This monograph examines the place of chapters 3 and 4 in the larger argument of Hebrews, particularly the relationship of the people of God in Heb 3:7-4:13 to the surrounding discussion of the high priest.
Written by one of the world's foremost religious authorities, A Christian Faith for Today provides both Christians and sceptics with a much-needed response to modernity's challenge to God.
Scott Shauf compares the portrayal of the divine in Acts with portrayals of the divine in other ancient historiographical writings, the latter including Jewish and wider Greco-Roman historiographical traditions.
Die in dieser Festschrift versammelten Aufsätze behandeln verschiedene Aspekte der literarischen Entstehung sowie der inner- und außerbiblischen Rezeption der Erzählungen von den Erzvätern (Gen 12-50).
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.
Inspired by the current political moment around the globe in which uprisings, protests, revolutions, and movements are on the rise, this book examines the intersections between the Bible and activism.
The letters of 1 and 2 Peter and of Jude come from a time in Christian history about which we know little; thus they represent rare voices from a crucial time in Christianity's development.
Plato's Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Plato's famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil containing equal parts science, theology and myth.
The Shoah is without question the defining moment in modern history, and it has transformed the manner in which the Bible is read and how God is understood.
Narratives in Genesis 1-11 have been misunderstood in many ways, but they especially have been used to oppress women and African Americans and to present a God of wrath and judgment.
Democracy and Civilization (1947) is concerned with philosophy, theology and politics, with the nature of history and civilization and politics, using the approach of Christian thinking.
Melvin traces the emergence and development of the motif of angelic interpretation of visions from late prophetic literature (Ezekiel 4048; Zechariah 16) into early apocalyptic literature (1 Enoch 1736; 7282; Daniel 78).
El propósito fundamental de este Comentario es presentar el mensaje de las Escrituras de un modo relevante para la vida de nuestros pueblos, sin la pretensión de ofrecer fórmulas mágicas, capaces de transformar el mundo de un día para otro.
What does Jesus mean when he says, "e;A disciple is not above his teacher, but each disciple, after being fully trained, will be like his teacher"e; (Luke 6:40)?
