Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
by Dean Flemming, Joel B. Green
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Recent years have seen heightened interest in how to read scripture from a missional perspective. This book addresses that question by exploring both how the New Testament bears witness to the mission of God and how it energizes the church to participate in that mission. It also makes a distinctive...
And I Turned to See the Voice (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
The Rhetoric of Vision in the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Vision reports in the New Testament--Stephen's vision at his stoning, Paul's experience in the third heaven, John's apocalyptic visions on the isle of Patmos--pull readers and listeners into a dramatic and dynamic thought world. Author Edith M. Humphrey takes a literary-rhetorical approach to examine...
Judgment According to Works in Romans
The Meaning and Function of Divine Judgment in Paul's Most Important Letter
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Giving careful exegetical attention to Paul’s letter to the Romans, Kevin W. McFadden shows that Paul wrote the letter to remind Roman Christians of his gospel because of his vocation as apostle to the Gentiles. The letter simultaneously demonstrates the guilt of the world and calls Paul’s audience...
Prima Scriptura
An Introduction to New Testament Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
In this volume an expert teacher of the Bible provides an introduction to New Testament exegesis that will appeal to students across the spectrum. Clayton Croy begins with the preparation of the interpreter, proceeds to analysis of the text, and concludes with appropriation of the message of Scripture...
Body, Soul, and Human Life (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
The Nature of Humanity in the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Are humans composed of a material body and an immaterial soul? This view is commonly held by Christians, yet it has been undermined by recent developments in neuroscience. Exploring what Scripture and theology teach about issues such as being in the divine image, the importance of community, sin,...
by Adam Soul
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In his book, Adam Soul renders a compelling interpretation to the riddle of 666 that is based on science, the Bible, and common knowledge that the people of Earth have today. Soul shows how the answer is not about an antichrist, but is rather an ancient message sent to give mankind one last chance...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
The Q-Hypothesis has functioned as a mainstay of study of the synoptic gospels for many years. Increasingly it comes under fire. In this volume leading proponents of Q, as well as of the case against Q, offer the latest arguments based on the latest research into this literary conundrum.
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by Bruce K. Waltke, James M. Houston, Erika Moore
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
The Psalms as Christian Lament, a companion volume to The Psalms as Christian Worship, uniquely blends verse-by-verse commentary with a history of Psalms interpretation in the church from the time of the apostles to the present. Bruce Waltke, James Houston, and Erika Moore examine ten lament psalms,...
Renewing Hermeneutics
Rediscovering How to Read the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2017
Everyone who reads the Bible, interprets the Bible. So, the question is only whether we will interpret the Bible well, or poorly. To interpret the Bible well, we don't all need to be seminary-trained biblical scholars. But, we do all need some help. Renewing Hermeneutics walks readers through three...
by Jonathan Paul Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
This fourth volume, in a series of verse-by-verse comments and explanations on a collection of New Testament letters, is an interpretation of Second Peter and Ephesians. It is based upon, and contains, a fresh, expanded translation of these letters, by the author, which are a part of The New Testament,...
by Andy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
A distinctively theological interpretation of the Thessalonian letters
In this commentary Andy Johnson engages with the developing interpretive framework of missional hermeneutics to present a theological interpretation of 1 & 2 Thessalonians that aims to help the church more fully participate...
Puzzling the Parables of Jesus
Methods and Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Modern scholarship on the parables has long been preoccupied with asking what Jesus himself said and what he intended to accomplish with his parables. Ruben Zimmermann moves beyond that agenda to explore the dynamics of parabolic speech in all their rich complexity. Introductory chapters address the...
Who Is My Neighbor?
An Extensive Commentary on the Good Samaritan Parable
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
One of the most profoundly influential and immortal parables ever recounted by the Savior is the parable of the Good Samaritan. In this story, the Messiah expounds upon what constitutes the nature of true religion, which consists in the willful extension of charity and mercy, in the performance of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
The movement that is known as 'theological interpretation of Scripture' reminds us that the reading and exegesis of Scripture is an indispensable part of the theologian's work, not to be reserved to biblical scholars alone. This insight that the reading of Scripture is a theological responsibility...