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Berit Olam: The Twelve Prophets
Volume 1: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the individual prophets that comprise the Twelve, but through Sweeney's commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book among the other prophetic books of the Bible.
The Book of the Twelve Prophets is a...
by Raymond F. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Few New Testament texts have had their meaning debated so vigorously as those in which Jesus discusses divorce: Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:6, 9; Mark 10:9-12; Luke 16:18; and 1 Cor 7:11. From the early Church, through there formation, and into the present day, they have continued to rouse debate within...
by Daniel J. Harrington SJ, Donald Senior CO
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Crisis in the church is not a new phenomenon. In fact, the church has always been 'and probably always will be 'involved in some kind of crisis. Even in the apostolic period, which is regarded by many as the church's golden age, there were serious crises coming both from the outside, as in 1 Peter,...
by Thomas L. Brodie OP
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
The Elijah-Elisha narrative (1 Kgs 16:29 - 2 Kgs 13) is the most underestimated text in the Bible. Far from being a disparate collection, it is actually a carefully crafted double drama that both mirrors life and synthesizes systematically the entire Primary History (Genesis-Kings). In a bold hermeneutical...
by Raymond F. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
In his letters to the early Christian communities, the apostle Paul left for Christians of all time an array of powerful images: from the pain of a thorn in the flesh to the tenderness of a nursing mother for her children, from the competition on an athletic field to the growth of an agricultural...
The Sacraments
An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
What are the sacraments, really?
For centuries, the religious lives of Catholics and other Christians have revolved around church rituals with generally accepted individual and social effects. What, precisely, are those effects, and how are they produced? Traditional theology used Greek philosophy...
Peter
First-Generation Member of the Jesus Movement
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Unlike other New Testament persons described in the Paul's Social Network Series, Peter was a member of Jesus' inner circle during his life and ministry in Galilee. In Peter, Eric Stewart explores the depictions of Peter that appear throughout the New Testament for insights into who he was. Readers...
David's Successors
Kingship in the Old Testament
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
David’s Successors: Kingship in the Old Testament argues for a new reading of kingship in the Old Testament. Rather than presenting the kings as monsters—with the occasional angelic ruler—this study seeks a more nuanced version of kingship. This book considers the original concept and context...
by Konrad Schaefer OSB
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
The psalms are masterful poems that echo the tenors of community life and worship as they project the scope of the human drama from lament to praise. They chart a profound and vital relationship with God, with all the ups and downs that this relationship implies. Konrad Schaefer's concise commentary...
A Body You Have Prepared For Me
The Spirituality of the Letter to the Hebrews
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
While all of the New Testament writings offer windows into the personal religious experiences of their authors, says Kevin McCruden, the Letter to the Hebrews affords us a truly exquisite example of a particularly creative interpretation of such religious experience. It also supplies us with something...
by Jessica Wrobleski
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Practicing hospitality is central to building a civil society, not to mention living a Christian life. It can be enriching and joy-filled, but it can also be profoundly demanding and sometimes even dangerous. In The Limits of Hospitality, Jessica Wrobleski explores the ethical questions surrounding...
Ishmael Instructs Isaac
An Introduction to the Qur'an for Bible Readers
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Jews, Christians, and Muslims trace their roots to Abraham and yet it is a shock to many Bible readers that some of the characters and stories in their sacred text are also found in the pages of Islam's sacred text, the Qur'an. By exploring the relationship between the Bible and the Qur'an in Ishmael...
Turning to the Heavens and the Earth
Theological Reflections on a Cosmological Conversion: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth A. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
The Earth needs our attention—the best of our intellectual, ethical, and spiritual wisdom and action. In this collection, written in honor of Elizabeth A. Johnson, scholars from the United States and around the world contribute their insights on how theology today can and must turn to the world...
Apocalyptic Ecology
The Book of Revelation, the Earth, and the Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
The author of the book of Revelation struggled, as we do today, to live out a Christian faith in the context of an empire that trampled and destroyed the earth and its creatures. In this book, Micah D. Kiel will look at how and why Revelation was written, along with how it has been interpreted across...