Introduction to the New Testament (New Testament Library)
by Werner G Kuemmel and Werner G. Kummel
Anger in the Old Testament (American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion, #99)
by Bruce Edward Baloian
The Story of Naomi-The Book of Ruth (Biblical Performance Criticism, #13)
by Terry Giles and William J Doan
Studia Biblica (JSNT supplement, #3) (The Library of New Testament Studies)
Coping with Violence in the New Testament (Studies in Theology and Religion)
Matthew's Non-Messianic Mapping of Messianic Texts (Biblical Interpretation, #188)
by Bruce Henning
Scholars often explain Matthew's practice of applying non-messianic texts to the messiah by postulating a Christological hermeneutic. In Matthew's Non-Messianic Mapping of Messianic texts, Bruce Henning raises the question of how Matthew appliesmessianic texts to non-messianic figures. This neglected category challenges the popular view by stretching Matthew's paradigm to a broadly eschatological one in which disciples share in the mission of Jesus so as to fulfill Scriptural hopes. Using Cognit...
Swallowing the Scroll (Bible and Literature Series; Journal for the Study of the Ol) (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
by Michael Goulder and Ellen F. Davis
My Lots Are in Thy Hands: Sortilege and Its Practitioners in Late Antiquity (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, #188)
Sortilege-the making of decisions by casting lots-was widely practiced in the Mediterranean world during the period known as late antiquity, between the third and eighth centuries CE. In My Lots are in Thy Hands: Sortilege and its Practitioners in Late Antiquity, AnneMarie Luijendijk and William Klingshirn have collected fourteen essays that examine late antique lot divination, especially but not exclusively through texts preserved in Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Syriac. Employing the overlapping p...
Reading Scripture with the Church
by A. K. M. Adam, Stephen E. Fowl, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, and Francis Watson
Theological interpretation of the Bible is key to the health and vitality as well as the belief and practice of the church. Just how it is done has been the subject of much discussion and debate over the centuries. In Reading Scripture with the Church, four leading biblical scholars make the case for theological interpretation. Each author is given the opportunity to interact with the other three, and all four interact with premodern, modern, and postmodern approaches to biblical interpretation....
Return of the Chaos Monsters--and Other Backstories of the Bible
by Gregory Mobley