Aren't you a lucky child?

Although Easter is the most significant event in the Christian year, we rarely take time to explore what it means in detail.

The book of Proverbs is a cornucopia of practical wisdom on a variety of topics.

Isaiah 7:14 is one of the most debated verses in all of Scripture.

Worship is a dominant theme in the Old Testament.

In a world of heightened Middle East tensions, Christians are asking, "e;What is to become of Israel?

French language is one of the most beautiful languages in the world that is why a whole lot of people are on their quests to mastering speaking French.

Human trafficking causes untold suffering to millions throughout the world.

What are the origins of Jesus' reputation for healings and exorcisms?

Lane provides a canonical analysis of the credo of Exodus 34:6-7 and its major parallels in the Hebrew Bible.

By arguing that Matthew's Gospel can be read as a "e;homecoming story"e; according to the ancient formula of the "e;Banished and Returning Prince,"e; Robert Beck offers a fresh and provocative reinterpretation of the Gospel.

Luke's People seeks to understand the men and women who met Jesus and the apostles as they are described in the Gospel of Luke and in the Acts of the Apostles in the way that Luke, who wrote these works, intended.

Symbolic interactionism is a social-scientific perspective that seeks to describe how human beings create meaning with one another in their daily lives.

The humanities offer insights into the highest (and lowest) capabilities of our own natures and, at their best, they function as prophetic champions of human dignity and as inspired celebrants of beauty.

The apostolic mission from Israel to "e;the nations"e; forms the explicit framework for Ephesians and Colossians.

Drawing on more than forty years of experience as a catechist, parish DRE, textbook publisher, and founding director of the Echo Program at the University of Notre Dame, Gerard F.

A professor hears the voices of Biblical women.

This interdisciplinary study focuses upon two conflicts within early Christianity and demonstrates how these conflicts were radically transformed by the Greco-Roman rhetorical and compositional practice of mimesis--the primary means by which Greco-Roman students were taught to read, write, speak, and analyze literary works.

Many refer to 1 Peter as an exegetical stepchild within the New Testament; that is, it does not receive the same attention as the Pauline writings, the Gospels, or the Johannine literature.

This book is one of the many commentaries on the book of Acts.

Christian faith depends upon the resurrection of Jesus, but the claim about Jesus' resurrection is, nevertheless, disputed.

The book you now hold in your hands contains nearly everything the great American puritan Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) ever wrote on the book of Romans.

Modern readers often assume that Genesis 1 depicts the creation of the earth and sky as we know it.

Promise has a long pedigree in the history of Christian understandings of the gospel.

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.

The I AM statements exclusive to the Fourth Gospel are seen as the attempt of the author(s) of that Gospel to present the nature and purpose of the earthly life of Jesus by engaging the imaginative faculty of the reader.

While there are many commentaries written today, most have been products of Euro-American scholars who have sought to address questions and concerns of the western church.

It was God's love for His creation that allowed Moses, Elijah, James, Peter, and John to unfold God's plan for all mankind.

Meet the Isaiah you never knew.

The pastor who seeks to preach expositionally through Psalms faces a daunting task, for the sermon series would take several years to complete and many of the sermons would seem repetitious because of similar psalms.

This book interprets Mark's gospel in light of the Roman-Jewish War of 66-70 CE.

Where did Paul find leaders for his new churches?

Probing the Frontiers of Biblical Studies is a seventeen-chapter anthology on biblical studies.

Using a biblical theology method (explained in SwJT 56:1 [2013] 227-57), this book reflects the content of the text of Isaiah within its Jewish-Christian context.

In this innovative study, Anna Miller challenges prevailing New Testament scholarship that has largely dismissed the democratic civic assembly--the ekklesia--as an institution that retained real authority in the first century CE.

"e;While serious studies of the Bible's rhetoric have been written for academic readers .

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

The Gospel of John has been examined from many different perspectives, but a comprehensive treatment of the theme of worship in this Gospel has not yet appeared.

Come, let us find the places of beauty!

El estudio de la Biblia avanza hoy por sus márgenes, por campos de estudio que contribuyen a reconocer los infinitos sentidos de las Escrituras: los originarios de los libros bíblicos, los desarrollados en la exégesis judía, cristiana e islámica, los desplegados en la cultura y las artes a lo largo de los siglos y los de las múltiples interpretaciones propuestas desde perspectivas actuales.

The book is a commentary on Hebrews designed for use as textbook for undergraduate and graduate level studies.