Eerdmans Publishing: 438 books
by F. Charles Fensham
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 1983
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 1983
Fensham's study on the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah is a contribution to The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Like its companion series on the New Testament, this commentary devotes considerable care to achieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation.
by James McKeown
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
In this commentary James McKeown approaches the book of Ruth as part of the whole canon of Scripture, exploring not only the content of the book itself but also its relationship to other biblical books. He shows in particular how Ruth overflows with allusions to Genesis. The themes of “blessing,”...
by James R. Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
In keeping with the Pillar New Testament Commentary’s distinctive character, this volume by James R. Edwards on Luke gives special attention to the Third Gospel’s vocabulary and historical setting, its narrative purpose and unique themes, and its theological significance for the church and believers...
The Wisdom of the Liminal
Evolution and Other Animals in Human Becoming
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
A sophisticated theological anthropology that takes into account evolutionary theories and our relationships to other animals
In this book Celia Deane-Drummond charts a new direction for theological anthropology in light of what is now known about the evolutionary trajectories of humans and...
by David Toshio Tsumura
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
David and Goliath, the call of Samuel, the witch of Endor, David and Bathsheba — such biblical stories are well known. But the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, where they are recorded, are among the most difficult books in the Bible. The Hebrew text is widely considered corrupt and sometimes even unintelligible....
The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd
Finding Christ on the Buddha's Path
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
In the twelfth century, the Chinese Zen master Kakuan Shien produced the pictures, poems, and commentaries we know as the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures. They trace a universally recognizable path of contemplative spirituality, using the metaphor of a young ox-herder looking for his lost ox.
According...
Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel
A Guide for Pastors and Lay Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
This accessible and instructive book is designed to equip lay leaders of Protestant churches to better envision and practice gospel-driven ministry and mission in contemporary society.
Seasoned pastor and practical theologian John Stewart presents and explains five biblically mandated, foundational...
Love Let Go
Radical Generosity for the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Displays the amazing power of generosity to transform people and communities
When LaSalle Street Church in Chicago received an unexpected windfall, its leaders made the wild, counterintuitive decision to give it away. Each church member received a check for $500 with the instruction to go out...
The Invisible Bestseller
Searching for the Bible in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
A personal and journalistic inquiry into the Bible's disappearance from American life
In The Invisible Bestseller veteran religion writer Kenneth Briggs asks how the Bible remains the best-selling book of all time, while fewer Americans than ever can correctly articulate what it says, much...
The Lure
Still More Stories of Families, Fishing, and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
They say that a fisherman never runs out of stories. Lucky for readers of this book, William J. Vande Kopple wants to do more than regale us with tales of the one that got away. In this winsome collection, Vande Kopple spins fifteen funny, poignant yarns out of his experience as a father, angler,...
by Joy A. Schroeder
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Retrieves rich historical biblical insights for readers of Genesis today
In this latest addition to the Bible in Medieval Tradition series, Joy Schroeder provides substantial excerpts — none previously available in English — from seven noteworthy medieval biblical interpreters who commented...
Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows
Capable Women of Purpose and Persistence in Luke's Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Engaging feminist hermeneutics and philosophy in addition to more traditional methods of biblical study, Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows demonstrates and celebrates the remarkable capability and ingenuity of several women in the Gospel of Luke. While recent studies have exposed women's...
Horizons in Hermeneutics
A Festschrift in Honor of Anthony C. Thiselton
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
From essays that focus on the horizon of the text through to essays that consider the horizon of the twenty-first century church, this collection invites reflection on the illumination that hermeneutical awareness brings to biblical interpretation. This Festschrift in honor of Anthony C. Thiselton...
The Courage to Be Protestant
Reformation Faith in Today's World
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
At its heart, the Protestant Reformation was about a deep, doctrinally shaped faith centered on God and his Word. But that historic, substantive faith is not faring so well in our contemporary Western context.
In his 2008 book The Courage to Be Protestant, David Wells issued a summons to...