Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Do you desire to go deeper still in your understanding of the New Testament Scriptures?

Biblical narrative learning is a non-critical educational approach for Christian communities with diverse learning backgrounds, involving three sets of movement: inquire and invent, interpret and imagine-inspire, and imitate and impart.

This book is a collaboration between a biblical scholar (Mary Ann Beavis) and a practical theologian (HyeRan Kim-Cragg) who are concerned with the way that the Bible is portrayed and interpreted in popular culture, including but not limited to the movies.

Matthew's Gospel contains material unique to it among the canonical Gospels.

Norma Jean Duncan found God following a personal revelation of his love.

Did Jesus speak Greek?

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The Old Testament prophets and their writings were hugely instrumental in the formation of the second temple eschatology, so an appreciation of the Old Testament prophetic literature greatly helps us in understanding the life and ministry of Jesus and the rationale of the early church.

The life of Jesus is at the heart of the Christian faith, and is one of the great works of Western literature.

This book introduces Christian readers of the Bible to the otherworldly way in which the rabbis of ancient times interpreted sacred texts.

As a dominant voice in our society, Western Christianity (including fundamentalism) is dying despite the growing tendency of people to identify as spiritual but not religious.

In Portrait of an Apostle Greg MaGee explores the claim that Colossians and Ephesians are works of forgery that use Paul's authoritative status to gain a hearing.

New Testament studies are witnessing many exciting developments.

This is a multi-view book in which representatives of differing viewpoints make a positive statement of their case, followed by responses from the others, and concluding with a rebuttal by the original author.

Reading Romans as Lament examines how and why Paul uses such a high volume of Old Testament lament in his letter to the Romans.

The exciting New Inductive Study Series (more than 880,000 copies sold) was created by Kay Arthur for people who long to immerse themselves in God's Word but need a 15-minutes-a-day resource to match their busy lifestyles.

Bestselling author Kay Arthur and dynamic Bible teacher Janna Arndt offer a great new inductive Bible study for kids.

Atonement has been described as the central doctrine of Christianity and yet, surprisingly, the church has never insisted on a particular understanding of how redemption in Christ was achieved.

This cutting-edge volume has been brought together in honor of Thomas Boomershine, author, scholar, storyteller, innovator.

Assyriathe missing link in the superpower oppressor type in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testamentstill suffers from modern scholarly neglect.

Have you ever been puzzled by contradictions in the Bible?

Adolescent girls are filled with passion, excitement, joy, critique, wit, and energy, even as they face and overcome a wide variety of difficult challenges.

This volume gathers together twelve essays on the doctrine of the Trinity.

Two Jews, Three Opinions examines a unique educational movement that began in 1980 when eight school leaders met to create RAVSAK: the Jewish Community Day School Network, an association of schools distinguished by being inclusive of all Jews in their communities.

From time immemorial, in every age, a set of questions has persisted, perplexing human beings.

What does living a godly life mean today?

Suddenly There is God plunges us into the key stories of biblical characters who find themselves caught up in the divine-human drama.

Jesus was murdered by the Jewish religious leaders whose power base was the temple of Jerusalem.

The Babylonian Empire was known to be the most powerful state in the ancient world during the 612 BCE.

Introducing a new language to your kids is tough but that is exactly why this book was created - to assist you and make your life easier.

This book shows your babies and toddlers the stages of growing up in order for them to better understand the concept of size.

The Story of Jesus and the Twelve Disciplines remains to be one of the most powerful stories ever told about Christianity.

Throughout Walter Brueggemann's career, he has repeatedly found his way back to the David and royal traditions.

The Sabbath-Lord's Day controversy exists because of a lack of faithful hermeneutics and attempts to validate denominational traditions with Scripture.

The Gospels of the Marginalized provides an exciting new study of three of the most maligned figures in the New Testament story of Jesus: Thomas, usually considered the quintessential doubter among the disciples; Mary Magdalene, characterized as a repentant prostitute during much of the history of the church; and Judas Iscariot, presented as the despicable disciple of Jesus who betrayed his master for money.

In Moses: A Stranger among Us, Rabbi Maurice Harris leads us to look beyond familiar and popular portrayals of Moses so that we can discover the Moses whose lesser-known attributes and experiences provide us with surprisingly fresh ethical and spiritual guidance.

How should followers of Christ live in a multi-religious world?

How might women in the Bible tell their stories if they were prompted to do so by Eve Ensler's controversial play, The Vagina Monologues?

In modern times the relationship between the church and academy has been strained and tension-filled.

In a public education world of vast, multiple, rapid, and often colliding educational reforms, Movements of Educational Reform provides the novice as well as the veteran educator and administrator a sort of map of educational changes and processes.

For Paul, the gospel message is simple, yet profound: Be subject to God.

Analysis of the literary scheme of the letters to Timothy suggests that graphe, as it is employed in each letter, may legitimately be understood to include some of the apostolic writings that now appear in the New Testament.

This volume presents a tapestry of narratives in which the lived experiences of eight racially minoritized theologians and biblical scholars are woven together to present an interdisciplinary exploration of the direct impact that ethnocultural traditions have in shaping the way people read and interpret the biblical text.

This great big book of opposites is a heaven sent!

German language is not as hard as you think it is.

In this Middle Eastern History Book, we're going to take a look at the three power Empires that ruled centuries ago.

Fill your kids with some powerful knowledge about the Middle Eastern culture with this book about the Ancient Assyria.

This book is perfect for those kids who are already thinking of giving up their French.

Michael Udoekpo's work brilliantly and pastorally discusses the issues of conflict, friction, and disunity in the worldand in Nigeria in particularfrom biblical, historical, and sociocultural perspectives.

The strange Book of Revelation, written in about 95 AD, opens up a world in which Christian people were under threat from the Roman Empire; some were suffering for their faith.