Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Treat yourself to a bold adventure through the Bible.

Revelation is stylistically unlike any other part of the New Testament and is notoriously bewildering and difficult to understand.

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Monografía que es fruto de una investigación doctoral en Ética Antigua.

This volume is part of the Changing Perspectives sub-series, which is constituted by anthologies of articles by world-renowned biblical scholars and historians that have made an impact on the field and changed its course during the last decades.

This two-volume set is part of a growing body of literature concerned with the history of biblical interpretation.

The papers in this volume focus on some of the ways in which God's people have been rejected and exiled throughout history so as to become a diasporic people.

As Luke's "e;sequel,"e; the Acts of the Apostles serve as an ideal bridge between the four Gospels and the Epistles, revealing a crucial part of the Christian story.

This paperback edition of Walter Brueggemann's monumental work makes his important volume available at a lower price.

Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological ResearchVOLUME FIVE FALL 2013The 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.

The Executive Summary is a fresh reading of the Gospel of Mark with a unique perspective.

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Among the most challenging biblical figures to understand is Jeroboam son of Nebat, the first monarch of northern Israel whose story is told in 1 Kings 11-14.

This study draws upon the resources of both contemporary analytic theology and the theological interpretation of the New Testament in order to investigate a set of important issues in Christology.

The book provides a introduction to Paul's Letter to the Philippians as well as to the history, development, and foundation of the Church in Philippi.

Throughout the Hebrew Bible, strangers are indispensable to the formation of a collective Israelite identity.

The cross of Christ crucified symbolized the central theme of Paul's ministry.

That Jesus started his career as a disciple of John the Baptist is an idea that has gained almost universal recognition in the scholarly world.

This collection of essays on Jacques Derrida, first published in 2004, spans nearly thirty years of critical thinking about Derrida's work.

Although Jewish tradition gives tremendous importance to the Hebrew Bible, from the beginning Jewish interpretation of those scriptures has been practiced with remarkable freedom.

In this groundbreaking book, Michael Gorman asks why there is no theory or model of the atonement called the "e;new-covenant"e; model, since this understanding of the atonement is likely the earliest in the Christian tradition, going back to Jesus himself.

What is the meaning and significance of foreknowledge in the book of 1 Peter, and how does the concept relate to the circumstances of its first recipients?

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How would ancients, particularly Jesus' enemies, have understood what he was doing in his exorcisms--the mechanisms, the techniques, and the outcomes?

Traditionally, the Talmud was read as law, that is, as the authoritative source for Jewish practice and obligations.

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in ethics, particularly in the approaches of deconstruction and hermeneutics.

The latter half of Chapter 4 of Paul's letter to the Ephesians is the watershed of this magnificent document that is often referred to as the "e;holy of holies.

Above all else that the sixteenth-century German Reformer was known for, Martin Luther was a Doctor of the Holy Scriptures.

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.

The prophets of the Old Testament include such well-known characters as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, and Hosea.