Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Eighty years ago, Walter Bauer promulgated a bold and provocative thesis about early Christianity.

Like many young Christians, Kevin Brown had what he believed to be a strong faith, one that provided answers to all the questions he had and might encounter.

The condition of stuck is a condition well known by pastoral caregivers and leaders.

In A Pacifist Way of Knowing: John Howard Yoder's Nonviolent Epistemology, editors Christian Early and Ted Grimsrud gather the scattered writings of Yoder on the theme of the relationship between gospel, peace, and human ways of knowing.

A helpfully concise commentary on Paul's letter to the early Christians in Rome, which the Apostle wrote just a few years before the outbreak of Nero's persecution.

Created in Delight challenges the church to take seriously the relationship of human beings with the earth and their fellow creatures.

Biblical hermeneutics, the art of interpreting Scripture, is a controversial subject in the best of times.

Most New Testament scholars today agree that Jesus used an enigmatic self-designation, bar nasha ("e;the Son of Man"e;), translated into Greek as ho huios tou anthropou in the Synoptic Gospels.

Conditional Futurism introduces a new perspective of end-time theology (eschatology).

Studying the New Testament requires a determination to encounter this collection of writings on its own terms.

The Gospel of Mark has long been regarded as "e;The Gospel of Action.

Growing out of the work that the author did in preparing two major commentaries on Isaiah, these essays range from comprehensive to specific, and from popular to scholarly.

The biblical book of Esther is the dark, yet marvelous, story of a Jewish girl deported with her uncle to the Persian Empire.

Based on linguistic and thematic links in the narrative, The Turning Point in the Gospel of Mark argues that the twin pericopae of Peter's confession (8:27-38) and the Transfiguration (9:2-13) together function as the turning point of the Gospel and serve in a Janus-like manner enabling the reader to see the author's main focus: the identity of Jesus and the significance of that reality for his disciples.

Kierkegaard's Pastoral Dialogues takes a selection of Kierkegaard's most insightful spiritual writings and transforms them into a series of dialogues between two friends, a believer and a nonbeliever.

A lot of mystery surrounds the book of Hebrews, especially regarding its authorship, date, and audience.

What does the evangelical church in Palestine think about the land, the end times, the Holocaust, peace in the Middle East, loving enemies, Christian Zionism, the State of Israel, and the possibilities of a Palestinian state?

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Biblical scholars often read the Bible with their own interpretive interests in mind, without associating the Bible with the concerns of laypeople.

Evangelicals often give little thought to the morality of contraception, but when they do, serious studies of the subject are scarce if not non-existent.

Where did the old social barriers break down at the coming of Christianity?

The book is about showing different ways of doing ethics, highlighting a kind of methodological pluralism.

This book is a vital resource for intervention programs, educators, social workers, counselors, psychotherapists, pastoral counselors, and survivors of intimate violence and their families.

Christianity is in crisis.

In this engrossing memoir, Christine Berghoef takes us on a journey exploring the simplicity and complexity of faith.

The quest to escape authority has been a persistent feature of the modern world, animating liberals and Marxists, Westerners and non-Westerners alike.

In Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor?

This book records a set of dialogues between scientists, theologians, and philosophers on what can be done to prevent a global slide into ecological collapse.

In this book Marianne Bjelland Kartzow suggests that ideas taken from recent discussions of multiple identities and intersectionality, combined with insights from memory theory, can renew our engagement with biblical texts.

The letter of Romans has changed countless lives, and it can change your life as well!

Dance in Scripture: How Biblical Dancers Can Revolutionize Worship Today examines the dances of seven biblical figures: Miriam, Jephthah's daughter, David, the Shulamite, Judith, Salome, and Jesus.

Baptists worldwide recently celebrated 400 years of history and witness.

Why and how should we read Old Testament narrative?

Here's a guide for English grammar that reads as easily as a story.

Health is God's original created intent: whole persons, healthy relationships, a thriving environment, and ongoing interaction with himself.

For those who are called to it, pastoral ministry can be a source of deep joy.

This book is about that treasured doctrine of Pentecostalism: baptism in the Holy Spirit, understood as a work subsequent to conversion to Christ.

Although preachers often question their effectiveness, no task of the church is more important than proclamation.

Here is a concise, inviting introduction to the greatest of the early Christian missionaries, the Apostle Paul--his life, his letters, his thinking--and the life-transforming gospel he proclaimed.

In Hebrew scripture men always get the exiting roles: leader, prophet, war hero.

It is no surprise that the Bible is filled with stories of violence, having come into being through the crucible of trauma, cultural conflict, and warfare.

Identification of the Royal Psalms by Herman Gunkel indicates that the history and genre of the Royal Psalms must be distinguished from the Enthronement Psalms that are written to celebrate Yahweh's Kingship from those written to celebrate Davidic kingship.

This volume invites readers to walk in Israelite sandals, that is, to take a journey of the imagination, and to immerse themselves in the identity, values, and institutions of first-century CE Israelites with the help of contemporary social-scientific studies and theories.

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.

In this new edition of Gerhard von Rad's classic work on the Moses traditions, the reader is provided with a more polished text, cross-references to von Rad's other works, an updated bibliography, Scripture index, and a new foreword by Walter Brueggemann.

University is a major way that our society prepares professionals and leaders in education, health, government, business, arts, church--all components of our communal lives.

Not a reference tool, this unique work is a teaching-learning guide to studying the earliest Gospel.

This book seeks a more comprehensive understanding and appreciation for the Letter to the Hebrews by examining it from the viewpoint of its prominent theme of worship.

Principles-based biomedical ethics has been a dominant paradigm for the teaching and practice of biomedical ethics for over three decades.

Acknowledging the Divine Benefactor is a sociorhetorical interpretation of the Second Letter of Peter.