Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Historians of early Christianity unanimously agree that Jesus was executed by Roman soldiers.

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The Reformed Two-Kingdom project has generated a great deal of literature.

Although traditionally accepted by the church down through the centuries, the longer ending of Mark's Gospel (16:9-20) has been relegated by modern scholarship to the status of a later appendage.

The prophet Jeremiah, mourning his people in the city of Zion, spoke of the balm that could heal them.

Comedians tend to view the world somewhat askew or askance, and that view--a kind of hermeneutical lens for discerning the comedic in daily life--serves to frame, reframe, and even de-frame reality.

In this fascinating book, Caroline Blyth takes a close look at Bibles marketed to teen girls and asks how these might perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes that lie at the heart of rape culture.

Believers in an increasingly secular world face the challenge of responding to the cultural changes that have taken place in the past generation, as Christians become a "e;cognitive minority,"e; especially in the West.

In Writing Faith, Timothy Stanley provides a novel reevaluation of Jacques Derridas deconstructive account of writing.

The Sermon on the Mount contains many comparisons.

Readers interested in the Bible, and Biblical stories.

Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.

Convinced that we no longer have immediate access to the sense of Jesus' words but must account for the history of its "e;effects,"e; David Clark seeks to trace the meaning of the Lord's Prayer through the early centuries of the faith.

As #MeToo and its sister movement #ChurchToo demonstrated, sexual violence is systemic in many and varied workplace settings, including Christian churches, and can destroy women's careers and vocational aspirations.

The fourth edition of this best-selling textbook continues to be a valuable resource for the beginning student in the critical study of the Bible.

Paul's letter to Titus is one of the most neglected letters of the New Testament.

6 Ezra is a short oracular writing that is included in the biblical Apocrypha as the final two chapters (15-16) of Ezra, or 2 Esdras.

For many years I have had an interest in the equality of women and men, particularly in the church, where it has been woefully lacking for the most part.

Apart from a few famous stories, like Peter walking on water, most readers of the Bible have only a vague notion of who Jesus's apostles were and what they did.

The Apostle Paul's vision of eternity is centered on the inheritance theme.

The Buddhist saint Ngrjuna, who lived in South India in approximately the second century CE, is undoubtedly the most important, influential, and widely studied Mahyna Buddhist philosopher.

Joseph of Arimathea: A Study in Reception History examines the extensive and convoluted afterlives of a minor biblical character who nevertheless plays a major role in three pivotal scenes in the passion of Jesus Christ as presented by the four canonical Gospels: the request to Pilate for the body, the descent from the cross, and the burial of Jesus' corpse.

This book provides a comprehensive study on the proclamation of Holy Scriptures as an enacted celebration, as well as its function as a performance within sacralized theatrical spaces.

Do we appreciate to the full why the Jewish believers of the early church "e;were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on Gentiles"e;?

Bible readers are often preoccupied with themselves.

This book, third in Wright's series Christian Origins and the Question of God, sketches a map of ancient beliefs about life after death, in both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds.

James, Brother of Jesus, and the Jerusalem Church opens fresh ground in our understanding of Christian origins through an exploration of the role of James in the founding of the church.

Why did Paul frequently employ a diverse range of metaphors in his letters to the Corinthians?

Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological ResearchVOLUME TWO FALL 2010 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.

Recent studies of the Christology of John's Gospel have agreed in recognizing the centrality of the concept of messianism, but differ markedly in their interpretation of its character.

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In an age when technology is making our world feel increasingly small and far-flung peoples are interacting with each other more regularly than at any other time in history, the common threads running through vastly different civilizations are not only more obvious but more important to our understanding of ourselves as members of the human race.

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Although it might seem natural that Jesus' beliefs about God should shape Christian theology, this has often not been the case.

This revised edition of The Family Metaphor in Jesus' Teaching examines the family metaphors for God (Father) and for believers ("e;children,"e; "e;brothers"e;) that Jesus chose to use.

This lively book for introductory Old Testament classes offers an appealing illustration of how faith and academic study can work together, motivating and equipping Christian believers to turn to the Old Testament as a profound resource for their daily negotiations of faith, identity, and culture.