Hymns of Luke's Infancy Narratives, The: Their Origin, Meaning and Significance
by Stephen Farris
Jesus spoke to the people in parables - not only that, he seemed to think in parables, acted out parables - he was a walking parable. Parables are almost unknown elsewhere in Scripture, yet they comprise a huge proportion of Jesus' teaching to those around him, and through them, to us. He always intended his parables to have life-changing implications: in fact he defined them as being what determined those who were alive to his message, and those who were not. So, what impact have Jesus' parable...
This commentary interprets Daniel 1-6 against the background of a group of Diaspora Judaeans who desire to succeed in the court of a foreign king despite the dangers inherent in the attempt, and Daniel 7-12 against the backdrop of that same group in Jerusalem during the days of Antiochus Epiphanes. The eschatological narratives (Daniel 7-12) deal with four themes of apocalyptic rhetoric: time, destiny, suffering/evil, and authority. With respect to time, the commentary emphasizes that Daniel is...
'It's a big book, full of big stories with big characters. They have big ideas (not least about themselves) and make big mistakes. It's about God, and greed, and grace; about life, lust, laughter and loneliness. It's about birth, beginnings and betrayal; about siblings, squabbles and sex; about power and prayer and prison and passion ...And that's only Genesis.' Tom Wright unpacks the contents of the Bible and explains the meaning of its inspiration, impact and authority. A book for all who ar...
Life and Ministry of Jesus, According to the Critical Method
by Rudolph Otto
Title Large Print Catholic Bible Word Search Fun Book 1 (Large Print Bible Word Search Books, #1)
by Job Wocoski
Die Pastoralbriefe und das Vermachtnis des Paulus (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, #476)
by Jens Herzer
Der Band versammelt Aufsatze von Jens Herzer, die in den letzten 20 Jahren im Zuge der Kommentierungsarbeit an den Pastoralbriefen entstanden sind. Sie behandeln neben forschungsgeschichtlichen Problemstellungen insbesondere die Frage der Relation zum Corpus Paulinum bzw. zur Paulustradition. Daruber hinaus wird anhand von Studien zu sprachlichen, inhaltlichen und historischen Aspekten aufgezeigt, dass das seit dem 19. Jh. etablierte Paradigma eines pseudonymen literarischen Corpus Pastorale nic...
The Mandate of the Church in the Apocalypse of John (Studies in Biblical Literature, #77)
by Olutola K. Peters
Bible Word Search Extra Large Print Volume 7 (Bible Word Search Puzzles for Adults Jumbo Print Butterfly E, #7)
by T W Pope